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  • In re: Estate of Small

    Publication Date: 2018-07-03
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Overton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0737

    While decedent was a paraplegic restricted to a wheelchair at the time of his death, the evidence established that he was able to care for himself and, thus, he was not a dependent child for purposes of the estate forfeiture statute applicable to non-supporting parents. The court recommended affirmance of the denial of a petition for forfeiture of father's share of his adult child's estate.

  • Estate of Phillips

    Publication Date: 2017-10-10
    Practice Area: Elder Law | Evidence | Expert Witnesses | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Overton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1419

    Where a petitioner for guardianship relied on hearsay evidence, the family of the respondent was providing her with care, and the respondent herself testified lucidly about not wanting or needing a guardianship, the court properly denied the petition.