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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-29-07 ~-~, O~tl; ~ 021 - ()'l- o(py(~ 'O, POWER OF A rrORNEY NOTICE THE PURPOSE OF THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS TO GIVE THE PERSON YOU DESIGNATE (YOUR "AGENT") BROAD POWERS TO HANDLE YOUR PROPERTY, WHICH MAY INCLUDE POWERS TO SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF ANY REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE TO YOU OR APPROVAL BY YOU. THIS POWER OF A TIORNEY DOES NOT IMPOSE A DUTY ON YOUR AGENT TO EXERCISE GRANTED POWERS, BUT WHEN POWERS ARE EXERCISED, YOUR AGENT MUST USE DUE CARE TO ACT FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY. YOUR AGENT MAY EXERCISE THE POWERS GIVEN HERE THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFETIME, EVEN AFTER YOU BECOME INCAPACITATED, UNLESS YOU EXPRESSLY LIMIT THE DURATION OF THESE POWERS OR YOU REVOKE THESE POWERS OR A COURT ACTING ON YOUR BEHALF TERMINATES YOUR AGENT'S AUTHORITY. YOUR AGENT MUST KEEP YOUR FUNDS SEPARATE FROM YOUR AGENT'S FUNDS. A COURT CAN TAKE AWAY THE POWERS OF YOUR AGENT IF IT FINDS YOUR AGENT IS NOT ACTING PROPERLY. THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF ANY AGENT UNDER A POWER OF ATTORNEY ARE EXPLAINED MORE FULLY IN 20 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56. IF THERE IS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS FORM THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, YOU SHOULD ASK A LAWYER OF YOUR OWN CHOOSING TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. I HAVE READ OR HAD EXPLAINED TO ME THIS NOTICE AND I UNDERSTAND ITS CONTENTS. ~w~~~ L./- ~!, d 0/ (Date) 1'0,) c::::> c::::>> --' <- c::: :z; N \.0 (Principal) (') ~~ ::g~o '~~~i ,=J C)o ;;0.., ~..:::)~ ~--1 ...1> -0 ::x: ~ o U1 \J f~;~ .:'j -.......... ::6 C::J ,---rl C7 c; --,., '-n ;::~ r"'''rl POWER OF A 7TORNEY I, ANTHONY GRAVANTE . of SHERMANSDALE. PERRY County, Pennsylvania, do hereby appoint PATRICIA GRAVANTE of SHERMANSDALE. PERRY County, Pennsylvania as my true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact with full, durable power to transact any and all business in my name as though I myself were acting. THIS POWER includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1. To write checks, and to execute and deliver payment and withdrawal orders on any accounts that I may have with any bank or other similar institution, and to deliver the checks of money paid or withdrawn to any person, group of persons, or associations; and to endorse checks or other instruments for deposit or collection; 2. To take all lawful steps to recover, collect, and receive any amounts of money now or hereafter owing or payable to me; and to compromise and execute releases or other sufficient discharges for them; 3. To withdraw and receive the income or corpus of any trust over which I may have a right of withdrawal, and to request and receive the income or corpus of any trust with respect to which the trustee thereof has the discretionary power to make distributions to or on my behalf, and to execute a receipt and release or such similar document for the property so received; 4. To sue and settle suits of any kind in my name or for my benefit; 5. To buy, sell, mortgage, hypothecate or grant security interests in any kind of tangible or intangible personal property; 6. To sign, assign, or endorse any security issued by any corporation, bank, or other organization, and to exercise any rights with respect thereto that I may have; 7. To lease, sell, release, convey, extinguish, or mortgage any interest in real property on such terms as may be deemed advisable; and to manage, repair, improve, maintain, restore, build, or develop such property; 8. To purchase or otherwise acquire any interest in, and acquire possession of real property, and to accept all deeds and other assurances in the law for such property; 9. To execute, deliver, and acknowledge deeds, deeds of trust, covenants, indentures, agreements, mortgages, hypothecation, bills of lading, bills, bonds, notes, receipts, evidences or debts, releases, and satisfactions of mortgages, judgment, ground rents, and other debts; 10. To enter my safe deposit boxes and to open new safe deposit boxes, and to add to, and to remove any of the contents of any such safe deposit boxes; and to close out any of the boxes; . . 11. To borrow money for my account of whatever terms and conditions may be deemed advisable, including the right to borrow money on any insurance policies issued on my life for any purpose and to pledge, assign, and deliver the policy or policies as security. 