Rights of Families of Comatose Patients By Daniel B. Evans Copyright © 1996 Daniel B. Evans. All rights reserved. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has recently upheld the right of the family of a patient in a permanent vegetative state … Continue reading
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Pennsylvania Advance Directives for Health Care By Daniel B. Evans Copyright 1992 Daniel B. Evans. All rights reserved. On April 16, 1992, Pennsylvania joined the states with laws recognizing “living wills” when Governor Robert P. Casey signed into law Act … Continue reading
What is the Inheritance Tax Rate on the Inheritance Tax? By Daniel B. Evans Copyright 2003-2005 Daniel B. Evans. All rights reserved. Last updated: 1/27/2005 [Originally published in the Philadelphia Bar Association Probate and Trust Law Section Newsletter, Vol. … Continue reading
Pennsylvania Guardianship Procedures By Daniel B. Evans Copyright © 1995 Daniel B. Evans. All rights reserved. Act 24 of 1992, signed by Governor Robert P. Casey on April 16, 1992, includes a sweeping revision of Pennsylvania’s procedures for the appointment … Continue reading
Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax Marital Exemption By Daniel B. Evans Copyright © 1995 Daniel B. Evans. All rights reserved. By Act 21 of 1995, Pennsylvania finally joined the federal government and most other states in exempting transfers to a surviving husband … Continue reading
Copyright 1999, 2005 Daniel B. Evans. All rights reserved. Not Legal Advice The most significant costs of administering an estate, and the costs most like to result in conflict between beneficiaries and the executors or administrators of estates, are the … Continue reading
After an account had been filed and before objections, executor petitioned for discovery (specifically interrogatories) from fiduciary of decedent, and court found pre-complaint discovery in civil court analogous and granted petition. Robinson Estate, 4 Fid. Rep. 3d 105 (O.C. Monroe … Continue reading
In petition to remove executor and stop sale of real property for mismanagement, waste, and delay, the court found the executor to be acting reasonably and not wasting or mismanaging estate; petitioners also wanted bond posted as the executor spent … Continue reading
Agent under durable power of attorney established irrevocable trust, which denied the right of the principal to the trust’s principal. Principal objected to the trust, and the trust was terminated. Following principal’s death, former agent petitioned to have the trust … Continue reading
Agent under power of attorney filed account that included $480,515 in gifts to family, which sister of agent (and one of two beneficiaries under decedent’s will) objected to gifts as beyond the Agent’s power and under Section 5601.2(e) pertaining to … Continue reading