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Register of Wills Office
Cumberland County Courthouse
1 Courthouse Square
Carlisle, PA 17013-3387
SUBJECT:
Vera B. Musser, Deceased
DOD: March 26, 2003
FROM
3OHNSON, DUFFTE, STEWART & WE:[DNER
Attorneys at Law
P.O. Box 109
Lemoyne, PA 17043
(717) 761-4540
Fax: (717) 761-3015
DATE: November 19, 2003
Enclosed for filling on behalf of Vera B. Musser, Deceased, are the following:
1. Original and copy of Inheritance Tax Return.
2. Copy of Federal Estate Tax Return - Form 706
3. Check in the amount of $10.00, spousal filing charges - solvent estate.
SIGNED: Edmund G. Myers csh
JOHNSON. DUFFLE, STEWART & WEIDNER
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
DEPT. 280601
REV-1500
INHERITANCE TAX RETURN
RESIDENT DECEDENT
I OFFICIAL. USE ONt. Y
FILE NUMBER
HARRISBURG, PA 17128-0601
................ L CO~UNTY CODE YEAR
DECEDENT'S NAME (LAST, FIRST, AND MIDDLE INITIAL)
MUSSER, VERA B.
DATE OF DEATH (MM-DO-YEAR) I DATE OF BIRTH (MM-DO-YEAR)
03/26/2003 i10/15/1921
!(IF APPLICABLE) SURVIVING SPOUSE'S NAME ( LAST, FIRST AND MIDDL-E"I-Ni~IAL~)
! MUSSER, BENJAMIN G.
[] 1. Original Return []
NUMBER
SOCIAL SECURI~ NUMBER
167-14-6476
THiS RETURN MUST BE FILED IN DUPLICATE WITH THE
/ REGISTER OF WILLS
.......I-~ SOCIAL SECU~ NU~
180-30-2022
'FIRM NAME (If applicable)
Johnson, Duffle, Stewart & Weidner
~'ELEPHONE NUMBER
i 717/761-4540
2. Supplemental Return [] 3. Remainder Return (date of death prior to 12-13-82)
I [] 4. Limited Estate [] 4a. Future Interest Compromise (date of death after [] 5. Federal Estate Tax Retum Required
12-12-82)
[] 6. Decedent Died Testate (Attach copy [] 7. Decedent Maintained a Living Trust (Attach 8. Total Number of Safe Deposit Boxes
of Will) copy of Trust)
[] 9. Litigation Proceeds Received [] 10. Spousal Poverty Credit (date of death between [] 11.Election to tax under Sec. 9113(A) (Attach Sch O)
1~-31-91 .and '~-1-~) ~ ~
NAME ~COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS
EDMUND G. MYERS ;
301 Market Street
P. O. Box 109
'! Lernoyne, PA 17043-0109
1. Real Estate (Schedule A) (1)
2. Stocks and Bonds (Schedule B) (2)
3. Closely Held Corporation, Partnership or Sole-Proprietorship (3)
4. Mortgages & Notes Receivable (Schedule D) (4)
5. Cash, Bank Deposits & Miscellaneous Personal Property (5)
(Schedule E)
6. Jointly Owned Property (Schedule F) (6)
[] Separate Billing Requested
7. Inter-Vivos Transfers & Miscellaneous Non-Probate Property (7)
(Schedule G or L)
8. Total Gross Assets (total Lines 1-7)
9. Funeral Expenses & Administrative Costs (Schedule H) (9)
10. Debts of Decedent, Mortgage Liabilities, & Liens (Schedule I) (10)
None
None
None
None
100.00
None
353,280.00
4,935.00
OFFICIAL USE ONLY
(8)';, 353,380.00
11. Total Deductions (total Lines 9 & 10)
(11)
4,935.00
348,445.00
12. Net Value of Estate(Line 8 minus Line 11)
(12)
13. Charitable and Governmental Bequests/Sec 9113 Trusts for which an election to tax has not been
made (Schedule J)
14. Net Value Subject to Tax(Line 12 minus Line 13)
(13)
(14)
348,445.00
SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE SIDE FOR APPLICABLE RATES
15. Amount of Line 14 taxable at the spousal tax rate, 3 4 8,43 5.0 0
or transfers under Sec. 9116(a)(1.2)
x .00
(15) 0.00
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19) 0.00
z-° 16.Amount of Line 14 taxable at lineal rate x .045
,~ 17. Amount of Line 14 taxable at sibling rate x .12
O
~ 18. Amount of Line 14 taxable at collateral rate x .15
19. Tax Due
20.
Copyright 2000 form software only The Lackner Group, Inc, Form REV-1500 EX (Rev. 6-00)
Decedent's Complete Address:
STREET ADDRESS 95 GREENWOOD CIRCLE
CITY
WORMLEYSBURG [STATE PA ZIP 17043
Tax Payments and Credits:
1. Tax Due (Page 1 Line 19)
2. Credits/Payments
A. Spousal Poverty Credit
B. Prior Payments
C. Discount
(1)
Total Credits (A + B + C) (2)
3. Interest/Penalty if applicable
D. Interest
E. Penalty
Total Interest/Penalty (D + E) (3)
4. If Line 2 is greater than Line 1 + Line 3, enter the difference. This is theOVERPAYMENT. (4)
Check box on Page I Line 20 to request a refund
5. If Line I + Line 3 is greater than Line 2, enter the difference. This is theTAX DUE (5)
A. Enter the interest on the tax due. (5A)
B. Enter the total of Line 5 + 5A. This is theBALANCE DUE. (5B)
Make Check Payable to: REGISTER OF WILLS, AGENT
PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BY PLACING AN "X" IN THE APPROPRIATE BLOCKS
Did decedent make a transfer and: Yes No
a. retain the use or income of the property transferred; ............................................................................. ~ [~
b. retain the right to designate who shall use the property transferred or its income; ................................
c. retain a reversionary interest; or. ...........................................................................................................
d. receive the promise for life of either payments, benefits or care? ...........................................................
