2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Chapter 35 - Accounts and Distribution
3541 - Order of abatement.

                               SUBCHAPTER E
                          RIGHTS OF DISTRIBUTEES

     Sec.
     3541.  Order of abatement.
     3542.  Contribution.
     3543.  Income on distributive shares.
     3544.  Liability of personal representative for interest.
     3545.  Transcripts of balances due by personal representative.
     3546.  Determination of title to decedent's interest in real
            estate.
     § 3541.  Order of abatement.
        (a)  General rules.--Except as otherwise provided by the
     will, if the assets are insufficient to pay all claimants and
     distributees in full, the shares of distributees, without
     distinction between real and personal estate, shall have
     priority of distribution in the following order:
            (1)  Property specifically devised or bequeathed to or
        for the benefit of the surviving spouse.
            (2)  Property specifically devised or bequeathed to or
        for the benefit of the decedent's issue.
            (3)  Property specifically devised or bequeathed to or
        for the benefit of other distributees.
            (4)  Property disposed of by will in the form of a
        general bequest of cash, stocks or bonds.
            (5)  Property disposed of by general devise or bequest
        and not included in a residuary clause.
            (6)  Property devised or bequeathed in a residuary
        clause.
            (7)  Property not disposed of by the will.
        (b)  Demonstrative legacies.--Property out of which a
     demonstrative legacy is primarily to be paid shall be deemed to
     be specifically devised or bequeathed to the extent of such
     demonstrative legacy.

        Cross References.  Section 3541 is referred to in sections
     3542, 7799.2 of this title.