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IN RE ESTATE OF VOLKHARDT

484 Pa. 52 (1979)

398 A.2d 656

In re ESTATE OF Hazel C. VOLKHARDT, an alleged incompetent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay D. Barsky, Barsky, Golden & Remick, John L. Jenkins, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Walter T. Darmopray, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

At issue in this appeal is the validity of a final decree of the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, adjudicating Hazel C. Volkhardt an incompetent under section 5511 of the Decedents, Estate and Fiduciaries Code, 20 Pa.C.S. § 5511, and appointing Provident National Bank as guardian of her estate.

After three separate hearings, which extended over a ten-month period...

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