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2. If death occurred after December 12, 1982, did decedent transfer property within one year of death without
receiving adequate consideration? ................................................................................................................. [] []
3. Did decedent own an "in trust for" or payable upon death bank account or secudty at his or her death2 ....... [] []
4. Did decedent own an Individual Retirement Account, annuity, or other non-probate property which
contains a beneficiary designation?. ............................................................................................................... [] []
IF THE ANSWER TO ANY OF THE ABOVE QUESTIONS IS YES, YOU MUST COMPLETE SCHEDULE G AND FILE IT AS PART OF THE RETURN.
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return, including accompanying schedules a0d statements, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct and complete. Declaration
preparer other than the personal representative is based on all information of which preparer has any knowledge.
SIGNATURE OF PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING RETURN
BENJAMIN G. MUSSER
N if.
SI RESPO"NST~LT~-'FO~ F~!..'i'NG RETURN
ADDRESS
95 GREENWOOD CIRCLE
WORMLEYSBURG, PA 17043
DATE
ADDRESS DATE
SIGNATURE OF PREPARER OTHER THAN REPRESENTATIVE ADDRESS DATE
EDMUND G. MYERS 301 Market Street
P. O. Box 109
Lemoyne, PA 17043-0109
For dates of death on or after July 1, 1994 and before January 1, 1995, the tax rate imposed on the net value of transfers to or for the use of the
surviving spouse is 3% [72 P.S. {}9116 (a) (1.1) (i)].
For dates of death on or after January 1, 1995, the tax rate imposed on the net value of transfers to or for the use of the surviving spouse is 0%
[72 P.S. {}9116 (a) (1.1) (ii)]. The statutedoes not exempt a transfer to a surviving spouse from tax, and the statutory requirements for disclosure
of assets and filing a tax return are still applicable even if the surviving spouse is the only beneficiary.
For dates of death on or after July 1, 2000:
The tax rate imposed on the net value of transfers from a deceased child twenty-one years of age or younger at death to or for the use of a natural
parent, an adoptive parent, or a stepparent of the child is 0% [72 P.S. {}9116 (a) (1.2)].
The tax rate imposed on the net value of transfers to or for the use of the decedent's lineal beneficiaries is 4.5%, except as noted in 72 P.S. {}9116
1.2) [72 P.S. {}9116 (a)(1)].
The tax rate imposed on the net value of transfers to or for the use of the decedent's siblings is 12% [72 P.S. {}9116 (a) (1.3)]. A sibling is defined,
under Section 9102, as an individual who has at least one parent in common with the decedent, whether by blood or adoption.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
0!
VERA B. MUSSER
I, VERA B. MUSSER, of 95 Greenwood Circle, Wormleysburg,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17043, do publish and declare this
to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other prior
wills and codicils made by me.
FIRST: Family Background and ADpointment of Executor.
(A) Family and Background Information. I am married to
BENJAMIN 6. MUSSER. The children of our marriage are PAMELA
HARTER, LTRNE MILLER and CYITTHIA MUSSER. Throughout this Will,
BENJAMIN G. MUSSER will be referred to as "my husband" or "my
spouse", and PAMELA HARTER, LYNNEMILLERandCYNTHIAMUSSER will be
referred to as "my children." The word "issue" will include my
children as well as my other descendants.
(B) Appointment of Executor. I appoint as my Executrix and
Successor Executor (all hereinafter referred to as Executor or
Executors) under this Will, the following named persons or
corporations to serve without bond and without being required to
account to any Court:
Executor: My husband, BENJAMIN G. MUSSER
Successor Executor: PNC BANK, N.A..
(C) Inter Vivos Trust. The inter vivos trust agreement
referred to in this Will is "THE VERA B. MUSSER FAMILY REVOCABLE
TRUST," dated ~m4L~ 7_7 , 1996, by and between VERA B.
MUSSER, as Settlor, andVVERA B. MUSSER, as Trustee, as now in
effect or as may hereafter be amended.
SECOND: Funeral and Last Illness Expenses; Taxes.
(A) ExDenses of Funeral and Last Illness. I direct my
Executor to pay my funeral eXPenses and the eXPenses of my last
illness from my estate. In addition, my Executor may notify the
Trustee of the Trust described in Paragraph FIRST (C), above, of
any such expenses, and my Executor may accept reimbursement from
such Trustee.
(B)
Taxes.
