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Maureen Hart, Esqulro
Assistant A ttorney General
Ottloe of' the Attorney General
Temple of Justloe
Olympia, Washlnllton 98604
Rei Estate of J. Ebbe Jensen
Oumberland County Estate No. 21-81-297
Dear Ms. Hartl
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As per your letter dated February 22, 1984,1 am ~noloslng herewith an Affidavit
setting torth as muoh Information as I know /lbout the matter. I am also enoloslng
herewith an Affidavit of Mary C, Lewis, Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans'
Oourt of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, pertaining to the doouments whloh are
presently In her offloe. "
Stated very simply, the Register of Wills Oftloe reQelved a request from a looal
attorney to "tile" a Will of a Washington deoedent In the Cumberland County Offloe
of the Register at Wl11s. There was numerous telephone oonterenoes with the looal
attorney trying to determine ,what basis, It any, there was t? "tile" a foreign wl1l In
the Ottloe at thll Register at WllIs of CUmberland Oounty. Aooordlng to my
reoolleotlon, there was no statement that the deoedent owned property In Pennsylvania
or that It Was neoessary to "probatl1" the WllI of the deoedent In Pennsylvania tor
purposes of anolllary administration. The request was simply that the WI11 be "tiled".
My ,researoh at that time dlsolosed that there was no basis to "tile" the Will at
a foreign deoedent In the Register ot Wills Ottloe, Finally, after numerous req4ests,
the Register ot Wl11s did agree: to "tile" the torelgn deoedent's wl11, together with
the oaths ot two non-subsorlblng witnesses. A Deoree. was Issued by the Register at,
Wills of Oumberland Oounty to the etreot that the WI11 had been "tlledll In the Ottloe
'at the Register ot Wl1Is. Subsequently, by an Aftldavlt dated May 26, 1981, the
Register, ot Wl1Is ollrtltled that a "proven wl1l at J. Ebbe Jenslln" was "tiled" In her
Ottloe. This Aftldavlt Is Inaooura te to the extont that the, WI1I Is desorlbed as
"proven". To the extent. that the Aftldavlt stating that a "proven will" was "tiled" In
the Ottloe ot the Register' ot WlIIs of Oumberland Oounty would lead' one to the
oonoluslon that suoh a wlll had been "probated", the Att,ldavlt Is misleading.
It Is untortunnte that the Register ot Wills OWoe ot Cumberland Oounty
permitted the WI11 at Mr, Jensen to be "tiled" beoause I t has orea ted the, l11uslon
that the WI11 has, been probated. I want to stress that the WlII has not, In taot,
been probated by the Ottloe of the Register of Wills of Oumberland County,
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COUNTY OF CUMBBRLAND
Bofore me, tho Realsler for tho Probpte of Wills and srantlna of Lollen of Admlnl~tratlon In Ind for the County of
Cumborl~nd, peraonally oamo
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of tho last Will and Toslament of"-:'
deceased
Ilio will dlllsently oomplywjlh the'provlalons of tho law rolallns to Transfer Inherltanoos,
will well Ind truly administer tho sooda and ohallols, rlahls 'and orodllsof aald dooeaaed Iccordlng to law, And
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OATH OF NON,SUBSCRIBING WITNESS
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Probate of Wills f\nq GrillltJng Letters of Admlnlslratlon In and for the coun,tyof
:Snohomish., 8tat,e .washincrt:on' '
<;tlt~fOO(.I; In the Seffi'!,.,eft~\-h. of ~~'ll, personally oame"....,_--
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, ..."..,J!\'lQ.W.....-.---. aooordlng to law deposed and say that they are well aoqualntedwlth
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wlloae na,me Ie at taohed as n...Je~!:.~t.()r... ,,~. .,',., ...-" to an Instrument of writing
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J, EBBE JENSEN, copy of which is attached hereto
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6. On May 6, 1981, ~~ll ,Will, dated Deoembor 7, 1978, together with the oaths of non-
sUbsorlblng wltnesses,was delivered to the Register of Wills eWOll. The Register of Wl11s
, opened a tile (NQ. 21"81-297) for the Will, together with tho oath~ of non-subsorlblng witnesses.
The WlIl was not probated.
