HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-0179IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR
CHANGE OF NAME OF:
JAMES VINCENT WITT
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 04- I'?~ CIVIL ACTION - LAW
CHANGE OF NAME
PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME
AND NOW, comes the Petitioners, Linda Ann Witt and Patrick Raymond Lilly, parents of
James Vincent Witt, by and through their attorneys, MARTSON DEARDORFF WILLIAMS &
OTTO, and requests Your Honorable Court to order a change of name for their minor son, James
Vincent Witt, pursuant to 54 Pa. C.S. §701 et. seq. and in support thereof aver as follows:
1. Petitioners are Linda Ann Witt, and Patrick Raymond Lilly, parents of James Vincent
Witt, and bring this action on behalf of their minor son.
2. Petitioner Linda Ann Witt is the mother and primary custodian of the minor, and
resides at 83A Partridge Circle, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
3. Petitioner Patrick Raymond Lilly is the father of the minor and resides at 513 Guy
Road, Philipsburg, New Jersey.
4. The Petitioners never married.
5. The minor, James Vincent Witt was born on March 27, 1990, in New Jersey. His
birth certificate is attached hereto as Exhibit "A."
6. The minor and Petitioner Linda Ann Witt moved to Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania in 1997, and have resided here ever since.
7. Your Petitioners desire to change the minor's name from James Vincent Witt to
James Vincent Patrick Lilly because of the minor's strong desire to take his father's last name.
8. There are no judgments or decrees of like character of record against the minor, nor
any criminal convictions or pending criminal charges.
WHEREFORE, Petitioners request Your Honorable Court to enter a decree changing the
name of James Vincent Witt to James Vincent Patrick Lilly.
Date: January 13, 2004
MARTSON DEARDORFF WILLIAMS & OTTO
Ten East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013-3093
(717) 243-3341
Attorneys for Petitioners
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ST~r~ O~ N~v J£~Y
Orric£ Or Rz~Isr~.a Or VI?~ STATISTICS
TOWN OF PHILLIPSBURG, WARREN COUNTY
T~is is to certify that the following is correctly copied from a record of Birth in my office.
NAME OF CHILD
James Vincent Witt
SEX PLACE OF BIRTH
Male ] Phillipsburg, NJ
DATE OF BIRTH
Mar. 27, 1990
April 6, 1990
Date of Registration
Registrar of Vital Statistics
675 Cc)Hiss Ave., P'nillip~burg, N.J. 088~5
Address
April 9, 1990
Date of Issue
EXHIBIT "A"
IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR
CHANGE OF NAME OF:
JAMES VINCENT WlTT
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 03- CIVIL ACTION - LAW
CHANGE OF NAME
CONSENT OF MINOR CHILD TO NAME CHANGE
I, James Vincent Witt, do hereby state that I am over 12 years of age and have read the
aforesaid Petition and voluntarily consent to my name being changed to James Vincent Patrick Lilly.
'~ames Vincent Witt
Sworn and subscribed to before me this
~ dayof ~E.~t,L~._t.b ,2003.
Ndtary Public
NOTARIAL SEAL '~
BARBARA E. STEEL, Notary Public ~
Carlisle Bom., Cumberland County 1
My Commission Expires Feb. 18, 2006J
VERIFICATION
We verify that the statements contained herein are true and correct. We understand that false
statements herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A. §4904, relating to unswom
falsification to authorities.
- ld~n~Ann Witt, Petitioner
Patrick Raymond Lilly, Petit'u~ier
Dated: January 13,2004
IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR
CHANGE OF NAME OF:
JAMES VINCENT WITT
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 04- I~/~ CIVIL ACTION - LAW
CHANGE OF NAME
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, thiscJ~4ay of ~, 2004, upon~Motion of Petitioners, it is ordered
that a hearing on the Petition for Ch~ange of Nam~e is fixed for fT~f- c~°~ ,2004, at
~'/-/~ O~_m. in Courtroom No. c~ of Cumberland County Courthouse, Carlisle,
Pennsylvania.
The Petitioners are directed to give notice of the filing of the Petition and of the date of the
hearing by publication one time in the Sentinel and one time in the Cumberland Law Journal.
,J.
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IN THE MATTER OF
PETITION FOR
CHANGE OF NAME OF
]AMES VINCENT WI'I-F
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: NO. 2004-0179 CIVIL
.ORDER OF C~OURT
AND NOW, this 5TM day of FEBRUARY, 2004, the hearing on the above
captioned matter scheduled for I~IONDA¥, I4ARCH 22, 2004, at 8:45 a.m., will
now be heard at ~ in Courtroom # 5.
the
Edward E. Guido,
3. Williams, Esquire\
For the Petitioner ]
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IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR
CHANGE OF NAME OF:
JAMES VINCENT WITT
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 04- 179 CWIL ACTION - LAW
CHANGE OF NAME
PRAECIPE
TO THE PROTHONOTARY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
Please file With the record the attached Proofs of Publication for The Sentinel and The
Cumberland Law Journal..
