Pennsylvania Orphans' Court Lawsource® (includes book + digital download)
THE COLLECTED PROBATE, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES CODE:
INHERITANCE AND ESTATE TAX STATUTE; ADOPTION ACT; AND
PENNSYLVANIA ORPHANS' COURT RULES 22ND EDITION
Includes book + digital download (link provided at checkout)
AUTHOR: JUSTIN C. ESPOSITO
1 Volume, Soft-cover
Published: January 2024 (22nd Edition)
(Previous Editions: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015-2023)
Most recent supplement/update: N/A
Library of Congress Number: 94-72556
ISBN: 1-887024-61-1
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This current Bisel Lawsource® sets forth the collected Pennsylvania Statutes comprising the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (P.E.F.), and the Inheritance and Estate Tax Act (I.E.T.), the Adoption Act, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orphans' Court Rules (Pa. O.C. Rules), with a combined index.
The format is designed to provide a convenient and practical one-stop source of the law and related rules in major areas of Pennsylvania practice, together with an index referencing both in one consolidated source.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
| Preface | |||
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PROBATE, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES CODE TITLE 20 DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES (20 Pa. C.S.) |
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| Chapter | |||
| 1. | Short Title and Definitions | ||
| 3. | Ownership of Property; Legal Title and Equitable Estate | ||
| 7. | Orphans' Court Divisions | ||
| 9. | Register of Wills | ||
| 21. | Intestate Succession | ||
| 22. | Elective Share of Surviving Spouse | ||
| 25. | Wills | ||
| 27. | Contractual Arrangements Relating to Succession | ||
| 28. | Formula Clauses for Federal Tax Purposes | ||
| 31. | Dispositions Independent of Letters; Family Exemption; Probate of Wills and Grant of Letters | ||
| 33. | Administration and Personal Representatives | ||
| 35. | Accounts and Distribution | ||
| 37. | Apportionment of Death Taxes | ||
| 41. | Foreign Fiduciaries | ||
| 43. | Temporary Fiduciaries | ||
| 45. | Sureties | ||
| 51. | Minors | ||
| 53. | Pennsylvania Uniform Transfers to Minors Act | ||
| 54. | Advance Directive for Health Care | ||
| 55. | Incapacitated Persons | ||
| 56. | Powers of Attorney | ||
| 57. | Absentees and Presumed Decedents | ||
| 58 | Mental Health Care | ||
| 59 | Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction | ||
| 61. | Estates | ||
| 62. | Disclaimers | ||
| 63. | Multiple-Party Accounts | ||
| 64. | Transfer on Death Security Registration | ||
| 71. | Trust & Estates (Repealed) | ||
| 72. | Prudent Investor Rule | ||
| 73. | Municipalities Investments | ||
| 75. | Limitations on Exercise of Trustee Powers and Powers of Beneficiaries to Appoint Trustees | ||
| 77. | Trusts | ||
| 81. | Principal and Income | ||
| 82. | Revised Price Act (Repealed) | ||
| 83. | Inalienable Property | ||
| 84. | Military Service | ||
| 85. | Simultaneous Death | ||
| 86. | Anatomical Gifts | ||
| 87. | Employee Benefits | ||
| 88. | Slayers | ||
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INHERITANCE AND ESTATE TAX ACT TITLE 72 TAXATION AND FISCAL AFFAIRS (72 P.S.) |
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| Part | |||
| I. | Preliminary Provisions § 9101-9103 | ||
| II. | Transfers Subject to Tax § 9106-9108 | ||
| III. | Transfers Not Subject to Tax § 9111-9113 | ||
| IV. | Rate of Tax § 9116-9117 | ||
| V. | Valuation § 9121-9122 | ||
| VI. | Deductions § 9126-9130 | ||
| VII. | Payment of Tax § 9136-9154 | ||
| VIII. | Uniform Act on Interstate Compromise and Arbitration of Inheritance Taxes § 9156-9163 | ||
| IX. | Collection of Tax § 9166-9176 | ||
| X. | Refund of Tax § 9181 | ||
| XI. | Disputed Tax § 9186-9188 | ||
| XII. | Entry Into Safe Deposit Box § 9191-9196 | ||
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PENNSYLVANIA ORPHANS' COURT RULES |
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Effective September 1, 2016 |
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| Pa. O.C. Rules | |||
| I. | Preliminary Rules | ||
| II. | Accounts, Objections and Distributions | ||
| III. | Petition Practice and Pleading | ||
| IV. | Format and Service of Legal Paper by Parties and Court; Electronic Filing | ||
| V. | Rules Governing Specific Types of Petitions | ||
| VI. | Reserved | ||
| VII. | Rules Relating to Pre-Hearing and Hearing Procedure | ||
| VIII. | Reconsideration | ||
| IX. | Auditors and Masters | ||
| X. | Register of Wills | ||
| XI. | Reserved | ||
| XII. | Reserved | ||
| XIII. | Reserved | ||
| XIV. | Guardianships of Incapacitated Persons | ||
| XV. | Adoptions | ||
| XVI. | Proceedings Pursuant to Section 3206 of the Abortion Control Act | ||
| Orphans’ Court and Administration Forms | |||
| Appendix — National Fiduciary Accounting Standards Project |
ADOPTION ACT 23 Pa. C.S. |
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| Chapter | |||
| 21. | Preliminary Provisions | ||
| 23. | Jurisdiction and Parties | ||
| 25. | Proceedings Prior to Petition to Adopt | ||
| 27. | Petition for Adoption | ||
| 29. | Decrees and Records | ||
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Consolidated Index (Statutes & Rules) |
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