7. Bubsequently, by Deoree ,dated May 6, 1981, the Register of .wills tiled the "proven
will at J. Ebbe Jensen"., This DoorQ& Is only evldenoe that the Will was "flied" and not that
the WlIl was probated In Cumberland county, Pennsylvunla,
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8. Under the Probate, ES,tates and Flduolarles Code of Pennsylvania, 20 pa.C.B.A. 00101
!!.!!Su the Register of Wills has thll Jurlsdlotlon to probate wl11s, grant !lItters to personal
representatives and other matters, as provided by law, Absent an appeal from probate or from
the Issuanoe of letters of administration, the Orphans' Court Divisionis not Initially In'volved
In the probate of wllls or the Issuanoe of letters of administration. ,The Orphans' Court
Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County ~oes not, to my knowledge,
have any knowledge of this matter.
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9. Asset forth above, the Will was not' probated bY the Register of Wills of Cumberland
County Inasmuo~ as the deoedent was not domlolllld In the Commonwealth at the time of his
death. Further, the WlIl was not probated all a foreign wlll beoausethe provisions of Seotlon
31~6 of the Probate Code, 20 ,pa.C.B.A.03136, w,ere not met.SpeolfloallY, If the deoedent's
Will had been probated In the Sta,te of Washington and a duly authentloated oopy of the reoord
of the probate prooeedlngs In the Btate of Washington subml Hed to the Register of Wl11a,
then the WlIl oould have been probated In pennsylvania. As set forth above, there was no
petition for probate tiled, no request that the Wlllbe probated a,nd the only requost was that
the .will be "tiled" ,In the Cumberland Oounty Register of Wl11s0ft\oe.
, 10. Bubseqllently, by Affidavit dated May 26, 1981, Mary O.~ Lewis" by her"Flrst Deputy,
Harold M. MoLane, oertlfled that the proven ,will of J, Ebbe .ransen had been tJled In the
Otfloe of the Register ot WIII~, on MIlY 6, 1981. The ,Attldavlt attaohed to It a oopy of the
will that was "tUeell'. The Affidavit does not oertlfY that the Will was probateq or that
letters testamentary were Issuejd pursuant to that probate prooeedlng. The Affidavit, apparently,
was Intended only to refleot that the Will at J. Ebbo Jensen was "tiled" In the Cumberland
Oounty Register at Wills ottloe.
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PETITION FOR PRODA TE and GRANT OF LETTERS
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&101' of J, Bbbe Jenson No. .21-81-297
also known lIS Tal
Realller of Willi for Iho
,~ Deceased, County of Cumherland , In the,
Social Security No, . ~16"1~~...a.QII Commonwealth of Pennwlvanla
T~e petition of Ihe underllaned respeelfully represenll Ihal1,
Your polhlonor(I), w, /10 II/aro 18 years ot ue or Qldenm Iho exeoU! Or
In Ihe 1811, will o(lhe ~bove deoodonl, dMed December 7 ,
and oodloll(l) datod , " "
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'wa'a relevant olronm'lancl!, a,8, ranllnollllen, doa'h 01 mOlllor, "0,) Washington
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(1111 IItee', nllmhor and mllnolpalllY) .
Docendenl,lhen ,1( .. years ofase, died August 2,9 ,1980
III Shovom~qb. !'J!.!!hiwon, ' '
alloeplsl follows, deoedenl dld'not marrY, will not dlvoroed and did not have a child born or adopted
stier elleeullori oOhe will offered for probstel wal notlhe victim of a kllllnS and'was never adjudicated
Inoompotenll
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Docendent al dealh owned property wllh estlmaled valuel as follow,1
lit domlolled In ,Pa.) All petlonal properlY ,
If n,ot dOmiCiled, In" Pa,) P, ,emll\al property In, Penllsylvanla
It not domlclle~ In Pa,) Personal properlY In County
Value ,of real estate In Pennsylvania
IItUllted al followsl ' '
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$:5,000.00
$
, '$
WHERBFORB, petltloner(s) respectfullY lequest(s) tho probate of the last, will and,codlcll(s)
prelented herewith and the aranlof lellors l'AA1'Alnnn1'n"y
Uellomontary\ admlnl'tr.,I.n 0.'.0,1 adt1\lnlmallon d,b.n.o,l.a,)
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OATH OF PERSONAL REpRESENTATIVE
gg~~TO:~:ALTH OF,P~NNSYLVAN,I~ }ss '
'fho, petltloner(s) abo,v~.named s\Vear(s) or stnrm(s) thatt~o slalemenls In the toresolna pelltlon ,are
\rue ~l1d cnrreotto the best of the knnwledse and belief of lItlonet(.) and thaI as pefsonal represen.
ta\lve(s) qf Ihe above deoedent p~tlltoner(s) will well and Iy admlnlsle he el ate OCOI Ins t~ Isw,
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IN nEI
Will of J. Ebbo Jensen,
Deooased
IN 'om OFI'ICZ OF '11m 1U!l18l'IUt ai' .
