682 A.2d 447 (Pa.Ct.Jud.Disc. 1996)
Filed July 23, 1996
Decision and Order, McGinley, J.

The Judicial Conduct Board filed a formal complaint against Judge Robert Horgos based on its claims that he had improperly acted as an executor for the estate of a friend and had failed to respond accurately to a question regarding his income on his financial interest statement submitted to the Supreme Court. The issues presented were (1) whether he had maintained a "close familial relationship" with the decedent of the estate, thus exempting him from the prohibition of Canon 5D against acting as executors, and (2) whether his failure to provide an accurate response to the income question on the statement of financial interest form constituted sanctionable conduct. The Court concluded, as a matter of law, that he had maintained a close familial relationship with the decedent, and that he should have an opportunity to amend his financial interest statement as required, and dismissed the Complaint.

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