Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2009

In re Estate of Sauers

In re Estate of Sauers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided September 11, 2009 · Per Curiam
981 A.2d 1279; 603 Pa. 58; 2009 Pa. LEXIS 1919 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)
In re Estate of Sauers

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Opinion

*59 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this lltli day of September, 2009, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, The issues, rephrased and combined for clarity, are as follows:

1) Whether, and to what degree, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 29 U.S.C.S. §§ 1001-1461 preempts Section 6111.2 of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code, 20 Pa.C.S. § 101-8815?
2) Does an estate have the capacity to initiate legal action on behalf of a contingent beneficiary of a life insurance policy?

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