Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3388 (2026)

 Claims not certain to become due.

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§ 3388.  Claims not certain to become due.

Upon satisfactory proof or admission of a claim which may or may not become due at a future time, the court may provide for payment by one of the following methods:

(1)  Awarding the present value of the claim, as agreed to by the claimant and the personal representative.

(2)  Ordering the personal representative to distribute the estate but to retain or pay into court sufficient assets to pay the claim, or a proportionate amount in case of insolvency, if and when it becomes absolute.

(3)  Making such other provisions for the disposition or satisfaction of the claim as shall be equitable.

 

Cross References.  Section 3388 is referred to in section 7755 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1976–1997 · leading case: In Re Est. of Dilbon, 690 A.2d 1216 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1997).
In Re Est. of Dilbon, 690 A.2d 1216 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1997). “We find this permitted the Orphans’ Court, through the Register of Wills, to appoint claimant’s counsel to administer the estate under the “other fit persons” category of Persons entitled, 20 Pa.”
Worden Est., 71 Pa. D. & C.2d 385 (1976). “508 as section 3388, 20 Pa. C.S. §3388. The only difference between the situation as it was directly after decedent’s death and as it is now, is that the trust was then beginning and now has terminated.”
Sorgen v. Keller, 10 Pa. D. & C.4th 238 (1991). “Petitioner relies upon 20 Pa.C.S. §3388(3), which provides “upon satisfactory proof or admis *240 sion of a claim which may or may not become due at a future time, the court may provide payment by .”
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Sorgen v. Keller, 10 Pa. D. & C.4th 238 (1991). “Petitioner relies upon 20 Pa.C.S. §3388(3), which provides “upon satisfactory proof or admis *240 sion of a claim which may or may not become due at a future time, the court may provide payment by .”
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