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Code · Pennsylvania · Title 20 — DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES · Chapter 51

§ 5101. When guardian unnecessary.

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§ 5101. When guardian unnecessary.
When the entire real and personal estate, wherever located of a resident or nonresident minor has a net value of $25,000 or less, all or any part of it may be received and held or disposed of by the minor, or by the parent or other person maintaining the minor, without the appointment of a guardian or the entry of security, in any of the following circumstances:
(1)Award from decedent's estate or trust.-- When the court having jurisdiction of a decedent's estate or of a trust in awarding the interest of the minor shall so direct.
(2)Interest in real estate.-- When the court having jurisdiction to direct the sale or mortgage of real estate in which the minor has an interest shall so direct as to the minor's interest in the real estate.
(3)Other circumstances.-- In all other circumstances, when the court which would have had jurisdiction to appoint a guardian of the estate of the minor shall so direct.
20c5101v
(Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.867, No.293, eff. imd.; Dec. 1, 1994, P.L.655, No.102, eff. 60 days)
Cross References. Section 5101 is referred to in sections 5102, 5505 of this title.
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