I direct my
Executor to pay any and
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inheritance, succession, legacy, transfer and other death taxes or
duties, by whatever name called, including any and all interest and
penalties thereon, imposed under the laws of any jurisdiction by
reason of my death, upon or with respect to any and all property
included in my gross estate for the purpose of such taxes, whether
such property passes under or outside of this Will. Without any
apportionment otherwise required by law and without being prorated
or apportioned among or charged against the respective devises,
legatees, beneficiaries, transferees, or other recipients of any
such property or charged against any property passing or which may
have passed to any of them, I direct that any taxes so paid shall
be charged as follows:
(1) If my spouse, BENJAMIN ~. MUSSER, survives me,
I direct that any taxes so paid shall be charged entirely
against that portion of my residuary estate, if any,
which does not qualify for the raarital deduction from my
taxable estate under Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(hereinafter "IRC") Section 2056, or, to the extent, if
any, that said portion is insufficient, then against that
portion of my residuary estate, if any, which does
qualify for the marital deduction from my taxable estate
under IRC Section 2056.
(2) If my spouse, BENJAMIN ~. MUSSER, does not
survive me, I direct that any taxes so paid shall be
charged against my residuary estate.
My Executor shall not be entitled to reimbursement for any
portion of any such taxes from any such person. The foregoing
provisions of this Article SECOND shall not apply to the following:
(1) The amount, if any, by which taxes, interest
and penalties thereon shall be increased as a result of
the inclusion in my gross estate of property (a) in which
I may have a qualifying income interest for life, under
IRC Section 2044 (or the corresponding provisions of any
subsequent federal tax laws) or corresponding provisions
of state law, or (b) over which I may have a general
power of appointment under IRC Section 2041 (or the
corresponding provisions of any subsequent federal tax
laws) or corresponding provisions of state law, or (c) //
over which I may have retained an interest as defined in/ /
IRC Section 2036 (or the corresponding provisions~of an~J
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VERA B. MUSSER
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subsequent federal tax laws) or corresponding provisions
of state law, and any taxes, interest and penalties on
said incremental amount shall either be paid from said
property directly or shall be recovered by my Executor
from the person holding or receiving said property as
provided in IRC Sections 2207, 2207A, or 2207B (or the
corresponding provisions of any subsequent federal tax
laws);
(2) The generation skipping tax imposed by Chapter
13 or the additional estate tax imposed by Section
2032A(c) or corresponding provisions of federal or state
law applicable to my estate and imposing said taxes), and
any and all interest and penalties on said Chapter 13 and
Section 2032(c) and comparable state taxes; and,
(3) Such portion or portions of said taxes,
interest and penalties which may be required to be paid,
or are actually paid or reimbursed, by the Trustee of the
Trust described in Paragraph FIRST (C), above.
THIRD: Tangible Personal ProDerty. Except for those items
excluded below and those items enumerated in the Letter of
Instruction, I bequeath all my tangible personal property,
including but not limited to clothing, jewelry, furniture,
household furnishings, household goods, personal effects, motor
vehicles, and all other similar articles, which I own, and the
insurance thereon, to my spouse, BENJAMIN ~. MUSSER, if he survives
me by sixty (60) days. Tangible personal property shall not
include: (1) any and all property used by me in any business, (2)
cash on hand or on deposit in banks, (3) stock or securities, (4)
any type of evidence of indebtedness, and (5) any life, health or
accident insurance policies.
If my spouse does not survive me by sixty (60) days, I leave
such tangible personal property to my children, PAMELA HARTER,
LYNNE MILLER, and CYNTHIA MUSSER, or their surviving issue, per
stirpes, to be divided among them as they may select in as nearly
equal shares as is practical. If there is any disagreement as to
distribution, I direct my Executor to make such distribution. The
decision of my Executor shall be final and binding. Any items not
selected or any items which my Executor considers unsuitable fox, my
children or issue may be distributed or sold in the sole discr~on
of my Executor, and if sold, the net proceeds therefrom sh~ be
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added to the residue of my estate. Any such article allocated to
a minor may, as my Executor deems advisable, either be delivered to
the minor or to any person to safeguard on behalf of the minor.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Article THIRD, I
may leave a separate, dated and unsigned Letter of Instruction,
which I shall place with my Will, containing directions as to the
ultimate disposition of certain of the property bequeathed under
this Article THIRD, and such Letter of Instruction shall determine
the distribution of such items.
FOURTH: Residuary Estate. I devise and bequeath all of the
rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed,
of whatever nature and wherever situated, to which I am legally or
equitably entitled, including the insurance thereon, to the then-
acting Trustee of the Trust described in Paragraph FIRST (C),
above, to be held, administered and distributed pursuant to the
terms thereof, as the same may be amended from time to time. By
this devise and bequest of my residuary estate, I hereby exercise
all Powers of Appointment I possess at the time of my death except
any power of appointment which I possess under the Trust described
in Paragraph FIRST (C), above, or which I possess under any trust
created by my spouse during her life or under her Will.
FIFTH: Powers of Executor. In addition to the powers and
duties as may have been granted elsewhere in this Will, but subject
to any limitations stated elsewhere in this Will, the Executor
shall have and exercise exclusive management and control of the
Estate and shall be vested with the following specific powers and
discretion, in addition to the powers as may be generally conferred
from time to time upon the Executor by law:
(A) In the management, care and disposition of the Estate,
the Executor shall have the power to do all things and to execute
such deeds and instruments as may be deemed necessary or proper,
including the following powers, all of which may be exercised
without order of or report to any Court:
(1) To sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any
property, real, personal or mixed, at any time held or
acquired hereunder, at public or private sale, for cash
or on terms, without advertisement, including the right
to lease for any term notwithstanding the period of the
Estate, and to grant options, including any optio~ fo~
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period beyond the duration of the Estate.
