Home Table of Contents

§ 3541. Order of abatement

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 20 Pa.C.S.A. Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 20 Pa.C.S.A. Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 35. Accounts and Distribution
Subchapter E. Rights of Distributees
20 Pa.C.S.A. § 3541
§ 3541. Order of abatement
Currentness
(a) General rules.--Except as otherwise provided by the will, if the assets are insufficient to pay all claimants and distributees in full, the shares of distributees, without distinction between real and personal estate, shall have priority of distribution in the following order:
(1) Property specifically devised or bequeathed to or for the benefit of the surviving spouse.
(2) Property specifically devised or bequeathed to or for the benefit of the decedent's issue.
(3) Property specifically devised or bequeathed to or for the benefit of other distributees.
(4) Property disposed of by will in the form of a general bequest of cash, stocks or bonds.
(5) Property disposed of by general devise or bequest and not included in a residuary clause.
(6) Property devised or bequeathed in a residuary clause.
(7) Property not disposed of by the will.
(b) Demonstrative legacies.--Property out of which a demonstrative legacy is primarily to be paid shall be deemed to be specifically devised or bequeathed to the extent of such demonstrative legacy.

Credits

1972, June 30, P.L. 508, No. 164, § 2, eff. July 1, 1972.
20 Pa.C.S.A. § 3541, PA ST 20 Pa.C.S.A. § 3541
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
End of Document