IVI L~ I alVU3WUJ\ND COONIY,
I'ENNSYINANIA
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AND l'O.Y this ),to{ duy of 't..)h"~,,'A ,1980, the undorslgnod, \Ul\ll'ster
of WI lis of Qrrberlanc\ County, Pennsyl'lJunln, having previously rooelved 'a
i>etltlon for Probate and Grantod Letters by arogory F. Ebort heroby dlreots
that l\ hearing with respeot to said petition be held In the Offloe of the
Register of Wll1s of Currborland County, CUmberland Coulity Courthouso,
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on Fo~ruary 14, 1\185, at 0,00 a.m, (prevailing time)"
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lt'ls further dlreoted that attorneys for the petitioner, BrouJls &
Gilroy, P.C., provldod noUoo of said hoarlng to Father :'v1lohaol J, nyan of
'St. Iv~ry's Cathollo Q1UI'uh of the Valley, ~bnroe, Washington, Father Joseph
F. Petsoq of St. Luke Cathollo Qluroh, Beattie, Washington, o,nnle Carpimtar
King, address unknown, whlohsald notloe may be by ordinary mall.
The purpose of the hear Ing before the undorslgned Is to determine If
there Is .any basis to probate the Will of J, llbbo Jensen, delleased, In
Oumberland County, Pennsylvania, pursuaht to the Probato, Estate and
FI,duolary Code. Petltlonel' Is advised that upon oOlrpletlon of said hearing
that Petitioner wll1 have fifteen (15) days to submit to the undersigned a
,
brief In support of Its posl tlon that the Will of J, Ebbe Jensen shOUld be
aanltted to probate In a.urberland County, Pennsylvania, and shall submit
proposed findings of faot and oonoluslons of law within said fifteen (16)
,
dl'Ys period.
~~, ter of WII,I r' 'J
. ~&,' Jr('~
Mary . . Is
CDI OrQgory P. Ebert
12808 140th Street S.E.
Shohanlsh, WBshlngton 98290
Olrls'topher O. li>uston, Esqul re
Broujls & Gilroy, P.C.
4 North Hanover Street
tarllolll, Pennsylvania 17013
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J. Ebbe Jensend:l.od August 29, 1980, a l:lifelong l'uident
of the State of Washington and a resident of Snohomish County,
Washington ,at i'lis death. tleoe~ent never resid,ed in Penl1sylvlln:l.a,
had no 1&sue, and his wife predl;loeased hi,in. At h18 death, deoe..
dent owned SOO shares of General Public Utilities Corp. and 105
shares of Food Fair, Ino., both of which were incorporated under
,the la,ws of the C~ll1monwealth of Pemlsylvania.The combined value
olthe shares was approxil1lately $5,000.00. The grO/HI estate 1& in
exoess of $500,0'00.00. The share oertUicatCls were and ~fe POys:!... .
oally looate~ in theStat.~ofWashingt(m and were. never physically
1n this Commonwealth. No other assets of the decedent had any
connection with Pennsylvania.
;( ,e
None of the intestate heirs and none of the beneficiaries
,under the will are residents of or located in Pennsylvania. There
are'no taxes due to Pennsylvania aii' It res?lt of the decedent's
death, and the;e are no oreditors of the estate looatcld inPenri-
,
'sylvania.' There is n04ispute over the ownership of the shares
of the Pennsylvania oorporations, and there ,is no allegation that
a fiduoiary appointed at the' deceden,t' 8 domioile wi1.1 be unable 'to
sell" transferOr otherwise,qbtain the valueC)f the shares of the
stook. Ther'e:l.S no. ,need in tl11& oase for the' service, C)f process
, ,
in Pennsylvania by or on the personal representative of Mr. Jensen's
estate.
