Mercer County has entered three administrative orders:

1.  Administrative Order No. 1, Register’s No. 2013-767, 44 Pa.B. 24 (1/4/2014), directs the Register of Wills to notify judges each year whether or not the annual reports of guardians required by 20 Pa.C.S. § 5521(c) have been filed, and provides procedures for reviewing annual reports and for scheduling hearings to determine why reports have not been filed.

2.  Administrative Order No. 2, Register’s No. 2013-767, 44 Pa.B. 25 (1/4/2014), directs the Register of Wills to accept, file, and maintain a public index for, original wills that have been in the possession of lawyers who have died or otherwise ceased to practice law and who have been unable to return the wills to the testators.

3.  The third administrative order directs that administrative orders be kept available for public inspection in the offices of the Clerk, the Register of Wills, the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, and the Prothonotary.  Administrative Orders, Register’s No. 2013-767, 44 Pa.B. 24 (1/4/2014).