The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court has announced that, for the 2019-2020 Registration Year, the penalty for failing to complete registration by July 16 will be $200, with an additional $200 penalty for failing to complete registration by August … Continue reading
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The Orphans’ Court may order a judicial sale of property under 20 Pa.C.S. 3353 over the objections of the holder of a mortgage lien and the lien will attach to the proceeds of sale. In re: Estate of Anna Marie … Continue reading
Failure to list property addresses in the schedule to an irrevocable trust was not sufficient evidence of fraud in the inducement to void the trust when the corporate owners of the properties were listed and were accurately valued, there being … Continue reading
Conservator appointed in California did not have authority to bind his conservatee to an arbitration agreement in Pennsylvania when the conservator did not follow the procedures to transfer or register the conservatorship under the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings … Continue reading
The beneficiaries of a revocable trust have no standing to object to investments made by the trustee during the settlor’s lifetime to which the settlor consented and approved because the duties of the trustee were owed exclusively to the settlor. … Continue reading
A pro se appellant’s statement of issues on appeal which was 32 pages long and a “discursive, argumentative, and incoherent rant” violates R.A.P. 1925(b) and should be considered to waive all issues. The appeal should also be dismissed on its … Continue reading
A beneficiary who is entitled to an annuity from a trust has standing to object to the account of the administration of the trust, to object to the division of the trust, to object to a new fee schedule for … Continue reading
Most people know that property gets a “step-up” in its income tax basis upon the death of the owner of the property, but most people don’t know that the rules are different for federal income tax purposes and Pennsylvania income...
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The Internal Revenue Service has announced that, starting May 13, all applications for an employer identification number (EIN), whether submitted on-line or on Form SS-4, will require the name of an individual and either a Social Security number (SSN) or … Continue reading
The appointment of an emergency guardian of the person or estate renders the alleged incapacitated person legally incapable of making decisions about matters expressly assigned to the guardian. Whether an emergency guardianship of the estate is still valid more than … Continue reading