Forms
We have a limited selection of forms available for public use. If these forms do not include what you need, you can research your issue in the Bucks County Law Library, or retain a private attorney. The revised Orphans' Court Manual (Fourth Edition, 2015) is now available for purchase by contacting the Bucks County Bar Association.
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM LINDA BOBRIN, ESQUIRE, BUCKS COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS:
Beginning June 1, 2022, the following documents must be electronically filed:
- Certifications of Notice due under O.C. Rule 10.5
- Status Reports due under O.C. Rule 10.6
Note there is no charge to file these documents electronically. However, a $25 fee will be assessed for paper filings received after June 1st.
Register of Wills Forms
- Advertisement of Grant of Letters - Bucks County Law Reporter Form
- Affidavit of Death (PDF)
- Certification of Notice under Pa. O.C. Rule 10.5
- Inheritance Tax Payments (PDF)
- Inheritance Tax Return Filing Instructions (PDF)
- Inventory (PDF)
- Notice to Heirs (PDF)
- Oath of Non-Subscribing Witness (PDF)
- Oath of Subscribing Witness (PDF)
- Oath of Witness to Will Executed by Another (PDF)
- Petition for Grant of Letters (PDF)
- Probate Resources and Timeline
- Renunciation (PDF)
- Status Report Under Rule 10.6 (PDF)
- Unavailable Witness Affidavits (PDF)
Orphans' Court Forms
- Annual Report Fee Waiver Request (PDF)
- Appearance (Orphans' Court) (PDF)
- Certification of Compliance (PDF)
- Citation with Notice: Form G-01 (PDF)
- Citation, Rule 14.5 (PDF)
- Claim (Orphans' Court) (PDF)
- Confidential Document Form (PDF)
- Confidential Information Form (PDF)
- Court of Common Pleas: Administrative Order Number 88 (PDF)
- Expert Report: Form G-06 (PDF)
- General Petition Checklist (PDF)
- Guardians Inventory for a Minor: Form G-04 (PDF)
- Guardians Inventory for an Incapacitated Person: G-05 (PDF)
- Marriage License Application Sample (PDF)
- Marriage License Request Form (PDF)
- Minors Compromise, Settlement, Discontinuance, and Distribution Checklist (PDF)
- Notice of Charitable Gift (PDF)
- Notice of Claim (PDF)
- Notice of Filing Guardian's Report: Form G-07 (PDF)
- Notification of Mental Health Commitment (PDF)
- Order, Petition, Affidavit to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (PDF)
- Orphan's Court Resource Pamphlet 2022
- PA Marriage Law, Officiants (PDF)
- Petition for Adjudication: Decedent's Estate (PDF)
- Petition for Adjudication: Guardianship of Incapacitated Person (PDF)
- Petition for Adjudication: Guardianship of Minor (PDF)
- Petition for Adjudication: Principal's Estate (Under Power of Attorney) (PDF)
- Petition for Adjudication: Trust (PDF)
- Petition For Amendment of Marriage Record
- Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor Checklist
- Petition for Guardianship of an Adult Checklist
- Petition for Registration of Foreign Decree Rule 15.8 (PDF)
- Petition to Re-Adopt a Foreign Born Child Rule 15.9 (PDF)
- Petition for Settlement of a Small Estate
- Petition for Settlement of a Small Estate Checklist
- Praecipe for Parental Rights Termination Hearing (PDF)
- Praecipe to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (PDF)
- Preliminary Decree with Citation (PDF)
- Private Sale of Decedent's Real Estate Checklist (PDF)
- Public Sale of a Decedent's Real Estate Checklist: Personal Representative (PDF)
- Report of Guardian of the Estate: Form G-02 (PDF)
- Report of Guardian of the Person: Form G-03 (PDF)
- Request for Access (PDF)
- Request for Access to Adoption File (PDF)
- Request for Access to Incapacitated Persons File (PDF)
- Request for Correction of Clerical Error (PDF)
- Request for Pre-Placement Home Study (Non-Agency Intermediary or No Intermediary) (PDF)
- Revocation of Letters Granted Checklist (PDF)
- Subpoena to Attend and Testify (PDF)
- Subpoena to Produce Documents and Discovery (PDF)
- Verification
- Written Deposition (Orphans' Court) (PDF)
Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania
- 2018 Certificate of Compliance (PDF)
- Administrative Order Number 88 (PDF)
- Confidential Document Form (PDF)
- Confidential Information Form (PDF)
- Request for Access (PDF)
- Request for Correction of Clerical Error (PDF)
- Unified Judicial System of PA: Public Access Policy (PDF)
- Petition for Settlement of a Small Estate Checklist
- Petition for Settlement of a Small Estate
Other Important Forms
- Application for Birth Certificate (Through PA Department of Health) (PDF)
- Application for Death Certificate (Through PA Department of Health) (PDF)
- Certificate for Adoption (PDF)
- Certificate of Adoption Foreign Born Child HD01273F
- Report of Adoption H105.091
- Statement of Citizenship and Residency (PDF)
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Linda Bobrin, Esq.
Register of Wills & Clerk of the Orphans' Court
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Register of Wills
Physical Address
55 E Court Street
6th Floor
Doylestown, PA 18901
Phone: 215-348-6265
Hours
The Register of Wills/Clerk of the Orphans’ Court is open to the public from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm. Both virtual and in-person appointments are conducted. Please call 215-348-6254 or 215-348-6264 to schedule an appointment.
Lower Bucks County Government Service Center
7321 New Falls Rd.
Levittown, PA 19055
Phone: 267-580-3585
Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:30 am - 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Friday 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Appointments are recommended and will receive priorityOrphans' Court Contact
Email the Clerk of Orphans' Court
Disclaimer
All information on this 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.
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