12. To purchase United States Treasury "flower" bonds on my behalf, and to borrow money specifically to enable the purchase of these bonds; 13. To prepare, execute, and file all tax returns required to be made by me, to pay the taxes due, to collect any refunds, to sign waivers extending the period for the assessment of such taxes of deficiencies in them, to sign consents to the immediate assessment of deficiencies and acceptance of proposed over assessments, to execute closing agreements, to engage and appoint attorneys to represent me in connection with any matters arising before any federal, state, or local taxing agency; 14. To disclaim any interest in property, to exercise my right to claim an elective share of the estate of my spouse, and to take all actions that my attorney-in-fact deems appropriate to effectuate that election; 15. To renounce any fiduciary positions to which I have been or may be appointed, including, but not limited to, personal representative, trustee, guardian, attorney-in-fact, and officer or director of a corporation; to resign such positions in which capacity I am presently serving, and to file an accounting with a Court of competent jurisdiction, or settle on a receipt and release or other informal method as my attorney-in-fact deems advisable; 16. To arrange for my entrance to, and care at, any hospital, nursing home, health center, convalescent home, retirement home, or similar institution, and to authorize, arrange for, and to consent to any and all medical and surgical procedures on my behalf, and to pay all bills for my care; 17. To execute a revocable agreement of trust with such trustees as my attorney-in-fact selects and which provides that all income and principal shall be paid to me or the guardian of my estate, or applied for my benefit in such amounts as I, or my attorney-in- fact, shall request or as the trustee or trustees shall determine, and that on my death any remaining income and principal shall be paid to my personal representative, and that the trust may be revoked or amended by me or my attorney-in-fact at any time and from time to time, provided, however; that any amendment by my attorney-in-fact must be such that it could have, by law, delivered and conveyed any or all of my assets to the trustee or trustees, and to add any or all of my assets to such a trust already in existence at the time of the creation of this Power. And I do hereby ratify and confirm all that my attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue of this Power of Attorney. This Power of Attorney shall not be affected by my disability or incapacity or by uncertainty as to whether I am dead or alive, and it may be accepted and relied upon by anyone to whom it is presented until such person either (1) receives written notice of revocation by me or a guardian (or similar fiduciary) of my estate, or (2) has actual knowledge of my death. My attorney-in-fact shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for services performed hereunder. . . \ . IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, I have signed this Power of Attorney this ~ r day of APRIL, 2004. ~ Witness: ~ /t(.U/T'7 If )1(m COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF ~~ On this, the ~ r day of APRIL 2004 before me, a Notary Public, in and or said Commonwealth and County, the undersigned officer, personally appeared known to me, ANTHONY GRAVANTE (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within Power of Attorney, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein contained. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Notarial Seal. SS. NOTARIAL SEAL MARIAL STROH, NotaIy ~ Lower Allen Twp., Cumberland Co., PA My Commission Expires Nov. 14.2006 THIS DOCUM NT I PROVIDED AS A MATTER OF COURTESY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, EITHER THROUGH A PRIVATE ATTORNEY, OR CONTACT WITH LEGAL SERVICES AT (717) 766-8475. ... .' , . ACKNOWLEDGMENT I, PATRICIA GRAVANTE , have read the attached power of attorney and am the person identified as the agent for the principal. I hereby acknowledge that in the absence of a specific provision to the contrary in the power of attorney or in 20 Pa.C.S. when I act as agent: I shall exercise the powers for the benefit of the principal. I shall keep the assets of the principal separate from my assets. I shall exercise reasonable caution and prudence. I shall keep a full and accurate record of all actions, receipts and disbursements on behalf of the principal. {/~ tl. ~, 1./ I ;>.9} b Y (Agent) (Date) COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND SS. On this, the ~ f' day of APRIL 2004 before me, a Notary Public, in and or said Commonwealth and County, the undersigned officer, personally appeared known to me, PATRICIA GRAVANTE (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within Power of Attorney, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein contained. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Notarial Seal. ~C7( a..l'>>& NOTARIAL SEAL Nota Public ~lI'\ L STROH, Notary PubIc Lower Allen Twp., Cumberland Co PA My Commission ., OVIDED AS A MATTER OF COURTESY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, EITHER THROUGH A PRIVATE ATTORNEY, OR CONTACT WITH LEGAL SERVICES AT (717) 766-8475.