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are divorced from the bonds of matrimony.
plaintiff,
defendant,
The court retains jurisdiction of the following claims which have
been raised of record in this aclion for which a final order has not yet
been entered;
The Marital Settlement Agreement dated December 23, 1999 is
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hereby incorporated into this Decree in Divorce.
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MARITAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS MARITAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, made thiS~ day of
1)r,L-t~~f~ , 1999, by and between MELISSA A. GOSS, hereinafter
called "Wife" and JEFFREY A GOSS, hereinafter called "Husband".
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are Husband and Wife who were
married on December 14, 1996, and separated in February, 1999;
and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to settle fully and finally
their respective financial and property rights; and
WHEREAS, the Husband and Wife are represented by separate
legal counsel who have advised him and her of their respective
rights, privileges, duties and obligations relative to their
property rights and interests arising from their marital
relationship; and
WHEREAS, each party is fully familiar with the marital
property and both parties now desire to settle and determine her
and his property rights and claims under the Divorce Code,
including all claims regarding equitable distribution of marital
property, alimony, spousal support and related economic
claims.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, being legally bound
hereby, do covenant and agree as follows:
1. The Wife has filed a No-Fault divorce action in the
Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania to
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No. 99-2447 which was served on the Husband on April 30, 1999.
Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement both
parties agree to sign and deliver to the Wife's attorney the
required Consents and Waivers of Notice and any other documents
necessary to enable a Divorce Decree to be entered. The Husband
shall be provided a certified copy of the Decree. Neither party
shall do anything to delay or deny the entry of such a Decree, or
fail to do anything required to obtain the Decree in breach of
this Agreement, or the other party may, at his or her option,
declare this Agreement null and void.
2. Pending the entry of a Divorce Decree, the parties shall
live separate and apart from each other at such places as he and
she may chose. Each party shall respect and act consistent with
the other party's right to maintain a separate existence as
though he and she were unmarried.
3. This Agreement and all warranties and representations
contained herein shall survive the Divorce Decree and shall
continue to be enforceable in accordance with its terms. No
Court may change the terms of this Agreement, and it shall be
binding and conclusive upon the parties. An action may be brought
at law, in equity or pursuant to the provisions of the Divorce
Code to enforce this Agreement by either Husband or Wife. In the
event of a reconciliation, attempted reconciliation or other co-
habitation of the parties hereto after the date of this
Agreement, this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
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in the abs~nce of a written Agreement signed by the parties
expressly stating that this Agreement has been revoked or
modified.
4. The parties hereto have divided between them, to their
satisfaction, all items of tangible marital personal property,
including automobiles, household furniture and furnishings,
tools, equipment and other similar property. Neither party shall
make any claim to any such items of marital property, or of the
separate personal property of the other party. All tangible
personal property at the marital residence at 5018 Erbs Bridge
Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 shall be deemed the sole property
of Husband. Provided, however, that should Husband locate any
non-marital property of the Wife in the future which she
neglected to remove, he shall notify her and make it available
for her to pick up. The Wife shall be the owner of the 1997
Saturn automobile. Within thirty (30) days of the date of this
Agreement Husband will transfer his ownership interest to Wife.
Wife will pay the costs of transfer. The Wife shall be solely
responsible for payment of the remaining balance due and owing on
her car loan to Members 1st. Wife is currently in the process of
attempting to refinance this loan to remove the Husband as a
liable party and will complete that process as soon as approved
by Members 1st or another lender. Should it become necessary,
the parties each agree to sign, upon request, any titles or
documents necessary to give effect to this paragraph.
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5. The parties have divided between them to their mutual
satisfaction all intangible personal property consisting of cash,
bank accounts, annuities, securities, insurance policies, pension
and retirement rights, whether vested or contingent, and all
other such types of property. The parties hereby agree that all
such intangible property presently in the possession of or titled
in the name of the Husband and shall be his sole and separate
property and that in the possession of or titled in the name of
the Wife shall be her sole and separate property. Each party
hereby expressly waives any right to claim ownership of or any
beneficial interest in any such accounts or life insurance
policies of the other, vested or contingent, each party to retain
full ownership of such rights as his and her sole and separate
property.
