Erie firm at 300 State Street, founded in 1897, practicing in all counties of northwestern Pennsylvania. Represents clients in the probate and administration of decedents' estates, conservatorships and guardianships, advises individual and corporate fiduciaries, and handles post-mortem tax elections, disclaimers and family settlement agreements. Represents clients in audits, appeals and litigation in Orphans' Court and before the IRS in estate and gift tax matters.
Probate in Crawford County
Probate Court Record
Crawford County Orphans' Court
Crawford County
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Office
903 Diamond Park, Meadville, PA 16335
Website
Self-represented filing
Allowed
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Tax Planning Firms Serving Crawford County
Grove City firm with a second office in Cranberry Township, serving Mercer, Lawrence, Butler, Venango, Allegheny, Beaver and Crawford counties. Handles estate administration from opening the estate and the executor's appointment through the inventory and appraisal, the PA inheritance tax and federal estate tax returns, family settlement agreements and the first and final account. Remote and phone consultations for wills and estates matters are free.
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Pennsylvania levies an inheritance tax72 P.S. § 9116Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, paid by the beneficiary at a rate set by relationship, and no estate tax; the federal estate tax applies above $15,000,00026 USC 2001(c), 2010; P.L. 119-21 §70106Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
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