INTESTATE DESCENT IN PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER …

1 INTESTATE DESCENT IN PENNSYLVANIACHAPTER 21 OF THE PROBATE,ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES CODE AS LASTAMENDED, EFFECTIVE AS TO ESTATES OFDECEDENTS DYING AFTER OCTOBER 12, 1980 Share and Interest of Each Group is Subject to Share of Spouse and to Priority of Preceding GroupsSPOUSENo Issue or ParentAll issue are also of the surviving spouse orno issue and there is a surviving parentIssue, one or more of whom are not issue ofthe surviving spouseEntire Estate$30,000 Plus One-Halfof BalanceOne-HalfShare of the Estate Not Distributable to the Surviving Spouse, Descends toISSUEAll in Same Degree of Relationship toDecedentDifferent Degrees of Relationship toDecedentPer CapitaPer StirpesIf no issue, then toPARENTSTo Both by Entireties, or to SurvivorIf no parents, then toBROTHERS, SISTERS, OR THEIR ISSUEAll in Same Degree of Relationship toDecedentDifferent Degrees of Relationship toDecedentPer CapitaPer StirpesIf no brothers, sisters, or their issue, then toGRANDPARENTSP aternal GrandparentsMaternal GrandparentsIf a Maternal Grandparent,Child or Grandchild of aMaternal GrandparentIf No Maternal Grandparent,Child or Grandchild of aMaternal GrandparentIf No Paternal Grandparent,Child or Grandchild of aPaternal GrandparentIf a Paternal Grandparent,Child or Grandchild of aPaternal GrandparentOne-Half to Both byEntireties, or to SurvivorEntire Estate to Both byEntireties, or to SurvivorEntire Estate to Both byEntireties, or to SurvivorOne-Half to Both byEntireties, or to SurvivorUNCLES.

2 AUNTS AND THEIR CHILDRENIf a Maternal Grandparent and NoPaternal GrandparentIf No GrandparentIf a Paternal Grandparent and NoMaternal GrandparentOne-Half to Paternal Uncles andAunts and to Children ofDeceased Uncles and Aunts, PerStirpesUncles and Aunts and Childrenof Deceased Uncles and Aunts,Per StirpesOne-Half to Maternal Uncles andAunts and to Children ofDeceased Uncles and Aunts, PerStirpesIf no uncle or aunt, then toChildren of Uncles and Aunts, Per CapitaIf no first cousin, then toCHILDREN OF COUSINSC hildren of First Cousins If No Closer Relative, Per CapitaIn absence of all above named relatives, then toCOMMONWEALTHE ntire Estate(Fiduciary Review - May 1978)Revised July 11, 1980 to show amendment to CHAPTER 21