Adams County has adopted new Orphans’ Court local rules for Chapter 14 (Guardianship of Incapacitated Persons), Chapter 15 (Adoptions) and Chapter 16 (Abortion Control Act), all to be effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, and has amended … Continue reading
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The various applicable federal rates (AFRs) published by the Internal Revenue Service, which are used to value life estates, remainders, annuities, and other future interests, as well as intra-family loans, continue to edge upwards. The new section 7520 rate for … Continue reading
In response to several requests, I have edited the page with my power of attorney form to include a link to a copy of the form as an MS Word document. … Continue reading
The Supreme Court has adopted amendments to the Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement that will reduce the annual registration fee for active lawyers from $125 to $120, but increase the annual fee that goes to the Lawyers Fund for Client Security … Continue reading
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has held that a decedent’s unused federal estate tax exclusion amount (referred to in IRC section 2010 as the “deceased spousal unused exclusion amount,” or “DSUE”) is an asset of the decedent’s estate that the administrator … Continue reading
Armstrong County has amended its Local O.C. Rule 10.7, relating to the filing of inventories. Adoption of New Local Orphans’ Court Rules, No. CP-03-AD-0000001-2016 (1/20/2017), 47 Pa.B. 950 (Armstrong Co. 2/18/17). … Continue reading
Armstrong County has published a new fee schedule for the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, to be effective 30 days after publication in the Pa. Bulletin. Adoption of New Local Rules of Court—2002, No. CP-03-AD-0000189-2002 (Armstrong Co. 1/4/2017), 47 Pa.B. … Continue reading
The Supreme Court has adopted a new public access policy for records of appellate and trial courts in Pennsylvania. Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania: Case Records of the Appellate and Trial Courts; No. 477 Judicial … Continue reading
The Advisory Committee on Decedents’ Estates Laws of the Joint State Government Commission has released a new report recommending changes to the Probate, Estates and Fiduciary Code (Title 20 Pa.C.S.) and Title 20 Pa.C.S. (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations). Proposed changes … Continue reading
Amendments to Pa. Rule of Appeallate Procedure 126 have been proposed that would clarify the treatment of unpublished or non-precedential opinions. “Proposed Amendments to Pa.R.A.P. 126,” 47 Pa.B. 7 (App. Ct. Proc. Rules Com. 1/7/2017). … Continue reading