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Plaintiff : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V.
MARGARET L. GIPE,
Dofendant
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
NO. 99 - 2875 CIVIL TERM
IN DIVORCE
WAIVER OF IOT_ICE OF _ INTENTION TO REQLIEST_
ENTRY OF A DIVORCE DECREE
UNDER SECTION 330'1 ACI OF THE DIVORCE CODE
1. I consent to the entry of a final decree.of divorce without notice.
2. 1 understand that I may lose rights concerning alimony, division of
property, lawyer's fees or expenses if I do not claim them before a divorce is granted.
3. 1 understand that I will not be divorced until a divorce decree is entered by
the Court and that a copy of the decree will be sent to me immediately after it is filed
with the Prothonotary.
I verify that the statements made in this affidavit are true and correct. 1
understand that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.
Section 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
September [x,1999
RICHARD E. GIPE
RICHARD E. GIPE,
Plaintiff
V.
MARGARET L. GIPE,
Defendant
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
NO. 99 - 2875 CIVIL TERM
IN DIVORCE
PLAINTIFFS AFFIDAVIT OF CONSENT
1. A complaint in divorce under Section 3301(c) of the Divorce Code was
filed in this matter on or about May 12, 1999 and served upon the defendant on or
about May 14, 1999.
2. The marriage of plaintiff and defendant is irretrievably broken and ninety
days have elapsed from the date of the service of the complaint.
3. 1 consent to the entry of a final decree in divorce after service of notice of
intention to request entry of the divorce.
I verify that the statements made in this affidavit are true and correct. I
understand that false statements herein made are subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.
S. Section 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
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ATTORNEY ID NO. 29920
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CARLISLE PA 17013
(717) 243.6090
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
RICHARD E. GIPE,
Plaintiff
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V.
MARGARET L. GIPE,
Defendant
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
NO. 99 - 2875 CIVIL TERM
IN DIVORCE
AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE OF COMPLAINT
PURSUANT TO PA. R.C.P. RULE No- 1920.4 (3)(1)(i)
state: NOW, Harold S. Irwin, III, being duly sworn according to law, does depose and
1. That he is a competent adult and attorney for the plaintiff in the captioned
action in divorce.
2. That a certified copy of the complaint in divorce was served upon the
defendant on May 14, 1999, by certified mail "restricted delivery", addressed to her at
Shippensburg Health Care Center, 121 Walnut Bottom Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257,
certified mail return receipt No. Z 126 560 898.
3. That a copy of the sender's receipt and signed receipt for certified mail is
attached hereto.
I verify that the statements made in this affidavit are true and correct. I
understand that false statements herein made are subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.
S. Section 4904, relating to unsworn falsificatiorl to authorities.
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HAROLD S. IRWIN, III, ESQUIRE
ATTORNEY ID NO. 29920
35 EAST HIGH STREET
CARLISLE PA 17013
(717) 2436090
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
RICHARD E. GIPS,
V.
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
Plaintiff : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
MARGARET L. GIPE,
Defendant
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
: NO. 99 - a1`75 CIVIL TERM
: IN DIVORCE
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 in 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 divorce is indignities or irretrievable breakdown of the
marriage, you may request marriage counseling. A list of marriage counselors is
available in the Office of the Prothonotary, Cumberland County Courthouse, Carlisle,
Pennsylvania 17013.
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 LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE
THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN GET LEGAL
HELP.
Cumberland County Bar Association
2 Liberty Avenue
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
717-249-3166
RICHARD E. GIPE,
Plaintiff
V.
MARGARET L. GIPE,
Defendant
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
NO. 99 -,2875 CIVIL TERM
IN DIVORCE
COMPLAINT IN DIVORCE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 3301(d) OF THE DIVORCE CODE
NOW, comes the plaintiff, Richard E. Gipe, by his attorney, Harold S. Irwin, III,
Esquire, and files this complaint in divorce against the defendant, Margaret L. Gipe,
representing as follows:
1. The plaintiff is Richard E. Gipe, an adult individual residing at 26 Harmon
Road, Newburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17240.
2. The defendant is Margaret L. Gipe, an adult individual residing at
Shippensburg Health Care Center, 121 Walnut Bottom Road, Shippensburg,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17257.
3. The plaintiff has been a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at
least six months prior to the filing of this action in divorce.