6. The parties are the owners, as tenants by the
entireties, of the premises known as 5018 Erbs Bridge Road,
Mechanicsburg (Hampden Township), Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, of which the Husband is now in exclusive
possession. Contemporaneously with the execution of this
Agreement the Wife shall grant and convey to the Husband sole
ownership subject to the existing Note and Mortgage of the
parties to Barnett Mortgage Company dated December 20, 1996, in
the original principal sum of $87,400, said mortgage being
recorded in Cumberland County Mortgage Book 1359, Page 65, and
assigned Janua,ry 9, 1998 to Homeside Lending, Inc., which
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Assignment is recorded in Cumberland County Miscellaneous Book
566, Page 597. The Husband warrants and represents that all
obligations under the Note and Mortgage are current, and all
other obligations due and owing relative to the property have
been paid to the date of this transaction. The Husband shall be
solely responsible for paying the remaining balance due and owing
on the Note and Mortgage and maintain all other obligations
relative to the property. Further, Husband shall indemnify and
save and hold Wife harmless from any further liability in regard
to the premises in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 8
hereof.
Provided further that Husband agrees to promptly apply for a
mortgage to refinance the remaining balance owed to Homeside
Lending, Inc. upon notification and confirmation from the Wife
that the Saturn loan, upon which the Husband is an obligated
party, has been paid in full, and, upon approval of such
application shall complete refinancing and satisfy the current
Note and Mortgage. Should Husband be unable to refinance a
sufficient amount to satisfy the existing Note and Mortgage,
despite his reasonable best efforts and reasonable compliance
with all requirements of the mortgage lender, the Husband shall
have an obligation to deliver to the Wife a copy of the
disapproval. The Husband further agrees that he will reapply for
financing every two years thereafter until refinancing is
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approved, and, upon such refinancing to complete settlement and
satisfy the existing Note and Mortgage.
7. Both parties covenant and agree that except as herein
otherwise expressly provided in regard to the Wife's car loan to
Members 1st Federal Credit Union, which she has agreed to assume
in its entirety and the Note and Mortgage to Barnett Mortgage
Company (assigned to Homeside Lending, Inc.), which the Husband
has agreed to assume in its entirety, the only other joint
obligation of the parties existing at the time of separation is a
VISA charge card with a current balance due of approximately
$6,000. Husband agrees to be solely r~sponsible for payment of
the entire remaining balance of the obligation. Husband further
warrants and represents that this credit card account has been
closed to further usage. Husband shall make a reasonable attempt
to transfer the joint VISA account balance to a new or existing
credit card solely in his name. If his initial attempt is
unsuccessful, at least yearly, he shall make a renewed 'attempt.
Alternatively, Husband may choose to include the joint VISA
account balance in the refinancing of the marital home.
Both parties covenant and agree that except for the
foregoing obligations, all other obligations existing at the time
of separation were created in individual names and neither party
is liable for such obligations of the other party by virtue of
any contractual document. Further, each party represents that
except for the aforesaid car loan, Note and Mortgage, and VISA
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bill, she and he have not heretofore incurred or contracted any
debt or liability or obligation for which the other may be held
responsible or liable. Each party agrees to indemnify and save
and hold harmless the other from and against all such debt,
liabilities or obligations of every kind which may have
heretofore been incurred between them, except the obligations
arising out of this Agreement.
8. Both parties covenant, warrant, represent and agree that
each will now and at all times hereafter save and keep the other
indemnified against all debts, charges, liabilities incurred by
the other after the execution of this Agreement, except as may be
otherwise specifically provided for by the terms of this
Agreement, and neither of them shall hereafter incur any
liability whatsoever for which the Estate of the other may be
liable. Each party further agrees tQ indemnify and save and hold
harmless the other from any and all liabilities he or she may
incur upon the obligations of or assumed by the other, which
indemnification as to all provisions of this Agreement shall
include the right to recover out of pocket expenses and
reasonable attorney fees actually incurred.
9. The parties agree that the transfers of property
pursuant to this Agreement shall be within the scope and
applicability of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (hereinafter
the "Act"), specifically, the provisions of said Act pertaining
to the transfers of property between spouses and former spouses.
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The parties agree to sign and cause to be filed any elections or
other documents required by the Internal Revenue Service to
render the Act applicable to the transfer set forth in this
Agreement without recognition of gain on such transfer and
subject to the carry-over basis provisions of the said "Act".
10. Both parties agree that the hereinabove set forth
Agreement constitutes an equitable distribution of their marital
property and equitable resolution of all other economic claim~
pursuant to the provisions of the Divorce Code and each party
irrevocably waives, releases, and remises any claim to ownership
of or interest in any property designated as the property of the
other by virtue of the provisions of this Agreement except as may
otherwise be provided pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement.
