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Provides the following basic services to the people of Lancaster County: Register of Wills

• Grants letters testamentary to those probating a will and letters of administration to those who die without a will. (Records are open to public inspection.)
• Collects inheritance tax for Pennsylvania

Orphans Court

• Issues marriage licenses
• Provides applications to persons wishing to obtain copies of birth certificates
• Handles all adoption proceedings. Adoptions are sealed and held in closed court
• Settle estates of minors and incapacitated persons

Addresses matters involving estates, trusts, wills, guardians of the persons and estates of minors and incapacitated persons, powers of attorney, termination of parental rights and adoptions, civil commitments, marriage licenses, nonprofit associations, and inheritance and estate tax.

Serves as the governing legislative body for Carbon County. Oversees county operations, including administration/ human resources, economic development, corrections, court services, emergency services, fiscal affairs, human services, public works, and the offices of the Coroner, Public Defender, Sheriff, and Solicitor.

Offers county operations, including administration/human resources, economic development, corrections, court services, fiscal affairs, human services, public works, and the offices of the Coroner, Public Defender, Sheriff, and Solicitor. Information on county services.

Provides the following basic services to the people of Schuylkill County; Register of Wills

• Grants letters testamentary to those probating a will and letters of administration to those who die without a will
• Collects inheritance tax for Pennsylvania

Orphans Court

• Issues marriage licenses
• Provides applications to persons wishing to obtain copies of birth certificates
• Handles all adoption proceedings. Adoptions are sealed and held in closed court
• Settle estates of minors and incapacitated persons

Issues marriage licenses, handles adoptions and incapacitated filings, and presents first and final account files in the estate to the court. Handles transactions dealing with real estate. Probates the wills of all decedents and issues letters of administration and testamentary in each estate.

Oversees Northampton County operations, including administration/human resources, economic development, corrections, court services, fiscal affairs, human services, public works, and the offices of the Coroner, Public Defender, Sheriff.

Responsible for the probate of all estates for decedents dying in the County of Berks. Collects inheritance tax for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Issues marriage licenses. Maintains the dockets of all probate proceedings. Serves as Clerks of Orphans' Court. Maintains all records of adoptions and guardianship in the Orphans' Court division of the Court of Common Pleas. Serves as presiding officer in all probate hearings. Under special circumstances, the Register will perform probates and take marriage license applications in the home, assisted living facility or hospital of the citizen in need of our services.

Consists of the County Council, which is the governing legislative body, and the County Executive, who oversees county operations, including administration/ human resources, economic development, corrections, court services, fiscal affairs, human services, public works, and the offices of the Coroner, Public Defender, Sheriff, and Solicitor.

In addition to handling the processing of all Protection From Abuse applications and cases, the Family Courts are responsible for all Juvenile Delinquency cases, Children and Youth cases and Orphans Court cases. The types of cases heard by the Family Court Judges involve custody, dependency, juvenile delinquency, foster care, adoptions, visitation, appointment of guardians, truancy, and estate and accounting matters.

Administers County Courts, including both criminal and civil divisions.