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).
(Apr. 18, 1978, P.L.42, No.23, eff. 60 days; Dec. 16, 1992, P.L.1163, No.152, eff. imd.; Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.837, No.85, eff. 60 days)
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Section 6102 - Termination of trusts (Deleted by amendment)
Section 6103 - Release or disclaimer of powers or interests (Repealed)
Section 6103.1 - Release of powers and interests and disclaimer of powers
Section 6104 - Rule against perpetuities
Section 6105 - Rule against perpetuities; disposition when invalidity occurs
Section 6106 - Income accumulations; when valid
Section 6107 - Income accumulations; disposition when invalidity occurs
Section 6107.1 - Applicability of rule against perpetuities
Section 6108 - Designation of beneficiaries of insurance or employee death benefits not testamentary
Section 6109 - Combination of charitable trusts (Repealed)
Section 6110 - Administration of charitable interests (Deleted by amendment)
Section 6111 - Conveyances to defeat marital rights (Repealed)
Section 6111.1 - Modification by divorce or pending divorce
Section 6111.2 - Effect of divorce or pending divorce on designation of beneficiaries
Section 6112 - Spendthrift trusts (Deleted by amendment)
Section 6113 - Limited estates in personalty and in the proceeds of the conversion of real estate
Section 6114 - Rules of interpretation
Section 6115 - Estates pur autre vie
Section 6116 - Estates in fee tail abolished
Section 6117 - Rule in Shelley's case and doctrine of worthier title