Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Pennsylvania

Re: Inheritance & Divorce

First in Pennsylvania you are never "legally separated". There is no action you could file to separate.

That said the next question is does your father have a will. If he does then who ever he names as recipients of a bequest (personal property) or a devise (real Property) get to take under the will.

If he does NOT have a will. The the intestate statue comes into play. I hazard a supposition that your father's parents are not alive. If the were they would be heirs. If you father's wife is alive she would be an heir. As would you and your siblings. Your brothers wife is NOT an heir even if they were happily married. Further any inheritance from your father is NOT marital property and subject to equitable distribution.

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{John}