Pennsylvania Sample Letter for Complaint to Probate Will and Appoint Co-Executrixes and Issuance of Letters Testamentary
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In Pennsylvania, it is only necessary to probate if the decedent owned assets, whether financial or real estate holdings, solely in their name which did not already have a beneficiary designated. Such assets are called probate assets, and in order to convey ownership of them it is necessary to probate.
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.
In Pennsylvania, you can use a summary probate procedure when estates are worth less than $50,000 (not including funeral costs, real estate and allowable family payments). There is no Affidavit procedure in PA.
The length of time an executor has to settle an estate in Pennsylvania can vary considerably, typically spanning from several months to over a year, depending on factors like the size and complexity of the estate, the clarity of the will, and whether the probate process is contested.
Letters testamentary or of administration on the estate of a decedent domiciled in the Commonwealth at the time of his death shall be granted only by the register of the county where the decedent had his last family or principal residence.
Letters of Administration are official documents that grant an individual permission to access and manage an Estate after someone dies. This individual -- called the Administrator of Estate -- is then in charge of paying outstanding debts and distributing property to relatives.
The grant of letters is for admitting the will to probate (in a testate estate), filing bond (if bond is required), appointing a personal representative to administer the estate, and court oversight of the estate administration process.
