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§ 6111.1. Modification by divorce or pending divorce

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 20 Pa.C.S.A. Decedents, Estates and FiduciariesEffective: December 27, 2010

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 20 Pa.C.S.A. Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 61. Estates (Refs & Annos)
Effective: December 27, 2010
20 Pa.C.S.A. § 6111.1
§ 6111.1. Modification by divorce or pending divorce
Any provision in a conveyance which was revocable by a conveyor at the time of the conveyor's death and which was to take effect at or after the conveyor's death in favor of or relating to the conveyor's spouse shall become ineffective for all purposes unless it appears in the governing instrument that the provision was intended to survive a divorce, if the conveyor:
(1) is divorced from such spouse after making the conveyance; or
(2) dies domiciled in this Commonwealth during the course of divorce proceedings, no decree of divorce has been entered pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. § 3323 (relating to decree of court) and grounds have been established as provided in 23 Pa.C.S. § 3323(g).

Credits

1978, April 18, P.L. 42, No. 23, § 8, effective in 60 days. Amended 1992, Dec. 16, P.L. 1163, No. 152, § 20, imd. effective; 2010, Oct. 27, P.L. 837, No. 85, § 4, effective in 60 days [Dec. 27, 2010].
20 Pa.C.S.A. § 6111.1, PA ST 20 Pa.C.S.A. § 6111.1
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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