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Forms

Register of Wills

Petition for Grant of Letters

Inventory

Status Report under Rule 6.12

Certification of Notice under Rule 5.6

Renunciation

Staple Affidavit

Oath of Subscribing Witness

Oath of Non-Subscribing Witness
Unavailable Witness Affidavit

Oath of Witness to Will Executed by Another
Notice to Heirs
Duties of a Personal Representative

Orphans' Court
Annual Report Fee Waiver Request

Annual Report Guardian of Estate, Rule 14.5F

Annual Report Guardian of Person, Rule 14.5E

Appearance

Citation, Rule 14.5

Claim

Guardian’s Inventory, Rule 14.4

Notice of Charitable Gift, Rule 5.5

Notification of Mental Health Commitment

Rule 6.9 - Audit,
Petition for Adjudication: Decedent's Estate

Rule 6.9 - Audit,
Petition for Adjudication: Guardianship of Incapacitated Person

Rule 6.9 - Audit,
Petition for Adjudication: Guardianship of Minor

Rule 6.9 - Audit,
Petition for Adjudication: Trust

Rule 6.9 - Audit,
Petition for Adjudication: Under Power of Attorney
Petition for Small Estate

Request for Access to Incapacitated Person’s File

Request for Access to Adoption File

Petition for Registration of Foreign Decree Rule 15.8
Praecipe for Parental Rights Termination Hearing

Praecipe to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

Affidavit to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

Request for Pre-Placement Home Study
(Non-Agency Intermediary or No Intermediary)

Verification
Written Deposition

Marriage License Application Sample
Please note: This application is a sample for illustrative purposes only and will not be accepted by the Orphan's Court as a true application.

PA Marriage Law, Officiants

 

Other Important Forms
Application for Certified Copy of Birth Record
Application for Certified Copy of Death Record
Statement of Citizenship and Residency
Certificate of Adoption of Foreign Born Child
Certificate for Adoption

 

Please Note:
All information on the webpage is to inform and not to advise. It is based upon Pennsylvania law. The statements are general, and individual facts in a given case may alter their application or involve other laws not referred to here.

Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans' Court
Donald Petrille, Jr., Esquire

Bucks County Courthouse
55 East Court Street
3rd Floor, Administration Building
Doylestown, PA 18901

Register of Wills: 215-348-6265
Orphans' Court: 215-348-6271
Fax: 215-348-6156
registerofwills@co.bucks.pa.us
orphanscourt@co.bucks.pa.us

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Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesday every month –
open until 7:30 pm

Offsite Location for Probate & Marriage:
Lower Bucks Government Service Center
7321 New Falls Road
Levittown, PA 19055
Phone: 267-580-3500
Hours:
Monday 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Friday 8:30 am to 12:00 pm