(2) To invest all monies in such stocks, bonds,
securities, mortgages, notes, choses in action, real
estate or improvements thereon, and any other property as
the Executor may deem best, without regard to any law now
or hereafter enforced limiting investments of
fiduciaries.
(3) To retain for investment any property deposited
with the Executor hereunder.
(4) To vote in person or by proxy any corporate
stock or other security and to agree to or take any other
action in regard to any reorganization, merger,
consolidation, liquidation, bankruptcy or other procedure
or proceedings affecting any stock, bond, note or other
security.
(5) To use attorneys,
accountants and other agents,
deemed necessary or desirable,
compensation for their services.
real estate brokers,
if such employment is
and to pay reasonable
(6) To compromise, settle or adjust any claim or
demand by or against the Estate and to agree to any
rescission or modification of any contract or agreement
affecting the Estate.
(7) To renew any indebtedness, as well as to borrow
money, and to secure the same by mortgaging, pledging or
conveying any property of the Estate.
(8) To retain and carry on any business in which
the Estate may acquire an interest, to acquire additional
interest in any such business, to agree to the
liquidation in kind of any corporation in which the
Estate may have an interest and to carry on the business
thereof, to join with other owners in adopting any form
of management for any business or property in which the
Estate may have an interest, to become or remain a
partner, general or limited, in
business or property and to hold
securities as an investment, and
regard to any such
the stock or other_//
to employ agen~~_.~
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confer on them authority to manage and operate the
business, propertyor corporation, without liability for
the acts of such agent or for any loss, liability or
indebtedness of such business if the management is
selected or retained with reasonable care.
(9) To register any stock, bond or other security
in the name of a nominee, without the addition of words
indicating that such security is held in a fiduciary
capacity, but accurate records shall be maintained
showing that such security is a Estate asset and the
Executor shall be responsible for the acts of such
nominee.
(B) Whenever the Executor is directed to distribute any
Estate assets in fee simple to a person who is then under twenty-
one (21) years of age, the Executor shall be authorized to hold
such property in Trust for such person until he becomes twenty-one
(21) years of age, and in the meantime shall use such part of the
income and the principal of the Estate as the Executor may deem
necessary to provide for the proper support and education of such
person. If'such person should die before becoming twenty-one (21)
years of age, the property then remaining in trust shall be
distributed to the personal representative of such person's estate.
(C) In making distributions from the Estate to or for the
benefit of any minor or other person under a legal disability, the
Executor need not require the appointment of a guardian, but shall
be authorized to pay or deliver the same to the custodian of such
person, to pay or deliver the same to such person without the
intervention of a guardian, to pay or deliver the same to a legal
guardian of such person if one has already been appointed, or to
use the same for the benefit of such person.
(D) In the disbursement of the Estate and any division into
separate trusts or shares, the Executor shall be authorized to make
the distribution and division in money or in kind, or both,
regardless of the basis for income tax purposes of any property
distributed or divided in kind, and the distribution and division
made and the values established by the Executor shall be binding
and conclusive on all persons taking hereunder. The Executor may
in making such distribution or division allot undivided inter~ts
in the same property to several trusts or shares. //
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(E) The Executor shall have discretion to determine whether
items should be charged or credited to income or principal or
allocated between income and principal as the Executor may deem
equitable and fair under all the circumstances, including the power
to amortize or fail to amortize any part or all of any premium or
discount, to treat any part or all of the profit resulting from the
maturity or sale of any asset, whether purchased at a premium or at
a discount, as income or principal or apportion the same between
income and principal, to apportion the sales price of any asset
between income and principal, to treat any dividend or other
distribution of any investment as income or principal, or apportion
the same between income and principal, to charge any expense
against income or principal or apportion the same, and to provide
or fail to provide a reasonable reserve against depreciation or
obsolescence on any assets subject to depreciation or obsolescence,
all as the Executor may reasonably deem equitable and just under
all the circumstances. If the Executor does not exercise the above
discretionary power, the cash or accrual allocation shall be in
accordance with Chapter 81 of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, or the corresponding provisions of
subsequent state law.
(F) If at any time the total fair market value of the assets
of any trust established or to be established hereunder is so small
that the corporate Trustee's annual fee for administering the trust
would be the minimum annual fee set forth in the Trustee's
regularly published fee schedule then, in effect, the Trustee in
its discretion shall be authorized to terminate such trust or to
decide not to establish such trust, and in such event the property
then held in or to be distributed to such trust shall be
distributed to the persons who are then or would be entitled to the
income of such trust. If the amount of income to be received by
such persons is to be determined in the discretion of the Trustee,
then the Trustee shall distribute the property among such of the
persons to whom the Trustee is authorized to distribute income, and
in such proportions, as the Trustee in its discretion shall
determine.
(G) Except as otherwise provided in this Will, when the
authority and power under this Will are vested in two (2) or more
Executors or Trustees, the authority and powers are to be held
jointly by the Executors or Trustees, respectively.
the Executors or Trustees only may act under
exercising any authority or power granted under
A maj orit~f
t i.s
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granted by law. Any attempt by one such Executor or Trustee to act
under this Will on other than ministerial acts shall be void. The
action of one such Executor or Trustee under this Will may be
validated by a subsequent ratification of the act by a majority of
the Executors or Trustees.
SIXTH: Rights and Liabilities of Executor.
(A) No bond or other security shall be required of any
Executor.
(B) This instrument always shall be construed in favor of the
validity of any act or omission by any Executor, and any Executor
shall not be liable for any act or omission except in the case of
gross negligence, bad faith or fraud. Specifically, in assessing
the propriety of any investment, the overall performance of the
entire Estate shall be taken into account.
