In Re Estate of Sauers

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

In Re Estate of Sauers

981 A.2d 1279, 603 Pa. 58, 2009 Pa. LEXIS 1919

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania·Decided September 11, 2009·No. 331 MAL 2009·Published·Cited by 1 cases

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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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*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?

In Re Estate of Sauers, 981 A.2d 1279, 603 Pa. 58, 2009 Pa. LEXIS 1919 (Pa. 2009).

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