11. Husband does hereby release, remise, quitclaim and
forever discharge the wife and the estate of the wife from any
and all claims he now has, ever may have or can at anytime have
against the wife or her estate of any part thereof, whether
arising out of formal contracts, engagements or liabilities of
the wife, arising by way of widower's right or under the
Intestate Law, arising by any right to take against the wife's
Will, arising under the Divorce Code, Act No. 26 of 1980, as
amended, including, alimony, alimony pendente lite, counsel fees
and expenses, arising as a right to spousal support or arising by
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any nature whatsoever, excepting only those rights accorded to
the husband under this Agreement.
12. Wife does hereby release, remise, quitclaim and forever
discharge the husband and the estate of the husband from any and
all claims she now has, ever may have or can at anytime have
against the husband or his estate or any part thereof, whether
arising out of formal contracts, engagements or liabilities of
the husband, arising by way of the widow's right or under the
Intestate Law, arising by any right to take against the Husband's
Will, arising under the Divorce Code, Act No. 26 of 1980, as
amended, including, alimony, alimony pendente lite, counsel fees
and expenses, arising as a right to spousal support or arising by
any nature whatsoever, excepting only those rights accorded to
the wife under this Agreement.
13. The parties do hereby warrant, represent and declare
and do acknowledge and agree that each is and has been fully and
completely informed of and is familiar with and is cognizant of
the wealth, real and/or personal property, estate and assets,
earnings and income of the other and that each has made a full
and complete disclosure to the other of his and her entire assets
and liabilities and any further enumeration or statement thereof
in this Agreement is specifically waived.
14. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of
the parties. There are no covenants, conditions, representations
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PLAINTIFF
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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NO. 99 - 2447 CIVIL TERM
JEFFREY A. GOSS ,
DEFENDANT
IN DIVORCE
PRAECIPE TO TRANSMIT RECORD
To the Prothonotary:
Transmit the record, together with the following information,
to the Court for the entry of a divorce decree:
1. Ground for divorce: irretrievable breakdown under Section
3301(c) of the Divorce Code.
2. Date and manner of service of the complaint: On April 30,
1999 by U.S. Mail, Restricted Delivery.
3. Date of execution of the affidavit of consent required by
Section 3301(c) of the Divorce Code: By Plaintiff, December 23,
1999; By Defendant, December 23, 1999.
4.
Related claims pending:
None
5. Date Plaintiff's Waiver of Notice in ~ 3301(c) divorce
was filed with the Prothonotary on December 27, 1999.
Date Defendant's Waiver of Notice in ~ 3301(c) divorce
was filed with the Prothonotary on December 27, 1999.
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Thomas D. Gould, Esquire
Attorney For Plaintiff
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MELISSA A. GOSS,
PLAINTIFF
IN THB COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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NO. 99 -~41./7 CIVIL TERM
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JEFFREY A. GOSS,
DEFENDANT
IN DIVORCE
NOTICE TO DEFEND AND CLAIM RIGHTS
YOU HAVE BEEN SUED IN COURT. If you wish to defend against
the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take prompt
action. You are warned that if you fail to do so, the case may
proceed without you and a decree of divorce or annulment may be
entered against you by the Court. A jUdgment may also be entered
against you for any other claim or relief requested in these papers
by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights
important to you, including custody or visitation of your children.
When the ground for is indignities or irretrievable breakdown
of the marriage, you may request marriage counseling. A list of
marriage counselors is available in the Court Administrator's
Office, Fourth floor, Cumberland County Courthouse, Hanover and
High Streets, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
IF YOU DO NOT FILE A CLAIM FOR ALIMONY, DIVISION OF PROPERTY,
LAWYER'S FEES OR EXPENSES BEFORE A DIVORCE OR ANNULMENT IS GRANTED,
YOU MAY LOSE THE RIGHT TO CLAIM ANY OF THEM.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE A LMIYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE
OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN GET LEGAL HELP.
Lawyer Referral Service
Cumberland County Bar Association
2 Liberty Avenue
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 249-3166
1-800-990-9108
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MELISSA A. GOSS,
PLAINTIFF
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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NO. 99 - 2447 CIVIL TERM
JEFFREY A. GOSS,
DEFENDANT
IN DIVORCE
AFFIDAVIT OF CONSENT
1. A Complaint in Divorce under Section 3301 (c) of the
Divorce Code was filed on April 23, 1999.
2. The marriage of Plaintiff and Defendant is irretrievably
broken and ninety (90) days have elapsed from the date of the
filing and service of the Complaint.
3. I consent to the entry of a Final Decree of Divorce after
service of notice of intention to request entry of the decree.
I verify that the statements made i.n this Affidavit are true
and correct. I understand that false statements herein are subject
to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. Section 4904 relating to unsworn
falsification to authorities.
DATED:
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