4. The plaintiff and the defendant were married on August 16, 1963, in
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
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5. Pursuant to the Divorce Code, Section 3301(d), the plaintiff avers as the
grounds upon which this action is based that the marriage between the parties is
irretrievably broken and that the parties hereto have lived separate and apart for a
period of at least two years. The parties have lived separate and apart since at least
1993.
6. The plaintiff avers that he has been advised of the availability of
counseling and that said party has the right to request that the court require the parties
to participate in counseling.
WHEREFORE, the plaintiff demands judgment dissolving the marriage between
the parties and for such further relief as your Honorable Court may deem equitable and
just.
I verify that the statements made in this complaint are true and correct. I
understand that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.
S. Section 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
May 11, 1999
E. GIPS, Plaintiff
HAROLD S. IRWIN III
Attorney for plaintiff,
35 East High Street
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
(717)243.6090
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Plaintiff
V.
MARGARET L. GIPE,
Defendant
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: CIVIL ACTION - LAW
: NO. 99 - CIVIL TERM
: IN DIVORCE
If you wish to deny any of the statements set forth in this affidavit, you must file a
counter-affidavit within twenty days after this affidavit has been served on you or the
statements will be admitted.
PLAINTIFF'S AFFIDAVIT UNDER SECTION 33na(d)
OF THE DIVORCE CODE
1. The parties to this action separated in 1993 and have continued to live
separate and apart for a period of at least two years.
2. The marriage is irretrievably broken.
3. 1 understand that I may lose rights concerning alimony, division of
property, lawyer's fees or expenses if I do not claim them before a divorce is granted.
I verify that the statements made in this affidavit are true and correct. I
understand that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.
C.S. of 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
May 11, 1999 11 ?, f?1
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA
RICHARD L. GIPS,
Plaintiff,
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
V.
MARGARET L. GIPE,
Defendant.
NO. 99 - 2875 Civil Term
IN DIVORCE
PRAECIPE FOR ENTRY OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL
To the Prothonotary:
Please enter my appearance on behalf of the Defendant, Margaret L. Gipe.
Dated: J)
Jo ph . Ruane, Esquire
MARK/ WEIGLE AND PERKINS
12 t King Street
Shippensburg, PA 17257
717-532-7388
MARK, WE IGLC AND PCRKINS - AI IOHM YS AI LAW - Il6 CAST KING SIRCCT SRIPIV[' NSISURG. PA 17267 1397
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
RICHARD E. CIPE,
Plaintiff,
V.
MARGARET L. GIPE,
Defendant.
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
NO. 99-2875 Civil Term
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 judgement 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 grounds for the divorce is indignities or irretrievable breakdown of the
marriage, you may request marriage counseling. A list of marriage counselors is
available in the office of the Prothonotary at Cumberland County Courthouse, Carlisle,
PA 17013.
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 LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR
TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU
CAN GET LEGAL HELP.
Cumberland County Bar Association
2 Liberty Avenue
Carlisle, PA 17013
Telephone number 717-249-3166
MANN. WEIGLE AND PLRkINS - ATIORNLYS Al LAW - 116 LAS! KING SJRIfE1 -- SHIPPLNSUURG. PA 17257 1397
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
RICHARD E. GIPS,
Plaintiff,
V.
MARGARET L. GIPS,
Defendant.
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
NO. 99 - 2875 Civil Term
IN DIVORCE,
COUNTERCLAIM IN DIVORCE UNDER DIVORCE CODE
Defendant above-named, plaintiff on the counterclaim, by her attorney, Joseph P.
Ruane, Esquire, and Mark, Weigle and Perkins, files the following counterclaim and
respectfully represents that:
COUNT I - DIVORCE
1. Plaintiff on the counterclaim is Margaret L. Gipe, who currently resides at
Shippensburg Health Care Center, 121 Walnut Bottom Road, Shippensburg, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, since April 1999.
2. Defendant on the counterclaim is Richard E. Gipe, who currently resides
at 26 Harmon Road, Newburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, since 1974.
3. Plaintiff on the counterclaim and Defendant on the counterclaim have
been bona fide residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for at least six months
immediately previous to the filing of this counterclaim.
4. Plaintiff on the counterclaim and defendant on the counterclaim were
married on August 16, 1963, at Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
5. Plaintiff on the counterclaim avers that she is entitled to a divorce on the
ground that the marriage is irretrievably broken, and she is proceeding under § 3301 (c)
or (d) of the Divorce Code.