(C) Each Executor shall be entitled to receive reasonable
compensation for services actually rendered to my estate, in an
amount the Executor normally and customarily charges for performing
similar services during the time which he performs the services.
SEVENTH: Tax Elections.
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this Article SEVENTH, in
determining the estate, inheritance and income tax liability
relating to my Estate, the Executor shall, with the advice of the
Trustee of the Trust described in Paragraph FIRST (C), above,
determine all available tax elections, which shall be conclusive on
all concerned. If the Executor joins with my spouse in filing
income tax returns, or consenting for gift tax purposes to having
gifts made by either of us during my life considered as having been
~ade one-half by each of us, any resulting liability shall be borne
by my Estate and my spouse in such proportions as they may agree.
In accordance with IRC Section 2632(a) and without regard to
whether a Federal estate tax return is actually filed, my Executor
shall allocate so much of the Federal Generation Skipping Transfer
(GST) exemption amount as will fully exempt any generation skipping
transfer which may occur under this Will.
(B) The Executor may, with the advice of the Trustee of t~he
Trustee described in Paragraph FIRST (C) , above, determine the ~e
as of which my gross estate shall be valued for th~ purpo/~/of
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
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determining the federal estate tax payable by reason of my death.
(C) The Executor may, with the advice of the Trustee of the
Trust described in Paragraph FIRST (C), above, decide whether all
or any part of certain deductions shall be taken as income tax
deductions (even though they may equal or exceed the taxable income
of my estate and whether or not claimed or of benefit on my
estate's income tax return) or as estate tax deductions when a
choice is available; and in the event that all or any part of such
deductions are taken as income tax deductions, no adjustment of
income and principal accounts in my estate shall be made as a
result of such decisions.
(D) The Trust described in Paragraph FIRST (C), above, into
which a portion of my probate estate is added under Article FOURTH,
above, may contain a marital deduction trust for my spouse. The
Executor shall, with the advice and consent of the Trustee of the
Trust described in Paragraph FIRST (C), above, determine whether to
elect to qualify part or all of said Trust for the federal estate
tax marital deduction. I hereby exculpate and exonerate my
Executor from any and all liability for following the direction of
the Trustee in making the election.
EIGHTH: Spendthrift Provision. No beneficiary shall have the
power to anticipate, encumber or transfer his interest in the
estate in any manner other than by the valid exercise of a power of
appointment. No part of the estate shall be liable for or charged
with any debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of a beneficiary or
subject to seizure or other process by any creditor of a
beneficiary.
NINTH: Definitions an~ General Provisions.
(A) Survival. Any beneficiary who dies within sixty (60)
days after my death shall be considered not to have survived me.
(B) Captions. The captions set forth in this Will at the
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beginning of the various articles hereof are for convenience of
reference only and shall not be deemed to define or limit the
provisions hereof or to affect in any way their construction and
application.
(C) Children. As used in this Will, the words "child" and
,,children" shall include persons who are legally adopted and the
issue of said persons, whether born in or out of wedlock, so long
as any person born out of wedlock is acknowledge in a written
instrument executed by the one of their natural parents who is a
descendant of mine to be the child of said descendant. The word
"issue" shall include descendants of all generations but shall
exclude adopted persons. A posthumous child shall be considered as
living at the death of his parent. The birth to me or the adoption
by me of a child or children subsequent to the execution of this
Will shall not operate to revoke this Will. Except for
discretionary distributions which may be made unequally among a
group of persons and distributions pursuant to a valid exercise of
a power of appointment, in making a distribution to the children of
any person, the property to be distributed shall be divided into as
many shares as there are living children of the person and deceased
children of the person who left children who are then living. Each
living child shall take one share and the share of each deceased
child shall be divided among his then-living descendants in the
same manner.
(D) Code. Unless otherwise stated, all references in my Will
to section and chapter numbers are to those of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, or the corresponding provisions of any
subsequent federal tax laws applicable to my estate.
(E) Other terms. The use of any gender includes the other
genders, and the use of either the singular or the plural includes
the other.
(F) Powers of ADDointment. By this Will, I exercise any and
all Powers of Appointment which I possess at the time of my death
except any power of appointment which I possess under the Trust
described in Paragraph FIRST (C), above, or which I possess under
any trust created by my spouse during her life or under her Will.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
VERA B. MUSSER
PAGE 11
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, VERA B. MUSSER, the Testatrix, have to
this my Last Will and Testament, typewritten on twelve (12) pages,
including ,the Acknowledgment and Affidavit, set my hand and seal
this ~?~day of y~~ , 1996.
VERA B. MUSSER'
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named
Testatrix, as and for her Last Will and Testament, in the presence
of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names at her request, as
witnesses hereto, in the presence of the said Testatrix, and in the
presence of each other. Each of us further declares that he
believes the~Testatrix to be of sound mind and memory. The
preceding ~Ffls~rument consists of this and eleven (11) other
consecutively/ numbered typewritten pages including the
~ and Affidavit.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AFFIDAVIT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA :
COUNTY OF :
SS:
The Testatrix and the witnesses whose names are signed and
subscribed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first
duly sworn and qualified according to law, do hereby acknowledge,
depose and say to the undersigned authority, that the Testatrix
signed and executed the instrument as her Last Will in the presence
of the witnesses; that she signed it willingly or willingly
directed another to sign it for her; that she executed it as her
free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; that
each of the witnesses were present and saw the Testatrix sign and
execute the instrument as her Last Will; that each subscribing
witness in the hearing and sight of the Testatrix signed the will
as witnesses; and that to the best of their knowledge the Testatrix
was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and
under no constraint or undue influence.
