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
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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 Rule of Appeallate Procedure 126 have been proposed that would clarify the treatment of unpublished or non-precedential opinions.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
In Notice 2017-12 (1/6/2017), 2017-4 IRB ___ (1/23/2017), the IRS has confirmed that an estate tax account transcript showing transaction code “421” may be relied upon as the functional equivalent of an estate tax closing letter, and explains how to … Continue reading
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The sample form of durable general power of attorney and the commentary on the form have been updated to reflect the changes to 20 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56 (“Powers of Attorney”) made by Acts 79 and 103 of 2016. (See “PEF Code Omnibus Amendments and … Continue reading