2007 Pa. Super. 350 - In Re Padezanin’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “When reviewing a decree entered by the Orphans’ Court, this Court must determine whether the record is free from legal error and the court’s factual findings are supported by the evidence. Because the Orphans’ Court sits as the fact-finder, it determines the credibility of the witnesses and, on review, we will not reverse its credibility determinations absent an abuse of that discretion. In re Estate of Geniviva, 450 Pa.Super. 54 , 675 A.2d 306, 310 (1996). However, ‘we are not constrained to give the same deference to any resulting legal conclusions.’ Id. ‘Where the rules of law on which the court relied are palpably wrong or clearly inapplicable, we will reverse the court’s decree.’ In re Smith, 890 A.2d 1082, 1086 (Pa.Super.2006) (quoting In re Estate of Harrison, 745 A.2d 676, 678-79 (Pa.Super.2000)). In re Padezanin, 937 A.2d 475, 479 (Pa.Super.2007).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2009 Pa. Super. 104 - In Re Estate of Harper · 2011 Pa. Super. 165 - In Re Estate of Pendergrass