Testatrix
Witness -
Sworn to or affirmed, subscribed to, and acknowledged, before
me_by the above-named Testatrix and witnesses, this ~ day of
/ ~/~C/L%~ , 1996.
~4~6ta~y Publfc / -
My Co~m~ission Expires:
Notarial Seal
Linda Lee Gates, Notary Public
Shiremanstown Boro, Cumberland County
My Commission Expires Oct, 9, 1999
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
INHERITANCE TAX RETURN
RESIDENT DECEDENT
SCHEDULE E
CASH, BANK DEPOSITS,& MISC.
PERSONALPROPERTY
ESTATE OF MUSSER, VERA B. FILE NUMBER
Include the proceeds of litigation and the date the proceeds were received by the estate~dl property jointly-owned with the right of
survivorship must be disclosed on schedule F.
ITEM
NUMBER
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DESCRIPTION
Final cash distribution from liquidation of RBML Farms partnership.
(Decedent's ownership - 1%)
All of the assets in the partnership were liquidated prior to the decedent's death.
There was only a small amount of cash retained to pay any remaining expenses.
TOTAL (Also enter on Line 5, Recapitulation)
VALUE AT DATE OF
DEATH
100.00
100.00
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
INHERITANCE TAX RETURN
RESIDENT DECEDENT
SCHEDULE G
INTER-VIVOS TRANSFERS &
MISC. NON-PROBATE PROPERTY
ESTATE OF
MUSSER, VERA B.
FILE NUMBER
ITEM DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY of transfer i DATE OF DEATH
Include the name of the transferee, their relationship to decedent and the date
NUMBER~ ~i Attach a copy of the deed for real estate. ' VALUE OF ASSET
-- ~ The Vera B. Musser Family Revocable Trust 353,280.00.
dated January 10, 1997. Between Vera B. Musser, Settlor
and Vera B. Musser, Trustee.
Trust consists of real estate located at 95 Greenwood
Circle, Borough of Wormleysburg, Cumberland
County, PA. (Deed Book 146, Page 174)
2003 assessed value - $353,280.00
This schedule must be completed and filed if the answer to any of questions '1 through 4 on page 2 is yes.
% OF EXCLUSION
DECD'S ( f APPLICABLE) TAXABLE VALUE
INTEREST
353,280.00
TOTAL (Also enter on line 7, Recapitulation)
353,280.00
2003 WORMLEYSBURG BOROUGH 2003-2004 ' 008467
~E~ _ REAL ESTATE TAX * * * - ·
DUE AND PAYABLE I DISCOUNT NET PENALTY
THESE
TAXES
ARE
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~CH R~-AL ES 10. 10001 3496. 77 3868. 13 3924.
MUSSER FAM REV TRUST,
9~ GREENWOOD CIRCLE
WORMLEYSBURG PA 17043
VERA B
ACCOUNT # 47i91S90118
47-!9-!590-t!~=
98 GREENWOOD CIRCLE
PENNSBORO MANOR
PO LOTS 94-96 PB 3 PG 6
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Make Checks Payable To:
DENNIS P FREISTAK
I00i W FOXCROFT DRIVE
CAMP HILL PA 17011
(717) 763-1263
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY ~ THURSDAY
7:00PM- 9:00PM
AFTER NOVEMBER iST
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
7:00PM - 9:00PM
THE
VERA B. MUSSER
FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST
UNDER AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 27~ 1996
(RESTATEMENT)
THIS RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT (herein refe~ped to as "this
Agreement") is executed in triplicate on this /~'day of January,
1997, by and between VERA B. MUSSER, of 95 Greenwood Circle,
Wormleysburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17043 (hereinafter
called "Settlor"), and VERA B. MUSSER, of 95 Greenwood Circle,
Wormleysburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17043 (hereinafter
called "Trustee,,). This Agreement is a restatement of "The Vera B.
Musser Family Revocable Trust" under agreement dated January 27,
1996. Unless specifically stated otherwise in this Agreement, the
terms and provisions of this Agreement shall relate back to January
27, 1996.
ARTICLE I.
PARTIES, PERSONAL DATA AND TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.01. Parties and Personal Data. The Settlor is married to
BENJAMIN G. MUSSE~. The Settlor's children are PAMELA S. HARTER,
LYNNE D. MILLER, and CYNTHIA J. MUSSER. Throughout this Agreement:
(a) VERA B. MUSSER will be referred to as the Settlor; (b) BENJAMIN
G. MUSSER will be referred to as Settlor's spouse; (c) PAMELA'S.
HARTER, LYNNE D. MILLER, and CYNTHIA J. MUSSERwill be referred to
as the children of the Settlor or the Settlor's children; and, (d)
the word "issue" will include all of the Settlor's children as well
as Settlor's other descendants.
1.02. Table of Contents.
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ARTICLE I.
PARTIES, PERSONAL DATA AND TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.01 Parties and Personal Data 1
1.02 Table of Contents 1
ARTICLE II.
TRUST ESTATE
2.01 Transfer to Trust
2.02 Additional Transfers to Trust
ARTICLE III. LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
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ARTICLE IV.
