PRINTER'S NO. 63
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
72
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, COHEN, KORTZ, CALTAGIRONE, GRELL,
MILLARD, THOMAS, D. COSTA, KOTIK, DeLUCA, BARBIN, GINGRICH
AND MAHONEY, JANUARY 21, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 21, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in ownership of property,
legal title and equitable estate, further providing for right
to dispose of a decedent's remains.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 305(d)(2) of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 305. Right to dispose of a decedent's remains.
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(d) Procedure.--Where a petition alleging enduring
estrangement, incompetence, contrary intent or waiver and
agreement is made within 48 hours of the death or discovery of
the body of the decedent, whichever is later, a court may order
that no final disposition of the decedent's remains take place
until a final determination is made on the petition. Notice to
each person with equal or higher precedence than the petitioner
to the right to dispose of the decedent's remains and to his
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