Section 1.3. Forms

The Supreme Court hereby adopts forms for practice and procedure before the Registers of Wills and Orphans’ Court Divisions of this Commonwealth which shall be acceptable in all jurisdictions in addition to forms otherwise approved or mandated for use pursuant to local rules. These forms for statewide practice are set forth in an Appendix to these rules. The forms may be revised and supplemented from time to time. The forms shall also be maintained for public access at a website designated by the Supreme Court.

Committee Comment—2006

A number of forms previously recommended by the Committee for use before the Register of Wills, but not formally adopted by the Court, had appeared following Rule 10.1. Most of those forms have now been consolidated or revised and set forth in the Appendix hereto. However, certain forms have been deleted because they are properly generated by the Register of Wills rather than counsel. The forms formerly set forth in the body of Rules 5.7, 6.12, 14.5, 16.11 and 16.12, some with minor revisions, have been moved to the Appendix as well. In addition, a number of new forms for use in the Orphans’ Court have been adopted by the Court. The current website for electronic access to the forms is found at www.pacourts.us/Forms/OrphansCourtForms.htm. The forms posted on the website are capable of on-line completion.

The provisions of this Rule 1.3 adopted October 16, 2006, effective 30 days from date on entry, 36 Pa.B. 6760; amended July 16, 2012, effective immediately, 42 Pa.B. 4908. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (323244).