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Local Rule

Sessions of Court; Standard of Time; Motions		1.2A

Attorneys		1.2B

Recording Inter Vivos Trusts		1.2C

Definitions		2.3

Return Days		3.2

Hearings; Briefs; Amicus Curiae		3.7

Parties in Military Service		5.7

Form of Account		6.1

Notice to Parties in Interest		6.3

Time for Filing of Accounts		6.4

Objections to Account; Service		6.10

Exceptions		7.1

Appeals from the Register of Wills		10.2

Resignation and Discharge of Living Fiduciaries		12.7

Public or Private Sale or Options of Real Property; Mortgage or Lease of Real Property		12.9, 12.10, 12.11

Small Estates		12.16A

Sales of Real Estate; Additional Security or Waiver Thereof		12.16B

Minors; Allowances		12.16C

Termination of Trusts		12.16D

Change of Situs of Trust		12.16E

Compromise or Settlement of Survival Actions		12.16F

Petition to Settle Claims		12.16G

Corporations Serving as Fiduciaries		12.16H

Surety Companies		12.16I

Incapacitated Persons; Guardians		14

Adoption		15

Form for Filing and Indexing of Notice of Claim Against Real Property		17