PART II. ORPHANS’ COURT RULES

Rule

1—13.     [Reserved].
14—16.     [Renumbered].
17.     [Reserved].

Chapter

I.    PRELIMINARY RULES   
II.    ACCOUNTS, OBJECTIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS   
III.    PETITION PRACTICE AND PLEADING   
IV.    FORMAT AND SERVICE OF LEGAL PAPER BY PARTIES AND COURT; ELECTRONIC FILING   
V.    RULES GOVERNING SPECIFIC TYPES OF PETITIONS   
VI.    [Reserved]   
VII.    RULES RELATING TO PRE-HEARING AND HEARING PROCEDURE   
VIII.    RECONSIDERATION   
IX.    AUDITORS AND HEARING OFFICERS   
X.    REGISTER OF WILLS   
XI.    [Reserved]   
XII.    [Reserved]   
XIII.    [Reserved]   
XIV.    GUARDIANSHIPS OF INCAPACITATED PERSONS   
XV.    ADOPTIONS   
XVI.    PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 3206 OF THE ABORTION CONTROL ACT   
        APPENDIX   

Source

   The provisions of this Part II amended December 5, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 3133, unless otherwise noted.

   (Editor’s Note: Rules 1—13 and 17 are rescinded and Rules 14 and 16 are amended under Supreme Court Order No. 682, dated December 1, 2015, effective September 1, 2016. See 45 Pa.B. 7098 (December 19, 2015). This order will be codified in the September 2016 Pennsylvania Code Reporter. Supreme Court Order No. 683, dated December 1, 2015, addresses local orphans’ court rules. See 45 Pa.B. 7126 (December 19, 2015).)

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