About Us
- James Roman is the Register of Wills/Clerk of Orphans’ Court.
- The Wills/Orphans’ Court Records Division probates wills, grants letters to representatives of estates and receives and maintains Orphans’ Court case documents. In some cases, we have a duty to take testimony and enter decrees or findings when facts are disputed regarding a will. Those decrees are appealable to the Orphans’ Court.
- The cases heard in the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas include all matters involving decedent’s estates, trusts, wills, guardians of the persons and estates of minors, guardians of the persons and estates of incapacitated persons, powers of attorney, termination of parental rights and adoptions, civil commitments, marriage licenses, nonprofit associations and corporations and inheritance and estate tax matters.
- We issue marriage licenses and maintains marriage records. We collect PA Inheritance Tax payments as an agent for the PA Department of Revenue.
- Contact Us
| NAME | TITLE | PHONE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Roman | Register of Wills/Clerk of Orphans' Court |
james.roman@washingtoncourts.us | 724-228-6778 |