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TRUST
4.01 Distributions During Settlor's Life
4.02 Formula Division into Marital and
Non-Marital Portions
4.03 Disposition of Marital Portion
4.04 Disposition of Non-Marital
Portion; the By-Pass Trust
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ARTICLE V.
ARTICLE VI.
ARTICLE VII.
POWERS OF TRUSTEE
5.01 General Powers
5.02 Voting by Trustee
SPENDTHRIFT PROVISION
6.01 General Provisions
CONSTRUCTION OF TRUST
7.01 Choice of Law
7.02 Code
7.03 Other Terms.
7.04 Captions and Table of Contents
7.05 Situs of Trust
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ARTICLE VIII.
COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEE AND APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
8.01 Compensation
8.02 Removal of Trustee
8.03 Successor Trustee
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ARTICLE IX.
PERPETUITIES CLAUSE
9.01 General Provisions
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ARTICLE X.
EVOCATION AND AMENDMENTS
10.01 Reservation and Powers
10.02 Effect of Settlor's Incapacity
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ARTICLE XI.
ACQUISITION OF UNITED STATES TREASURY
ELIGIBLE FOR TAX PAYMENT; PAYMENT OF TAXES,
FUNERAL EXPENSES, AND EXPENSES OF
ADMINISTRATION
11.01 Acquisition of Bonds
11.02 Payment of United State Estate
Tax by Bond Redemption
11.03 Payment of Death Taxes and Other
Estate Settlement Costs
ARTICLE II.
TRUST ESTATE
BONDS
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2.01. Transfer to Trust. Settlor does hereby assign,
transfer and deliver to the Trustee and its successors and assigns
the property described in Schedule "A" attached hereto and made a
part hereof, or as Schedule "A" may be amended. As further
evidence of such assignment, the Settlor has executed or will
execute or cause to be executed such other instruments as may be
required for the purposes of completing the assignment or transfer
of title to such property to the Trustee. The Trustee accepts such
transfer and assignment to itself as Trustee, and the Trustee
undertakes to hold, manage, invest and reinvest the assets of this
Trust and to distribute the income and principal of the Trust in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
2.02. Additional Transfers to Trust. The Settlor and any
other person, with the consent of the Trustee, shall have the right
at any time to make additions to the corpus of this Trust or any
shares thereof hereby established. Ail such additions shall be
held, controlled and distributed by the Trustee in accordance with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE III.
LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
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ARTICLE IV.
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TRUST
4.01. Distributions Durinq Settlor's Life. If more than ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) worth of cash, property or other assets
(excluding the cash value of any insurance policies) is added to
the Trust during the Settlor's life, then the Trustee shall pay to,
or apply for the benefit of, the Settlor and/or the Settlor's
spouse: (1) so much of or all of the income and so much of or all
of the principal as the Trustee deems desirable for the most
comfortable care, support, maintenance, welfare, education,
happiness, luxuries and any needs arising from illness, accidents
or other emergencies of the Settlor or the Settlor's spouse; and,
(2) so much of or all of the income and so much of or all of the
principal as the Settlor sb~ll request.
4.02. For~,,la Division ~-to Marital ~d Non-Marital Portions.
(A) ~eneral ~x~.lanation of Plan. If the Settlor's spouse
survives the Settlor, then upon the Settlor's death, the Trustee
shall divide the remaining Trust estate into Marital and Non-
Marital Portions, pursuant to the formula set forth in Subparagraph
4.02(B), below. If the Settlor's spouse does not survive the
Settlor, then the remaining Trust estate shall be disposed of as
provided in Subparagraph 4.04(D), below.
(B) For~,,la Divisio~ into Non-Marital and Marital Portions.
(1) Non-Marital Portion. The non-marital portion
of this Trust shall be an amount equal to the largest
amount that can pass from the Settlor's estate free of
any federal estate tax as a result of the allowance of
the Unified Credit under IRC Section 2010 (or the
corresponding provisions of any subsequent federal tax
law), and the State Death Tax Credit under Section 2011
(or the corresponding provisions of any subsequent
federal tax law), but only to the extent that the use of
such Death Tax Credit does not incur or increase any
state death taxes otherwise payable by my estate. The
non-marital portion of this Trust shall be determined
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after taking into consideration, among other things, the
following: (i) the value of any and all bequests or
transfers from the Settlor's estate or this Trust which
do not qualify for the marital or charitable deduction;
(ii) all charges against principal in the Settlor's
estate or this Trust that are not allowed as deductions
in computing the federal estate tax; (iii) all
administration and other expenses claimed on the
Settlor's estate tax return; (iv) any prior adjusted
taxable gifts made by Settlor; (v) all disclaimers,
renunciations and elections (except any elections u~der
IRC Section 2056(b) (7) which may be available with
respect to the disposition in this Article IV; and, (vi)
any available elections under Section 2056(b) (7) With
respect to any interests in property other than the
disposition under this Article IV shall, for purposes of
computing the fraction, be conclusively presumed to have
been made, whether or not any such election is in fact
made.
(2) Marital Portion. The Marital Portion of this
Trust shall be the portion remaining after reducing the
entire amount held in this Trust by the Non-Marital
Portion.
(C) Non-Marital Portion to Pass to the By-Pass Trust. The
Non-Marital Portion of this Trust shall pass into the By-Pass Trust
(hereinafter referred to as the "By-Pass Trust") to be held and
disposed of as provided in Paragraph 4.04, below.
