PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1498
PRINTER'S NO. 1645
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1104
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, RAFFERTY AND COSTA, JANUARY 13, 2016
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, MARCH 22, 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 WHEN
HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY IS OPERATIVE, 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
AUTHORITY THAT REQUIRES SPECIFIC AND GENERAL GRANT OF
AUTHORITY, 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.
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