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Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 2521 — Penalty clause for contest

Pennsylvania § 2521
JurisdictionPennsylvania
Title 20DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Ch. 25WILLS

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Bluebook
20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2521 (2026).

Text

A provision in a will or trust purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the will or trust or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate or trust is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.

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Legislative History

(Dec. 1, 1994, P.L.655, No.102, eff. 60 days) 1994 Amendment.Act 102 added section 2521.

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Validity of execution
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Revival of revoked or invalid will
§ 2507
Modification by circumstances
§ 2514
Rules of interpretation
§ 2515
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§ 2516
Devise in fee tail abolished
§ 2517
Rule in Shelley's case and doctrine of worthier title
§ 2518
Alienage
§ 2519
Testamentary guardian
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Penalty clause for contest
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