The defense of laches may bar a claim by the administrator of an estate for claims against the decedent’s agent under a power of attorney when the decedent herself failed to prosecute an action against the agent for nine years, … Continue reading
Daniel Evans
[This article was published in the PBA Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Newsletter, No. 73 (Summer 2013), p. 12, and has not been significantly revised beyond updating some citations.] In United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744, 133 S. … Continue reading
This article will explain some of the drafting decision reflected in the author’s sample form of durable general power of attorney (“the form”). The form and this commentary were originally published on 12/1/2014 to reflect changes to 20 Pa.C.S. Ch....
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Below is the author’s form of durable general power of attorney, including changes required or suggested by Act 95 of 2014 and Acts 79 and 103 of 2016. There is a separate article with commentary on the form. A copy...
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The Commonwealth Court has affirmed a decision of the Orphans’ Court of Montgomery County that a donor to a foundation lacks standing to enforce the conditions of a loan made by the foundation to a church when there was no … Continue reading
Judge Leonard B. Sokolove, who served for many years on the Orphans’ Court of Bucks County, died at his home on Monday, November 3. I had the honor of appearing before him on several occasions, and he was a man … Continue reading
Below are the comments I have submitted to the Pa. Disciplinary Board on the proposed change to Rule of Disciplinary Enforcement 217 that would require all “formerly admitted attorneys” to resign from all fiduciary positions, regardless of whether the lawyer … Continue reading
A petition to determine the ancestry of the petitioner, which the petitioner alleged was needed for an application for dual Italian and American citizenship, has been denied for lack of jurisdiction. In re Marino, 62 Ches. Co. L. Rep. 348, … Continue reading
It has only now come to our attention that amendments to Pennsylvania disciplinary rules were proposed in September, with a comment period ending November 3. The amendments are intended to reduce lawyer misappropriations from client funds and fiduciary funds in … Continue reading
On October 27, 2014, Governor Corbett signed SB 428, making it Act 186 of 2014. The act makes changes to 20 Pa.C.S. 7799.3, which deals with pooled trusts for people with disabilities. The most significant change is that, when a … Continue reading