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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) General rule.--This chapter shall apply to:
(1) Any trust created under a governing instrument executed on or after March 21, 1999, unless the governing instrument expressly provides that this chapter does not apply.
(2) Any trust created under a governing instrument executed before March 21, 1999, unless all interested parties affirmatively elect on or before December 21, 2001, by a written declaration signed by or on behalf of each interested party and delivered to the trustee, not to be subject to the application of this chapter. In the case of a testamentary trust, the declarations shall be filed with the register in the county in which the will was admitted to probate.
(b) Exclusion.--This chapter shall not apply to:
(1) Any trust during the time that the trust is revocable or amendable by its settlor.
(2) A spouse of a decedent or settlor where the spouse is the trustee of a testamentary or inter vivos trust for which a marital deduction has been allowed.
(3) Deleted by 2006, July 7, P.L. 625, No. 98, § 6, effective in 60 days [Sept. 5, 2006].
(4) A trust under a governing instrument that by specific reference expressly rejects the application of this chapter.
(5) Deleted by 2006, July 7, P.L. 625, No. 98, § 6, effective in 60 days [Sept. 5, 2006].
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 20 Pa.C.S.A. Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries § 7503. Application of chapter - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-20-pacsa-decedents-estates-and-fiduciaries/pa-csa-sect-20-7503/
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