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Reports are grouped by year of publication.  Reports that are not hyperlinked have not yet been scanned.
Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
2021
Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries: A Proposed Directed Trust Act with other Amendments for Estates and Trusts - June, 2021
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
2018
Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries: Proposed Amendments to Title 20 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes - February, 2018
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
2017
Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries: Proposed Amendments to Titles 15 & 20 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes - January, 2017
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
2013
The Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code and Orphans' Court Matters: Legislation Recommended by the Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estates Laws - August, 2013
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
2012
Guardianship Law: Proposed Amendments to the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code - October, 2012
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
2011
Powers of Attorney and Healthcare Decision-Making: Proposed Amendments to the Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code - June, 2011
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
2010
The Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code: Proposed Amendments to Title 20 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Report of the Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estates Laws - June, 2010
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
Powers of Attorney: Proposed Amendments to the Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code - March, 2010
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
2007
The Probate, Estates, and Fiduciary Code: Proposed Amendments to Title 20 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes - October, 2007
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
Guardianship Law in Pennsylvania, Report of the Working Group on Guardianships - May, 2007
Authorization: 2005 House Resolution 131, 1861
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
2005
The Proposed Pennsylvania Uniform Trust Act and Amendments to the Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code - April, 2005
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
2003
The Proposed Pennsylvania Uniform Trust Act and Amendments to the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code - November, 2003
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
2002
Proposed Health Care Decision-Making Provisions Under Chapter 54 of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes - February, 2002
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
2001
Proposed Pennsylvania Uniform Principal and Income Act and Other Proposed Amendments - June, 2001
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1998
Powers of Attorney: Recommended Amendments -- Report of the Subcommittee on Guardianships and Powers of Attorney of the Task Force and Advisory Committee on Decedents’ Estates Laws - November, 1998
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
A Health Care Decision-Making Proposal; A Prudent Investor Rule; Other Proposed Amendments - March, 1998
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1996
Report of the Subcommittee on Guardianships and Powers of Attorney of the Task Force and Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estates Laws - May, 1996
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1995
Task Force and Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estates and Laws: Commemorating Fifty years of Service to the Commonwealth 1945-1995 - November, 1995
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1994
1994 Report of the Task Force and Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estates Laws: Recommending a Health Care Power of Attorney Statute and Other Amendments to the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code - April, 1994
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1991
1991 Report of the Joint State Government Commission Task Force and Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estates Laws - June, 1991
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1988
Exempting Spousal Transfers and Other Proposed Amendments to the Inheritance and Estate Tax Act - February, 1988
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1985
Task Force and Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estates Laws, 1945-1985 - December, 1985
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code: Proposed Amendments and Comments - October, 1985
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1984
Report of the Subcommittee on Guardianships - March, 1984
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1983
Probate, Estate, and Fiduciaries Code: Proposed Amendments and Comments - October, 1983
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1981
Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code: Proposed Amendments and Comments - 1981 and Proposed Revision of Inheritance Tax Laws and Codification of Chapter 17, Title 72 - March, 1981
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1979
Probates, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code: Proposed Amendments and Comments, Including a Study of the Impact of Inheritance Taxes on Decedents’ Domicile - May, 1979
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1977
Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code: Proposed Amendments and Comments - June, 1977
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1975
Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code: Proposed Amendments and Comments - November, 1975
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1974
Guardianship of the Mentally Retarded - September, 1974
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1973
Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code: Phase II - May, 1973
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1972
Proposed Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code - January, 1972
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1963
Inheritance and Estate Tax Act of 1961, as Amended - January, 1963
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1959
Proposed Inheritance and Estate Tax Act of 1959 -- Second Report of the Task Force on Decedents’ Estates Laws - January, 1959
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1955
Report of the Subcommittee on Decedents' Estates Laws of the Joint State Government Commission - January, 1955
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1951
Report Relating to the Following Decedents' Estates Laws of 1951: Incompetents' Estates Act of 1951, Register of Wills Act of 1951, Orphans' Court Act of 1951, Estate Tax Apportionment Act of 1951 - January, 1951
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1950
Proposed Incompetents' Estates Act of 1951 - November, 1950
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
Proposed Register of Wills Act of 1951 - July, 1950
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
Proposed Orphans' Court Act of 1951 - May, 1950
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1949
Decedents' Estates Laws: Fiduciaries Act of 1949, Fiduciaries Investment Act of 1949 - January, 1949
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
Proposed Fiduciaries Investment Act of 1949 - January, 1949
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1947
Report of the Joint State Government Commission on the Following Decedents' Estates Laws: Intestate Act of 1947, Wills Act of 1947, Estates Act of 1947, Principal and Income Act of 1947 - January, 1947
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
1946
Proposed Wills Act of 1947: Report of the Committee on Decedents' Estates Laws - June, 1946
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
Proposed Intestate Act of 1947: Report of the Committee on Decedents' Estates Laws - March, 1946
Topic: Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries
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