Carbon County Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans Court Jean A. Papay has released the following statistical reports of activity in that office for the last three months:

January 2026 – Cases: estates, 32; REV1500/1543 filings, 16; termination of parental rights, 1; adoption, 1; incapacitation, 1; and affidavit of death, 1. Total cases: 52. Revenue: interest income, $1.21; agent commission, $4,085.79; PA state tax/ trust fund, $307.50; guardianship tracking, $345; data processing: $682.50; JCP fees, $1,320; automation fees, $265; and other county fees, $12,492.46. Total revenue: $19,499.46. The inheritance tax collected in January totaled $458,136.14