Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 733-804 - Appointment of substituted fiduciariesA. Upon filing a supplement to the certificate of possession, setting forth his determination to liquidate the affairs of the institution, the secretary shall forthwith give written notice, in so far as the giving of such notice is practicable, to settlors of the account that has not been assigned, sold, or transferred to a successor trustee under section 802.1, or if the settlor is deceased, to persons who are readily ascertainable as beneficiaries of the account by their receipt of statements of the account, and any co-fiduciary of the account, of whom the secretary has notice. Such notice shall be given at the addresses which appear for such parties upon the books or records of the institution, or if none appears there, then at their last known address. Such notice shall require such parties, within thirty days after the giving of notice, to apply for the appointment of substituted fiduciaries and shall notify such parties that the receiver is statutorily stayed from taking any action regarding the administration of the trust accounts unless otherwise ordered by the court except for transferring the trust account to a successor trustee or a substituted fiduciary. Such application shall be made as follows, with a copy of the application being mailed or delivered to the secretary upon the filing of the application: In any case in which the institution was executor or administrator, application shall be made to the register of wills having jurisdiction to grant new letters in such form as the case shall require; in any other case, application shall be made to any court which has exercised jurisdiction over the estate, or if no court has exercised such jurisdiction, then to the court of common pleas, or the orphans' court, of the county in which the institution has its place of business. However, if the instrument under which the fiduciary relationship was established provides a particular method for the selection of fiduciaries, such method shall be followed.B. The court may, if it shall appear to be in the best interests of the estate, order the secretary to substitute a single advertisement in a newspaper or newspapers for the individual notice to all such parties. Such notice shall require such parties, within thirty days after the giving of notice, to apply for the appointment of substituted fiduciaries and shall notify such parties that the receiver is statutorily stayed from taking any action regarding the administration of the trust accounts unless otherwise ordered by the court. The stay shall not apply to transferring the trust account to a successor trustee or a substituted fiduciary.C. If the parties to whom notice pursuant to subsection A or B has been given do not, within the thirty-day period designated, make such application, or pursue whatever method is prescribed by the instrument under which the fiduciary relationship was established, for the appointment of a substituted fiduciary, or if it is impracticable to give notice to the parties interested in the estate, then the secretary shall make the application for the appointment of a substituted fiduciary to the court or the register of wills, whichever the case may be, designated above. Such court or register of wills shall appoint a substituted fiduciary upon such petition of the secretary.1933, May 15, P.L. 565, art. VIII, § 804. Amended 2002, Dec. 9, P.L. 1604, No. 209, § 29, imd. effective.