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Today is WEAAD

Today, Friday, June 15, 2012, is the seventh annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). The goal of WEAAD is to increase awareness of elder abuse throughout the world and bring attention for the...

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Family Farms Exempted from PA Inheritance Tax

On July 2, 2012, Governor Tom Corbett signed legislation that, effective after June 30, 2012, exempts working farms and some related agricultural commodities from Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax.   The...

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New "Granny Snatching" Law in PA

On July 5, 2012, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed House Bill 1720 (Printer's No. 2589) -- commonly (and comically) referenced as the "Granny Snatching bill" -- into state law as Act 108 of...

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Appeal Procedures from PA Orphans' Court Rewritten

Appeals from orders issued by the various Orphans' Court Divisions, of the Courts of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania, are governed, effective February 12, 2012, by revised procedural rules, which were...

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AOPC.org is Dead; Long Live PAcourts.us! Very Tweet!

By September, 2012, the original Internet address of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System -- www.aopc.org (which reflected the initials of the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts) -- will...

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Organ Donation: Questions & Myths Discussed

On Friday, August 31, 2012, WITF-FM (Harrisburg, PA) broadcast a Radio Smart Talk program 50 minutes long, entitled What questions do you have about organ donation?  The initial guest of host Scott...

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Health Laws Impact LGBT Folks

Impact of Health Law on LGBT Individuals and Families is the title and subject of a 1½ hour continuing legal education program to be held on Friday, October 12, 2012, as sponsored by the Allegheny...

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Another PA Inheritance Tax Exemption Engrafted?

On January 23, 2013, the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal reported in an article entitled Pa. House committee passes bill to end 'death tax', that the Finance Committee of the Pennsylvania House...

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IRS PTIN Registration System is "Down"

The Internal Revenue Service's Tax Professionals system presently is "down" due to litigation.  [Note:  See "Update" at end of posting, below (02/06/13)] According to the IRS Statement on Court Ruling...

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New Postings of PA OC & R/W Forms Online

While seeking to access Pennsylvania Orphans' Court forms through this Blog's sidebar links to their source on the Internet, I discovered my links are no longer valid.  What happened?  Something...

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IRS PTIN System Online Again

The IRS Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) system was restored online effective February 2, 2013.  It had been "down" after January 18, 2013, due to litigation in federal court.  See: PA...

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PBA RPPT Section Newsletter, Winter 2013

The Winter, 2013 Newsletter (Issue No. 72) of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, was published on February 28, 2013, and will be mailed to members...

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PA Orphans' Court Rules Proposed for Sweeping Changes

On April 3, 2013, the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System website posted a news article entitled Input Sought on Proposed Rewrite of 40-year-old Orphans' Court Rules, which announced: "A substantial...

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Karoly Estates Will Forgery Case Ruling

The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) published a news report entitled Northampton County judge upholds Karoly wills (04/05/13), by Peter Hall, highlighting the most recent development in the Karoly...

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PA Supreme Court Appoints New Elder Law Task Force

On April 18, 2013, in a posted press release entitled Supreme Court’s Elder Law Task Force Will Tackle Growing Abuses to Older Pennsylvanians, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced creation of a...

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"Older & Wiser" Presentations Planned

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Joint State's Amazing Record and Report

On August 1, 2013, the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission posted a Report, dated August, 2013 (PDF, 4.7 MB), entitled The Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code and Orphans' Court Matters:...

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PA Small Estate & Deposit Payment Thresholds Increased

The Pennsylvania Probate, Estates & Fiduciaries Code (Title 20 of PA Consolidated Statutes) was amended in minor, but helpful, ways by Act 35 of 2013, which became effective on August 31, 2013....

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Enact Mandatory Financial Elder Abuse Reporting in PA

On December 11, 2013, Professor Katherine C. Pearson, of Penn State Law (The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, PA Campus), posted a four-page article entitled Law Financial Abuse and Exploitation in...

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NPR Broadcasts "Managing Your Elderly Parents' Finances"

On Thursday morning (11:06 AM to Noon), February 27, 2014, The Diane Rehm Show, as broadcast from WAMU through the National Public Radio network, focused on the topic Managing Your Elderly Parents'...

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A Memorial Birthday Message: Patti S. Bednarik

Patti S. Bednarik, Esq. "Estate planning for pets" remains an important consideration for folks in a relationship with one or more beloved companion animals -- faithful pets -- whose well-being, even...

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PA Power of Attorney Reform Legislation Moves

Legislative changes appear afoot regarding Pennsylvania's Power of Attorney laws. On Monday, June 16, 2014, the Pennsylvania Senate adopted (50-0), after three required considerations, a revised...

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PA POA Reform legislation on Governor's Desk

On June 18, 2014, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives adopted (193-0) the amended, compromise version of House Bill 1429, in Printer's No. 3708, regarding power of attorney reform.  The adopted...

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Philadelphia Court Upholds Stephen Girard's Intentions

Stephen Girard, late in life Painted by J.R. Lambdin Judge O'Keefe, Administrative Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, sitting in the Orphans' Court Division, issued an opinion and order,...

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PA Bar Assn approves Orphans' Court Mediation Project

<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]-->On Friday, November 21, 2014, the Pennsylvania Bar Association formally approved, by unanimous vote, a Report and Recommendation presented by its Alternative...

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