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jurisdiction conferred now upon the Orphans' Court

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effective after January, 1971.

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Delegate Rybczynski.

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DELEGATE RYBCZYNSKI: That is correct.

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THE CHAIRMAN: That would be a matter of legisla-

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tion under the new judicial article. Since there would no

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longer be an Orphans' Court, the question of jurisdiction

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being vested in the district court would be a matter of

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legislation. It is not in this schedule on the theory

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that the Legislature has ample time between now and 1971

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to decide where to vest that jurisdiction.

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My fear and the fear of many of the delegates

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to whom I have spoken is that there might be some idea to

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put all of this in the district court and we would dread

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having something like this happen, but we still could not

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control it.

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Under the sections adopted with respect to the

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Judicial Branch, the jurisdiction of the respective courts

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is to be determined by the General Assembly.

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Delegate Rybczynski.

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DELEGATE RYBCZYNSKI: Please, sir, there is a