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.
20 Pa.C.S. § 2521
Penalty clause for contest
Known as the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code
The act spans §§ 20–20 (744 sections).
(Dec. 1, 1994, P.L.655, No.102, eff. 60 days)
Official source: Pennsylvania General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Pennsylvania statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.