The Pennsylvania Living Will is titled "Healthcare Treatment Instructions" and is included in an Advance Directive packet together with a form for naming a "Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare" (a.k.a. Health Care Proxy) and a form for specifying Organ Donation.
You and two (2) witnesses are required to sign your PA Advance Directive in order for it to be valid.
You and two (2) witnesses are required to sign your PA Advance Directive in order for it to be valid.
Pennsylvania Advance Directive Form
Other resources for Pennsylvania:
Death Certificates
Digital Estate Planning Laws:
Law: SB 320 Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries)
Description: An act providing for user direction and agreements, for disclosure of digital assets and electronic communications, for functions of fiduciaries and for compliance and immunity for custodians of digital assets and electronic communications; and making conforming amendments.
Status: Effective July 23, 2020
Death With Dignity Legislation (a.k.a. Aid-In-Dying or Physician-Assisted Death)
Organ Donation Registries
Pennsylvania Organ Donation registry official link.
POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) Form
Download the POLST form for Pennsylvania residents.
Probate Laws
Title 20: Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries
Estate And Inheritance Tax Rate
Death Certificates
Digital Estate Planning Laws:
Law: SB 320 Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries)
Description: An act providing for user direction and agreements, for disclosure of digital assets and electronic communications, for functions of fiduciaries and for compliance and immunity for custodians of digital assets and electronic communications; and making conforming amendments.
Status: Effective July 23, 2020
Death With Dignity Legislation (a.k.a. Aid-In-Dying or Physician-Assisted Death)
- Senate Bill 1032 titled “Death with Dignity Act” was introduced to the Judiciary Committee in June 2013. It is currently still open for consideration.
Organ Donation Registries
Pennsylvania Organ Donation registry official link.
POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) Form
Download the POLST form for Pennsylvania residents.
Probate Laws
Title 20: Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries
Estate And Inheritance Tax Rate
- The top inheritance tax rate is 15 percent (no exemption threshold)