COFFROTH, P.J., December 17, 1979.
The issue here is whether a testamentary designation of "my wife . . . as executrix" is nullified by a later divorce from the bonds of matrimony existing between decedent and the designee, under the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code, 20 Pa.C.S.A. §2507(2), which provides as follows:
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