The Register of Wills shall be responsible for
the Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans Court Division of the Court
of Common Pleas facilities, programs, and services of the County,
and shall have all the powers and duties granted by commonwealth law,
laws applicable to Counties of the Second Class A for the Register
of Wills and Clerks of the Orphans Court, by the Home Rule Charter,
this chapter, or by ordinance of County Council.
The Office of the Register of Wills and Clerk
of the Orphans Court shall be headed by an independently elected Register
of Wills who shall be learned in the law and admitted to the practice
of law in the commonwealth throughout his term of office. The Register
of Wills shall be responsible to the electorate of Delaware County
for the performance of his duties. He shall appoint a deputy or deputies
and such other assistants as may be required to assist him in the
discharge of his duties, subject to the budgetary approval of County
Council.