HB2824Introduced in the House
In ownership of property and legal title and equitable estate, further providing for right to dispose of a decedent's remains; in dispositions independent of letters and family exemption and probate of wills and grant of letters, repealing provisions relating to payments to family and funeral directors, providing for collection of personal property by affidavit and for collection of unclaimed property and further providing for settlement of small estates on petition; in accounts and distribution, further providing for income on distributive shares; in health care, further providing for authority of health care agent; in powers of attorney, providing for judicial relief; in estates, further providing for applicability of rule against perpetuities; and, in trusts, further providing for income on distributive shares.
Introduced by Timothy Briggs, District 149
What does this bill do?
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Official description
An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in ownership of property and legal title and equitable estate, further providing for right to dispose of a decedent's remains; in dispositions independent of letters and family exemption and probate of wills and grant of letters, repealing provisions relating to payments to family and funeral directors, providing for collection of personal property by affidavit and for collection of unclaimed property and further providing for settlement of small estates on petition; in accounts and distribution, further providing for income on distributive shares; in health care, further providing for authority of health care agent; in powers of attorney, providing for judicial relief; in estates, further providing for applicability of rule against perpetuities; and, in trusts, further providing for income on distributive shares.
Where it stands
Referred to Judiciary
October 5, 2026
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Bill history
Referred to Judiciary
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