Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Bucks County September 6, 1989, no. 55744 (Harty Estate)

SOKOLOVE, J.,

William Edward Harty Jr., the executor of the estate of his late father, William E. Harty, has filed a petition for declaratory judgment pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. §7535 for direction in the administration of the estate. The executor has asked us to make the following determinations: (1) Whether the decedent’s widow, Aurora C. Harty, was a slayer under 20 Pa.C.S. § §8801 et seq.