Mercer County has entered three administrative orders:<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 Administrative Order No. 1, Register’s No. 2013-767, 44 Pa.B. 24<\/a> (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. \u00a7 5521(c) have been filed, and provides procedures for reviewing annual reports and for scheduling hearings to determine why reports have not been filed.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0 Administrative Order No. 2, Register’s No. 2013-767, 44 Pa.B. 25<\/a> (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.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Administrative Orders, Register’s No. 2013-767, 44 Pa.B. 24<\/a> (1\/4\/2014).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mercer County has entered three administrative orders: 1.\u00a0 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 … Continue reading