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It appears that tho writing, which was admitted to progats
by the Register.of Wills of Philadelphia County, would not be ad-
missible to probate ~n the State of Washington because it lacKs
,
subscribing witnesses. See R.W.C. 111.12.020. In any event. the
writing MS not been admittli\d to probate in the State of! Washington
in the five years since 'the decedent's death.
, By order dated September 16, 1985, a certified copy of
whi~h was submitted at the argument, the Superior Court of Wash-
ingcon for Snohomish County has ordered that, if the decree of
probate is vacated in thli\se proceedings, the original writing ge
returned to it "for determination of validity at the earliest
opportun;l.ty."
The appellants contend that the Register of Wills laoked
jurisdiction under the applicable statutes to admit the will' to
probate ,and. in the alternative, that, if jurisdiction exists. it
was an abuse of ,discretion to exercise it in this case.
The jurisdiction of the Reg;l.ster of Wills to probate the
wills of nonresi~ents is set forth in Secdon 3131 of the probate.
Estates and Fiduciaries Code &s followSl
The will of a. ,decedent domicUed. in
the Co~onwealth at the time of his death
, shall be probated only before the register
of the county ,Where the,decedent had his
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property located in Eri'e County, Penn!lylvanU. The fact that the
property was, physicau'y 10c,ated il1 ltrie Coun'ty.' coupled wi th the
need to pay taxes on it to'Pennsylvania and to administer it, g~ve
the 'Register of Erie County Jl.1rhdiotion to probate the will. The
fact that the decedent had been A residant for many years and had
'a Pennsylvlini~ attorney draw the will, specifically for the pUr- .
pose of disposing of the Pennsylvania property, gave the '~egister
the reason to exercise the juri~diction by ad~:I.tting the will to
probate. The orphans' Court Divis:l.on sustained tho probate of the
will. The instant 'oase is distinguished primarily by the, fact that
there is, no property looated in Philadelphia County or any 'other
county of the state" which must be a<r!niin:l.stered by a Pennsylvania
fidUciary,.
,.
Nichols Estate, suopra, 'is the second case on which the
proponents rely. In that case, the Registe!;' of Wills of Allegheny
Court!:y issued "AncPlary htters ,on the will ,of a Florida decedent.
Original letters had be'en issued in Florida 'wIlere ~he decedent' a
spouse was awarded an elective share ,of the eatate. The deoedent's
esUt:e oWned ;shaua ,ofstoo1<.ln a PennsylvanU corporation. The
share oerttficateshad never been in Florida and as a resultt:he
rlori4a court had notobta:l.ned in rem jurisdiotion over them. tn
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addition, the Florida court had not obtained in personam jurisdio-
tion over the person who was claiming ownership of the stock. It
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app~a~s from tho decision that thesharo oortifioatos were phys1M
c4,l1y looate'd 1n Pennsylvania fortunsfo!.' It the time of the
granting of the letter,.
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Citing the proposition that shares of stoCK could have
more than one situs for purposes of administration, i.e., the
domicile of the deoedent, the physical, 100ation of the' oertifioate
or the domicile of the oorporation, the coUrt concluded that, where
the,domioiliary state of the deoedent's domic:l.1e had no in rem jur-
isdiotion over tho shares and no in personam jurisdiotion over the
, ,
01liml,\1\t to the shares, 1etteu oo~ldbe gr~ted in the state of
inoo7:poration to settle a dispute as to the OWrl!!rship.
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'The requirement' that there be some property of the dece-
dent located in the Commonwealth at the time of his death in order
~or letters to be granted. either original Or ancillary, is manda~
',tory,t.an~IS Estate, 301, Pat 429, 1'2 Atl. 570 (1930), and may not
be waived by the agreement of th~ parties" Wolfe v. LeWisburg Trust
& Safe Deposit: Co., 30,5 Pat 583,,' 588 (1931).
'WI! find that there was , in fact, no property of J. Ebbe
Jensen looated ,in Pennsylvania which satisfies the ~equirements
of, Sections 3131 and ,3151. Absent suo~ propeX'ty, the Register. of
Wi11s laoked jurisl11otionto admi~ the' will to proba~e.
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Seotion 3131 gives the Register the disoretio~ to refus8
p1"Qb..te under oircl,llllstances U~e those described in OOl1ll1\ent f,by
. .
prdvidil\gthat the nonresident'.. will "~y" be probated 1f property
is located 1n the county.
