Probates wills and appoints representatives for decedents who die with or without a will. The decedent must have been a resident of Allegheny County at the time of death. Also serves as an agent for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for filing and payment of Inheritance Taxes.

Provides comprehensive guardianship services for individuals who have been determined by the Court to be incapacitated and no longer able to make their own life decisions. Through written and notarized Power of Attorney (POA) documents, individuals deemed incapable of making decisions on their own can give JFCS the responsibility and legal power to act on their behalf, according to the terms of the agreement.

Assists low-income clients with Wills, Living Wills, Advance Directives, Memoranda regarding Conduct of Funeral and Burial or Cremation, and Durable Power of Attorney matters.

This York County Government Office for Row Officers oversees both the Clerk of Orphan's Court and the Register of Wills. Orphan's Court:(717)771-9288 and Wills':(717) 771-9607 The duties of the Clerk of Orphans' Court include: filing petitions for incapacitated persons and petitions for the appointment of guardians for minors, petitions for adoptions (which records are confidential), the granting of marriage licenses, and records of births and deaths from 1893 through 1906. Birth and death records of persons born after 1906 are on file with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records, New Castle, Pa 16103. Phone: (724) 656-3100. This office is also responsible in assisting the Judge of Orphans' Court during court proceedings as well as the documents pertaining to those proceedings. As register of wills, this office has jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the granting of letters of testamentary and letters of administration to persons properly

Provides elder law, estate planning, and estate settlement services.

Provides services related to estate planning and elder law. Specializes in asset protection, wills and trust planning, powers of attorney, elder law, Medicaid application and qualification, long-term care planning, probate and estate administration, Medicaid crisis planning, special needs and disability planning, veterans’ benefits, including aid and attendance qualification, charitable planning, and business succession in conjunction with estate planning.

Legal services are provided on a limited basis determined by established criteria of the Berks County Area Agency on Aging.

Counsels people on disability-based issues (including public benefits, financial and estate planning), manages affordable special needs trusts, and helps to create support plans with public and private resources for the care of people with disabilities.

Provides legal consultation and services from attorneys working pro bono including wills, living wills, healthcare power of attorney for low-income seniors.

Provides general information regarding the following: Marriage License, Recording of Deeds, Register of Wills, Voter Registration, Elections, Waste, Tax Assessments, Dog License, Passports, Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Probation, Court, and District Attorney.

Provides elder law, estate planning, and estate settlement services.

Provides deeds, wills, passports, and marriage licenses. Offers assistance in obtaining and gathering any needed documents.

Provides free legal services to low-income older adults (age 60 and older) and/or clients family members. Services focus on advance planning for incapacity (including Powers of Attorney and Living Wills), simple estate planning, guardianship and related matters, Medical Assistance for long term care, settlement of estates with limited assets/small estates, and grand-parenting issues. Students also provide community presentations on elder law issues.

Provides marriage licenses, wills, estates, inheritance tax, and adoption forms.

Provides residents with the service of deeds, mortgages, satisfactions, releases, rights-of-way, oil & gas leases, and power of attorney documents. Serves as collection agent for Pennsylvania Realty Transfer Tax and accepting agent for US passports. Issues marriage licenses and maintains all adoption and guardianship cases.

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.

Provides elder law, estate planning, and estate settlement services.