6. There have been no prior actions for divorce or annulment between the
parties, except the complaint filed in this instant matter..
7. The marriage is irretrievably broken.
8. Plaintiff on the counterclaim avers that she has been advised of the
availability of counseling and that she may have the right to request that the court require
the parties to participate in counseling.
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9. The parties may enter into a written agreement as to support, alimony and
property division. If the parties do so enter into such agreement, the same may he
incorporated in the decree and entered as an Order of this Court.
WHEREFORE, plaintiff on the counterclaim requests your Honorable Court to
enter a decree in divorce, divorcing plaintiff on the counterclaim and defendant on the
counterclaim, and if the parties enter into an agreement, that the same be incorporated in
the decree and entered as an Order to this Court.
COUNT 11- EQUITABLE, DISTRIBUTION
10. The prior paragraphs of this complaint arc incorporated herein by
reference thereto.
11. Plaintiff on the counterclaim and defendant on the counterclaim have
legally and beneficially acquired property, both real and personal, during their marriage
from August 16, 1963, until the date of their separation, in the spring of 1993, which
property is "marital property".
12. Plaintiff on the counterclaim and defendant on the counterclaim may have
owned prior to the marriage, property, both real and personal, which property has
increased in value during the marriage and/or which has been exchanged for other
property, which has increased in value during the marriage, all of which property is
"marital property".
13. Plaintiff on the counterclaim and defendant on the counterclaim have been
unable to agree as to an equitable division of said property to the date of the filing of this
counterclaim and substantial portions of said property are in the exclusive control of
defendant on the counterclaim.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff on the counterclaim requests the Court to equitably
divide all marital property and enjoin plaintiff on the counterclaim and defendant on the
counterclaim from the removal, disposition, alienation or encumbering of all real and
personal property of the parties.
COUNT III - ALIMONY
14. The prior paragraphs of this complaint are incorporated herein by
reference thereto.
15. Plaintiff on the counterclaim lacks sufficient property to provide for her
reasonable means and is unable to support herself through appropriate employment.
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16. Plaintiff on the counterclaim requires reasonable support to adequately
maintain herself in accordance with the standard of living established during the
marriage.
17. Defendant on the counterclaim has substantial assets.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff on the counterclaim requests the Court to enter an award
of alimony on her behalf.
COUNT IV - ALIMONY PF,NDENTE LITE
18. The prior paragraphs of this complaint are incorporated herein by
reference thereto.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff on the counterclaim requests the Court to enter an award
of alimony pendente lite on her behalf.
COUNT V - ATTORNEY'S FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES
19. The prior paragraphs of this complaint are incorporated herein by
reference thereto.
20. Plaintiff on the counterclaim has employed Joseph P. Roane, Esquire, as
counsel but is unable to pay the necessary and reasonable attorney's fees for said counsel.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff on the counterclaim requests your Honorable Court to
enter an award of temporary counsel fees, costs and expenses and such additional sums as
they may become necessary from time to time hereafter until final hearing, and thereupon
at final hearing, award such additional counsel fees, costs, and expenses as are deemed
appropriate.
MARK, WEIGLE AND PERKINS
By:
ireme P. Roane, Esquire
y plaintiff on the counterclaim
.D. . No. 71577
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126 East King Street
Shippensburg,PA 17257
717-532-7388
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VERIFICATION
I verify that the statements made in the foregoing Counterclaim in Divorce
Under Divorce Code are true and correct. I understand that false statements herein are
made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to
authorities.
Margaret L. Gipe
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COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
RICHARD E. GIPE,
Plaintiff,
V.
MARGARET L. GIPE,
Defendant.
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
NO. 99 - 2875 Civil Term
IN DIVORCE
AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
SS.
Heather Carey, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that on
September 22, 1999 she served true and attested copies of Counterclaim in Divorce
under Divorce Code and Notice to Defend and Claim Rights upon the Plaintiff's legal
counsel of record, Harold S. Irwin, III, Esquire, by mailing the same postage paid,
certified mail, addressee only, and return receipt requested, at Shippensburg,
Pennsylvania, addressed as follows:
Harold S. Irwin, III, Esquire
35 East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 6a' day of October, 1999.
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