Documents Center
Documents Center
Welcome to the Adams County Clerk of Orphans' Courts Document Center
Orphans' Courts App and Court Appearance Notifications
The Adams County PA Orphans' Courts mobile application is an interactive app developed to help improve communication with area residents. The Adams County Clerk of Courts App allows residents to easily make payments, search records, access PACFile and the Guardianship Tracking System, connect with PASAVIN, and other interactive features, as well as provides the community the latest news and information.
Orphans' Court Documents and Forms
Marriage Documents
- Marriage License Brochure
- Start a Marriage License - Online Services
- Schedule Marriage Application - Video
- Certification of Marriage - How to obtain eCertification and copy of marriage documents
- Certified Marriage Request Form
- Persons Qualified to Solemnize Marriage
- Apostille Brochure
- Non-Impediment, Authenticated Marriage for Foreign Country
- Petition to Amend Marriage Record
- Social Security Name Change
Estate Documents
Petition for Adjudication
- Decedents Estate
- Trust
- Guardianship of Incapacitated Person
- Principal's Estate (Under Power of Attorney)
Frequently Asked Questions – Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania
Birth and Death
Adoption Documents
Foreign Adoption
Termination Of Parental Rights
Guardianship Documents (Incapacitation)
Minors
Documents
- Administrative Order 25 of 2015 Orphans' Court Procedure
- eFiling Instructions
- Fee Schedule
- How to Obtain a Copy and eCertified Copies of Documents
- How to View the Orphans' Court Calendar
- PA Historical and Museum Commission
- Pay for Your eFilings
- Written Request for Access to Case Records
- National Fiduciary Accounting Standards Project
Examples of Filings Requiring Court Action
- Petitions for Adoption
- Accountings for Audit by the Court
- Petitions for guardians, incapacitated persons and minors
- Minor's Compromises
- Petitions for Settlement of Small Estate
- Petitions for Wrongful Death and Survival Actions
Examples of Filings Not Requiring Court Action
- Family Settlement Agreements
- Claims against an Estate
- Disclaimers of inheritance
Forms
- OC-01 Petition for Adjudication of Decedents Estate
- OC-02 Petition for Adjudication Trust
- OC-03 Petition for Adjudication Guardianship of Incapacitated Person
- OC-04 Petition Adjudication Guardian of Estate of Minor
- OC-05 Petition for Adjudication Principal Estate (Under Power of Attorney)
- OC-06 Notice of Charitable Gift (in accordance with PA O.C/Rule5.5)
- OC-07 Notice of Claim Filed Pursuant to 20 PA CS 3532