Berk. Cnty. Pa. 1534

As amended through May 6, 2024
Rule 1534 - Accounts
(a) Fiduciaries filing accounts with the prothonotary shall comply with Pa.R.C.P. 1534 if applicable, and insofar as practicable, shall follow the procedure provided by the Orphans' Court Rules of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County, except as hereinafter provided in subsections (b) and (c). All duties imposed by said rules on the register of wills or clerk of the orphans' court, as applicable for the particular account, shall be performed by the prothonotary.
(b) If at the expiration of thirty (30) days after the filing of said account, provided that notice shall have been given as required and proof thereof filed, no exceptions are filed to the account or to the proposed distribution, the account shall be confirmed absolutely as of course and the accountant shall make the distribution proposed and file in the prothonotary's office a release or satisfaction of award from the distributees.
(c) If exceptions are filed to the account or to the proposed distribution, the exceptions shall be forwarded to the judge assigned to the case who shall list the account for audit on a date following the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of filing the account, and the court shall make such adjudication and order such distribution as shall be proper under the circumstances.

Berk. Cnty. Pa. 1534

Amended effective 2/12/2018 ; amended effective 7/9/2019; amended effective 3/14/2020.