{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-2521","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 2521","heading":"Penalty clause for contest.","body":"A provision in a will or trust purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the will or trust or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate or trust is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 25 WILLS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=25\u0026sctn=21\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"ca3a9bed00fc68952864a5e37550c29193ad5534b3eb0db656992fba334663a3","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-2520","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-2701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}