Assum1ng arguendo that the Jenson estate does have Property
10cated1n Pennsylvania, there are no local ored1toX's of the ,decedent.
The ahares of stoc~ 1n pennsylvania corporatic)ns can easily be admin-
istered by the personal representative to be appointed 1n'Washington.
Indeed, there is no justi~iable bas1s for probating the decedent's
writing ,in pennsylvania and subjecting the estate to the expenses of
having one travel to Philadelphia and obtain letters.
Wash1ngto\,\ is the only state with sigT\ificant oontactsW:Lth.
the deoeqent and his property. If Pennsylv~ia were to grant pro-
bate, Pet\nsylvan:La probatewoulq ,serve no purpose and 18 notnquired
fora oomplete adminif/,tration and dhtribut:Lon of the decedent's
,
PJ10perty by the state of his domicile.
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Any decree of distribut:Lon entered by a ;Pennsyl\,an:l.a court
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.' would ,be unenforceable in Washington because none of the property
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is located i~ pennsylvania. T~e only p~actioal effect of admitting
Mr. Jensen's will to probate in Pennsylvania ~uld be to give BOllle
validity to a document whioh cou1q not be probated at the place of
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Olympia, Washlngtan 98504
,Itel Eslale of J. Ebbe Jenson
cumbcr\lihd Caun\yEstalc Na. 21-81-297
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,!pear Ms" Hart:
AS per yaur letter dated Fcbruary 22, 1984,1 am enoloslng herewith an Affidavit
getting forth as much Infarmatlan as I knaw 'abaut the metter. I am also enelaslng
herewl\~ an, Affidavit of Mary C. I.ewls, Register ,af Wills and Clerk af the orphansl
Court af cumberlandPaun\Y, jlennsylvanla, pertf,llnlng ta the dacuments which are
i presently In her oWce.
Stilted very simply, ,the Reglsteraf Wills oUlce received a request frail) a !09al
attarney ta, "flle"a WI\I af a Washlngtan deeede,nt In the cumberland Caunty oWee
at the R~glster ,af WlI1s. 'I'here waS numeraUs telephane ,ea\lferenees with the laeal
attarney trylng,ta determine what basis, If any, there was ta 'lfIle" a fare,lgn wll1l\l
the oWoe af tl\eReglsterof Wl\Is of oumberland county. Aocardlng ta my
reoallectla\l, there was no statllment that Ihe deaedent owned praperty In pennsylvania
ar, that It was,,\lecessary ta "probllte" thc W\I1 at the decedent, .Inpennsylvdrtla tor
purpasqa af llncl\lary admlnlst,ratlon. 'I'he rcquest"was simply that the Will be It1led".
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My research, at thllt time dlsclased that, there was no basis ta !'flle" ,the WlIl pf
. a tarelgn deoedent In th,e Regls'ter af, Wills ortloe., Finally, after numerous requests,
, the1\eglsW at WlIls dldllgree ta "file" the torclgn decedent'S w\ll,tagether. with
the pathsaf two \lpn-subscribing witneSses. A Deerce was Issued by the Register at
WI\I~ at Oumberland Oaun\Ytathe Ilffect that the Will had ,beeJl "flied" In Jhe oWoe
at, the Reglsterot WlIls. SUbsequently I by lln Atfldavlt,dated May 20, 1981, the
Register of W\IIs oer,tlfled that a "prqven 1'1\11 at J, ~bbe Jensen" ~as"flled" In her
Office. 'I'hls Affidavit Is Ina90urllte to the extent' that the WI\I Is desorlbed as
"tlravenl'. "1,1 the extent that the AWdovltstatlng that a "~ravenw\ll!! was "filed" In
the ottilie af the Register at, Wills at cumberland County wauld le,ad ane to the
oancluslon that such ,n w\ll had'beM "prabated", the Affidavit Is misleading.
It Is untartuna tc thll t the Reglstllr at Wills ottlce at Oumberland CountY
permitted the Will at Mr. Jensen to be IIt11edllbeollUse It hall oreated the\l\uslon
th,ilt t~e W\II has been prabated. l'wllnt ta stress that the Wltl has nat, ,In tact.
been probated by the omee af the Register at Wills of oumberland CauntY.
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