PRINTER'S NO. 1498
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1104
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, RAFFERTY AND COSTA, JANUARY 13, 2016
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 13, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in orphans' court
divisions, further providing for nonmandatory exercise of
jurisdiction through orphans' court division; in wills,
further providing for rules of interpretation; in
dispositions independent of letters, family exemption,
probate of wills and grant of letters, providing for
submission to jurisdiction; in administration and personal
representatives, further providing for continuation of
business and for incorporation of estate's business; in
accounts and distribution, further providing for
determination of title to decedent's interest in real estate;
in health care, further providing for definitions, for
authority of health care agent and for relation of health
care agent to court-appointed guardian and other agents; in
powers of attorney, further providing for general provisions,
for form of power of attorney, for implementation of power of
attorney, for durable powers of attorney and for account;
providing for meaning and effect of power of attorney and for
jurisdiction and venue; in estates, further providing for
release or disclaimer of powers or interests; in estates,
providing for release of powers and interests and disclaimer
of powers; providing for powers of appointment; in trusts,
further providing for nonjudicial settlement agreements - UTC
111, for representation of parties in interest in general,
for division of trusts, for resignation of trustee and filing
resignation, for duty to inform and report, for limitation of
action against trustee and for powers, duties and liabilities
identical with personal representatives; codifying provisions
of the Charitable Instruments Act of 1971; in principal and
income, further providing for charitable trusts; and making a
related repeal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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