A Pennsylvania Petition For Grant of Letters is a legal document filed with the Register of Wills in the county where a deceased person resided in order to obtain Letters of Administration or Letters Testamentary. The petitioner must be an interested party (i.e. a person entitled to take under the will or intestate succession) and must state that the decedent left no will. Depending on the circumstances, there are two types of Pennsylvania Petition For Grant of Letters. The first is a Petition for Letters of Administration, which is filed by a person who wishes to be appointed as the administrator of the decedent’s estate. The second is a Petition for Letters Testamentary, which is filed by an executor named in the decedent’s will. Both types of Petition must include information about the decedent and the petitioner, as well as a list of all heirs and the decedent’s assets.
Pennsylvania Petition For Grant of Letters
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Complete the petition for grant of letters of administration at your appointment. The Register of Wills will help you complete your paperwork, but they cannot provide legal advice. It may be helpful for you to hire an attorney to provide advice, answer legal questions, and help you through the process.
This is a document issued by the Register of Wills authorizing a particular person (s) to act as the personal representative of the decedent's estate. If the person died with a will, the document is referred to as letters testamentary. If the person died without a will, the document is called letters of administration.
If the decedent and his or her current spouse are their parents, the children are entitled to an inheritance only after the surviving spouse inherits $30,000 and half of the balance of the estate. But if the children were born out of marriage or during a previous relationship, their share shifts to half of the estate.
The grant of letters is the most common estate proceeding in Pennsylvania. The grant of letters is a full administration proceeding when a decedent dies with a will (testate) or without a will (intestate). When a decedent dies without a will, the proceeding is referred to as a grant of letters of administration.
Small estate affidavits are filed with the Register of Wills. They're used to simplify the probate process for estates valued at $50,000 or less. You can view other common probate forms provided by the State of Pennsylvania and the Register of Wills.
In Pennsylvania, there is no set deadline for filing probate. However, the law requires that the inheritance tax be wholly paid within nine months after the person's passing unless there has been a request for an extension.
To obtain your letter of testamentary, you will need to file the will and death certificate in the probate court, along with forms asking for the letter of testamentary. You'll need to provide your information, as well as some basic information about the value of the estate and the date of death.
When a person dies owning assets in his or her name alone, an estate must be ?opened? by a personal representative to handle the assets and to settle the decedent's affairs. The estate is opened by filing a Petition for Grant of Letters with a death certificate with the local Register of Wills.