Report on the New Law with Official Comments by the Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estates ...

136 Pages·2002·0.4 MB·English

PROPOSED PENNSYLVANIA
UNIFORM PRINCIPAL AND INCOME ACT

AND OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

REPORT OF THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
DECEDENTS’ ESTATES LAWS

General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
JOINT STATE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION
108 Finance Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
June 2001
The release of this report should not be
interpreted as an endorsement by the members
of the Executive Committee of the Joint State
Government Commission of all the findings,
recommendations and conclusions contained in
this report.

JOINT STATE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION
ROOM 108 FINANCE BUILDING
HARRISBURG, PA 17120-0018

717-787-4397
FAX [phone]

E-mail: [email protected]

The Joint State Government Commission was created by the act of July 1, 1937
(P.L.2460, No.459) as amended, as a continuing agency for the development of
facts and recommendations on all phases of government for the use of the General
Assembly.

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JOINT STATE GOVERNMENT
COMMISSION, 2001-2002

OFFICERS

Senator Roger A. Madigan, Chair

Representative Jeffrey W. Coy, Treasurer
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Senate Members House Members

Robert C. Jubelirer Matthew J. Ryan
President Pro Tempore Speaker

David J. Brightbill John M. Perzel
Majority Leader Majority Leader

Robert J. Mellow H. William DeWeese
Minority Leader Minority Leader

Jeffrey E. Piccola Samuel H. Smith
Majority Whip Majority Whip

Michael A. O’Pake Michael R. Veon
Minority Whip Minority Whip

Noah W. Wenger David G. Argall
Chair, Majority Caucus Chair, Majority Caucus

Jack Wagner Mark B. Cohen
Chair, Minority Caucus Chair, Minority Caucus

Member Ex Officio

Senator Roger A. Madigan
Commission Chair
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David L. Hostetter
Executive Director
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TASK FORCE ON
DECEDENTS’ ESTATES LAWS

Senate Members
Stewart J. Greenleaf, Chair

Jay Costa

Charles D. Lemmond

House Members
Daniel F. Clark

Michael C. Gruitza

Michael K. Hanna
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
DECEDENTS’ ESTATES LAWS

William McC. Houston, Esq. John J. Lombard, Jr., Esq.
Chair
Edwin L. R. McKean, Esq.
Edward M. Watters III, Esq.
Vice Chair Michael J. Mullaugh, Esq.

Richard J. Ashby, Jr., Esq. Judge Edmund S. Pawelec
Thomas A. Beckley, Esq. Richard L. Placey, Esq.
Mark Bookman, Esq. William Campbell Ries, Esq.
Ira B. Coldren, Jr., Esq. Bruce A. Rosenfield, Esq.
William R. Cooper, Esq. Pam H. Schneider, Esq.
Robert E. Diehl, Jr., Esq. K. L. Shirk, Jr., Esq.
Judge Calvin S. Drayer Regina O. Thomas, Esq.
Judge Roger M. Fischer Donald R. Waisel, Esq.
Robert L. Freedman, Esq. Robert B. Wolf, Esq.
Edward J. Greene, Esq. Judge Lawrence E. Wood
Richard L. Grossman, Esq. C. Thomas Work, Esq.
Neil E. Hendershot, Esq. Vincent X Yakowicz
David J. Kaufman, Esq. Judge Paul R. Zavarella

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CONTENTS

Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1
Summary of Recommendations......................................................................... 3
Principal and Income Act .................................................................................. 5
Other Proposed Amendments ...........................................................................113

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