The Carbon County Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Judy F. Moon, has released the following statistical report for the 2014.

Acting as an agent for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Revenue for the collection of inheritance taxes, the register's office accepted 422 payments resulting in the collection of $2,537,921.The commission earned on this amount totaled $29,984, which was transferred to the Carbon County General Fund.The total of fees collected in 2014, other than the inheritance tax, included state taxes, Judicial Computer Program fees and automation fees, and amounted to $75,746.Moon reported $9,072 was dispersed to the State Tax Office for Judicial Computer fees; $7,524 was collected and transmitted to the Pennsylvania State Tax and Trust Fund; and $8,092.50 was given to the county for data processing fees, along with $7.88 in interest that was earned, and $3,675 in automation fees.During the year, there were 271 estates opened in the office for the probation of wills and administration, as well as nine small estate petitions. Meanwhile, the office staff handled the following: numerous Orphans' Court petitions, genealogy research and family heritage information, including four by mail, resulting in four requests, 55 by telephone, resulting in 65 requests, 40 by email, resulting in 72 requests, one by fax, resulting in one search, and staff members personally assisted 16 genealogists who visited the office with 253 requests, which amounted to approximately 37 hours of personal research assistance.The register reported the office work detail also included scanning of all estates and incapacitations for the current year, as well as current and older marriage license information having been indexed into the computer, completing records back to and including 1956.The office distributed $18,350 in marriage license fees, issued 367 marriage licenses and handled seven guardianship of minors cases, 10 miscellaneous petitions and orders, four petitions for adoption, one voluntary termination proceeding, 12 incapacitations and one emergency incapacitation petition.There were 17 accounts filed for court adjudication, 55 family settlements, 34 informal accounts with 41 first and final accounts, two first and partial accounts, 419 receipt and releases, and 752 certificates of marriage, along with certifications of the applications.Moon reported office personnel also processed five stipulations, two petitions for adjudication, one subsequent and intermediate account, 12 exemplification of record and 27 applications/referrals for birth and death records and disposed of 353 estates, 13 adoptions, five involuntary terminations, three voluntary terminations, five incapacitations, 10 miscellaneous cases and 358 marriage licenses, for a total of 747 disposed cases.