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On Friday, November 21, 2014, the Pennsylvania Bar Association formally approved, by unanimous vote, a Report and Recommendation presented by its Alternative Dispute Resolution Committ...

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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 o...

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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.  Th...

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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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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, ...

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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 Parent...

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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 Exploitatio...

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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, 201...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 E...

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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 substan...

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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 me...

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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. ...

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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?  ...

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The Internal Revenue Service's Tax Professionals system presently is "down" due to litigation.  According to the IRS Statement on Court Ruling Related to Return Preparers, updated as of Jan...

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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 H...

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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 Alleghe...

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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 hos...

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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) -- w...

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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 we...

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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 o...

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