# 20 Pa.C.S. § 2101: Intestate estate

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2101

## Section

- **Citation:** 20 Pa.C.S. § 2101
- **Heading:** Intestate estate
- **Jurisdiction:** Pennsylvania
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** PA Code / Title 20 / Chapter 21 / Section 2101

## Text

(a) General rule.--All or any part of the estate of a decedent not effectively disposed of by will or otherwise passes to his heirs as prescribed in this chapter, except as modified by the decedent's will.

(b) Modification by decedent's will.--A decedent by will may expressly exclude or limit the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing by intestate succession. If that individual or a member of that class survives the decedent, the share of the decedent's intestate estate to which the individual or class would have succeeded passes as if that individual or each member of that class had disclaimed his intestate share. (Apr. 18, 1978, P.L.42, No.23, eff. 60 days; Dec. 1, 1994, P.L.655, No.102, eff. 60 days)

## Nearby sections

- [20 Pa.C.S. § 21 Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S21.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2101 Intestate estate.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2101.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2102 Share of surviving spouse.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2102.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2103 Shares of others than surviving spouse.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2103.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2104 Rules of succession.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2104.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2105 Spouse's rights.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2105.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2106 Forfeiture.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2106.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2107 Persons born out of wedlock.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2107.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2108 Adopted person.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2108.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2109 Advancements (Repealed).](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2109.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2109.1 Advancements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2109.1.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2110 Spouse's allowance; procedure.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2110.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2111 Procedure to establish title to real property when spouse claims entire estate (Repealed).](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2111.md)
- [20 Pa.C.S. § 2112 Property distributable to the Commonwealth (Repealed).](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T20_C21_S2112.md)

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