MARTSON DEARDORFF WILLIAMS & OTTO
Thomas J. Williams, Esquire
Ten East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 243-3341
Attorneys for Petitioner
PROOF OF PUBLICATION,
State of Pennsylvania,
County of Cumberland.
Rich Canazaro, Internet Director of THE SENTINEL,
of the County and State aforesaid, being duly sworn, deposes and says thai THE SENTINEL, a newspaper of
general circulation in the Borough of Carlisle, County and State aforesaid, was established December 13th,
1881, since which date THE SENTINEL has been regularly issued in said County, and that the printed notice
or publication attached hereto is exactly the same as was printed and published in the regular editions and
issues of THE SENTINEL on the following dates, viz
Copy of Notice of Publication
· l~m~,~, ;~=.%' ~.~ ~-~;,~,o~ FO~: ImJ ~ ~OURTOF ~ P~OF The Sentinel
~ ~~ CU~.~COUN~.P~"NSY~ ~ Februa~ 07, 2004
: ~~ .
~p~~NTW~ ~
~~ ~ , deposes that he is not interested in
~~~ of the aforesaid notice or
~~' and that all allegations in the
I ~~~~. _~ .... ter
I ~~~~' }ment as to time, place anu cnarac
/.~ w~,~ ' are tru~ ~
Februa~ 11,2004
Sworn to a~ subscribed before me this 11th
day of '~. February . /~ 200/4.
- ~ Notary Puo ic
My commission expires:
DAWN M. SHUGHART, Notary Public~
Carlisle Cumbefla~ld Co~n, ty
My C_ ommission Expires N?v
PROOF OF PUBLICATION OF NOTICE
IN CUMBERLAND LAW JOURNAL
(Under Act No. 587, approved May 16, 1929), P. L. 1784
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA :
· * SS.
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND ·
Lisa Marie Coyne, Esquire, Editor of the Cumberland Law Journal, of the County and
State aforesaid, being duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says that the Cumberland Law
Journal, a legal periodical published in the Borough of Carlisle in the County and State aforesaid,
was established January 2, 1952, and designated by the local courts as the official legal
periodical for the publication of all legal notices, and has, since January 2, 1952, been regularly
issued weekly in thc said County, and that the printed notice or publication attached hereto is
exactly the same as was printed in the regular editions and issues of the said Cumberland Law
Journal on thc following dates,
Viz
FEBRUARY 13, 2004
Affiant further deposes that he is authorized to verify this statement by the Cumberland
Law Journal, a legal periodical of general circulation, and that he is not interested in the subject
matter of the aforesaid notice or advertisement, and that all allegations in the foregoing
statements as to time, place and character of publication are tree.
(,,/~sa Marie Coyn~/fl~ditor
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me this
13 dayof FEBRUARY,_2004
NOTARIAL SEAL"
LOIS fi. SNYDER, Notary Public
Carlisle Bom, Cumberland County
My Commission Expires March 5, 2005
CUMBERLAND LAW JOURNAL
NOTICE
In the Court of Common Pleas of
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Civil Action--Law
No. 04-179
IN THE MA:¥1ER OF PETITION
FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF:
JAMES VINCENT WlTT
IN RE: PETITION OF
JAMES VINCENT 'wITr
(CHANGE OF NAME)
CHANGE OF NAME
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
on January 14, 2004, the petition
of James Vincent Wtit was filed in
the above-named court, requesting
on order to change his name from
James Vincent Witt to JAMES V~N-
CENT PATRICK LILLY,
The Court fixed March 22, 2004,
at 9:30 a.m., in Courtroom Number
5 of the Cumberland County Court-
house, Carlisle, Pennsylvania as the
time and place for the hearing on
said petition, when and where all
interested parties may appear and
show cause, if any, why the request
of the petitioner should not be grant-
ed.
By the Court,
/s/EDWARD E. GUIDO, J.
Feb. 13
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IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR
CHANGE OF NAME OF:
JAMES VINCENT WITT
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAbff) COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 04- I'*/~ CiVIL ACTION - LAW
CHANGE OF iNAME
ORDER
AND NOW, this _~ dayof ~1~
,, 2004, upon consideration of the
attached Petition o£Linda Ann Witt and Patrick Raymond Lilly, for the change of their minor son's
name, and it appearing that there is no lawful objection to the request of the Petitioners, it is hereby
ordered that the name of the minor, James Vincent Witt, is changed to James Vincent Patrick Lilly.
,J.