The Register of Wills had jurisdiction to probate the will of a decedent who was not a resident of Pennsylvania because the decedent owned real estate in the Register’s county, but a contestant to a will lacks standing when an … Continue reading
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The Orphans’ Court Procedural Rules Committee has published a new proposal for a rule for Registers of Wills for the disclosure of the digital assets of a decedent to the personal representative of the decedent’s estate in accordance with 20 … Continue reading
The Register of Wills of Lehigh County has adopted a new fee schedule, to be effective January 1, 2023. “Clerk of Judicial Records—Register of Wills Division Fee Schedule; Case No. 2022-J-0133” (9/19/2022), 52 Pa.B. 6452 (10/15/2022). … Continue reading
The Register of Wills had “good cause” to deny letters of administration to a creditor who had engaged litigation against the decedent during his lifetime, and whose claims were still unresolved, because the interests of the creditor were “hostile” to … Continue reading
The Register of Wills did not abuse her discretion or commit an error of law in denying letters of administration to a principal creditor of the estate when the creditor had an ownership interest in property owned by the decedent … Continue reading
The Orphans’ Court Procedural Rules Committee has published a proposal for a new rule for Registers of Wills that would provide a cross-reference to 20 Pa.C.S. § 3908, which allows disclosure of digital assets through the filing of an affidavit … Continue reading
Since publishing the news that Lehigh County has established a “virtual probate” process by videoconferencing, it’s been learned that five other counties have published similar procedures. The list (as of 3/31/2020) is as follows: BerksBucksDauphinLehighNorthamptonYork Most of the procedures require … Continue reading
Lehigh County has announced a new procedure for the probate of wills by video conferencing, effective 3/30/2020. The Montgomery County Bar Association reports that its Register of Wills is considering a similar procedure, but nothing appears on the Register’s website … Continue reading
It was previously reported that new Orphans’ Court forms, and new forms for use before the Register of Wills, had been posted to the collection of Orphans’ Court forms on the pacourts.us website, to be effective January 1, 2020. It … Continue reading
Revised O.C. Forms OC-1 through OC-5 and RW-03 through RW-10, that were approved as part of “Order Amendment Rules 1.7, 1.8, 2.1, 2.5, 2.7, 3.5, 3.7, 4.3, 4.6, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 7.1, 10.1, 10.5, and the Index of the Appendix … Continue reading