Local Rule Rule 41.2: Minors, Incapacitated Persons, and Decedents' Estates.
E.D. Pa. — Civil rule
Rule 41.2 Minors, Incapacitated Persons, and Decedents' Estates.
(a) No claim of a minor or incapacitated person or of a decedent's estate in which a minor or incapacitated person has an interest shall be compromised, settled, or dismissed unless approved by the court.
(b) No distribution of proceeds shall be made out of any fund obtained for a minor, incapacitated person or such decedent's estate as a result of a compromise, settlement, dismissal or judgment unless approved by the court.
(c) No counsel fee, costs or expenses shall be paid out of any fund obtained for a minor, incapacitated person or such decedent's estate as a result of a compromise, settlement, dismissal or judgment unless approved by the court.