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2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Chapter 1 - Short Title and Definitions
101 - Short title.
TITLE 20 DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES Chapter 1. Short Title and Definitions 3. Ownership of Property; Legal Title and Equitable Estate 7. Orphans' Court Divisions 9. Register of Wills 21. Intestate Succession 22. Elective Share of Surviving Spouse 25. Wills 27. Contractual Arrangements Relating to Succession 31. Dispositions Independent of Letters; Family Exemption; Probate of Wills and Grant of Letters 33. Administration and Personal Representatives 35. Accounts and Distribution 37. Apportionment of Death Taxes 41. Foreign Fiduciaries 43. Temporary Fiduciaries 45. Sureties 51. Minors 53. Pennsylvania Uniform Transfers to Minors Act 54. Advance Directive for Health Care 54A. Out-of-Hospital Nonresuscitation 55. Incapacitated Persons 56. Powers of Attorney 57. Absentees and Presumed Decedents 58. Mental Health Care 61. Estates 62. Disclaimers 63. Multiple-Party Accounts 64. Transfer on Death Security Registration 71. Trust Estates 72. Prudent Investor Rule 73. Municipalities Investments 75. Limitations on Exercise of Trustee Powers and Powers of Beneficiaries to Appoint Trustees 81. Principal and Income 82. Revised Price Act (Repealed) 83. Inalienable Property 84. Military Service 85. Simultaneous Death 86. Anatomical Gifts 87. Employee Benefits 88. Slayers Enactment. Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Title 20 were added June 30, 1972, P.L.508, No.164, effective July 1, 1972. Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 4 of Act 164 of 1972 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to effective date and savings provisions. of title and preservation of rights and liabilities. Title Heading. The heading of Title 20 was amended June 30, 1972, P.L.508, No.164; December 10, 1974, P.L.816, No.271; and December 10, 1974, P.L.867, No.293. CHAPTER 1 SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS Sec. 101. Short title. 102. Definitions. Enactment. Chapter 1 was added June 30, 1972, P.L.508, No.164, effective July 1, 1972. § 101. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as the "Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code." Each chapter herein shall be known and may be cited by its chapter heading.
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