(a) Property appointed by will.--Property appointed by the will of the decedent to or for the benefit of the slayer shall be distributed as if the slayer had predeceased the decedent.
(b) Other property.--Property held either presently or in remainder by the slayer, subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of revocation or a general power of appointment shall pass to the estate of the decedent, and property so held by the slayer, subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of appointment to a particular person or persons or to a class of persons, shall pass to such person or persons, or in equal shares to the members of such class of persons, exclusive of the slayer.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Section 8801 - Definition of terms
Section 8802 - Slayer not to acquire property as result of slaying
Section 8803 - Descent, distribution, dower, curtesy, and statutory rights as survivor
Section 8805 - Tenancies by the entirety
Section 8806 - Joint tenants, joint owners and joint obligees
Section 8807 - Reversions and vested remainders
Section 8808 - Interests dependent on survivorship or continuance of life
Section 8809 - Contingent remainders and executory or other future interests
Section 8810 - Powers of appointment
Section 8811 - Proceeds of insurance
Section 8812 - Bona fide payment by insurance company or obligor
Section 8813 - Bona fide purchasers
Section 8814 - Record of conviction as evidence