(D) DisDosition of Marital Portion. The Marital Portion of
this Trust shall be disposed of as provided in Paragraph 4.03,
below.
(E) Valuation Elections and Selection of Assets.
(1) Valuation Elections, Meaning of Terms a~d Date
of Distribution Values to Govern. For the purpose of
determining .the amount of the Marital Portion, values
shall be those which are finally determined for federal
estate tax purposes. Elections made by the Settlor's
fiduciaries with respect to an alternate valuation date
and with respect to taking certain deductions for income
tax purposes (rather than estate tax purposes) shall
determine the values and thus the formula amount as
computed under Subparagraph 4.02(B), above. Throughout
this instrument, the words "marital deduction," "gross
estate" and "alternate valuation date" shall have the
same meanings as such words have for marital deduction
purposes under the federal tax laws applicable at the
time of Settlor's death. Subject to the requirements of
Subparagraphs 4.02(E) (2) and (3), below, the Trustee is
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authorized, in its sole discretion, to satisfy the
Marital Portion in cash or in kind, or partly in each;
and if wholly or partly in kind, to place in the Marital
Portion the specific asset or assets so selected;
provided, however, that any assets placed in the Marital
Portion in kind shall be valued for the purpose of being
placed in the Marital Portion at their fair market value
as determined as of their respective dates of
distribution to the Marital Portion. The Trustee is
further authorized, in its sole discretion, to estimate
the size of the Marital Portion and to fund that portion
subject, however, to any adjustments which may be
required upon final determination of the federal estate
tax on the Settlor's estate.
(2) Assets to go into the Marital Portion. Unless
and except to the extent that other assets of the
Settlor's estate which qualify for the marital deduction
are not sufficient to satisfy the amount to be placed in
the Marital Portion in full, the Marital Portion shall
not be satisfied with assets which are includable in the
Settlor's gross estate for federal estate tax purposes
and which are also subject, by reason of the Settlor's
death, to any estate, transfer, inheritance, legacy,
succession or other death tax or duty imposed by any
foreign country or a possession or political subdivision
thereof, or the proceeds from such assets. The Marital
Portion shall not, under any circumstances, be satisfied
with assets which would not qualify for the marital
deduction or with anyunmatured life insurance policy or
in any other manner which would not qualify for the
marital deduction under applicable law. If the Settlor's
estate includes United States bonds redeemable to pay the
federal estate tax at more than their market value, any
excess of such bonds over the amount needed to pay said
tax due by reason of the Settlor's death shall be first
used to satisfy the Marital Portion, whether said bonds
are held in this Trust at the Settlor's death or
subsequently distributed to this Trust from the Settlor's
estate. Any reference in this Agreement to a
distribution of an asset not includable in the decedent's
gross estate for federal estate tax purposes shall be
deemed to include that portion of any asset partially
includable in the decedent's estate that is not so
includable.
(3) SDecial Treatment for Certain Other Assets. If
any distributions which are includable in the Settlor's
gross estate are made from any pension, stock bonus,
profit sharing or other plan or trust funds, retirement
annuity contract, self-employed retirement plan or
individual retirement account, annuity or bond qualified
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for special tax treatment under Sections 401, 403, 408,
or 409, or Chapter 73 of Title 10 of the United States
Code or corresponding provisions of applicable laws, or
any death benefits paid by an employer which are
distributions not includable in the Settlor's gross
estate shall be payable to the Trustee, such
distributions shall be added to the Non-Marital Portion,
after being segregated, as provided herein, if the
Settlor's spouse survives the Settlor, and administered
in the same manner as is the Non-Marital Portion. If the
Settlor's spouse does not survive the Settlor, such
distributions shall be held under the terms of this
Agreement as any other property received from the
Settlor's estate. However, where any distributions not
includable in the Settlor's gross estate are received by
the Trustee hereunder from any such qualified plan,
trust, contract, account, annuity or bond, or received as
death benefits paid by an employer not includable in the
Settlor's gross estate, such distributions shall be
segregated until such time as all of the death taxes on
the Settlor's estate are paid in full. The Trustee is
prohibited from using any portion of such distributions
for the payment of the Settlor's death taxes, debts,
administration expenses of his estate or his funeral
expenses. The provisions of this Subparagraph 4.02(E) (3)
shall not apply to distributions includable in the
Settlor's gross estate, except insofar as the Trustee, in
its sole discretion, desires to make some or all of said
provisions applicable, and the term "distributions not
includable in the Settlor's gross estate" includes a
distribution received by the Trustee where the recipient
may elect whether to include or exclude said distribution
and has elected to exclude it.
4.03. DisDosition of Marital Portion.
(A) Marital Bequest. If the Settlor's spouse survives the
Settlor, then the entire Marital Portion shall be distributed to
the then-current Trustee of the BENJAMIN G. MUSSER FAMILY REVOCABLE
TRUST dated January 27, 1996, as now in effect or as may hereafter
be amended, to be held and disposed of in accordance with the terms
of that Trust.
(B) DisDosition of Marital Portion in Event of Disclaimer by
SDouse or SDouse's Fiduciary. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, the Settlor's spouse may
disclaim her rights to all or any part of the Marital Portion. If
the Settlor's spouse dies or has a fiduciary (which term includes,
but is not limited to, for purposes of this Paragraph 4.03 an
executor, administrator, conservator, committee, guardian, curator
or tutor) appointed by a court to act for the spouse within nine
(9) months after the Settlor's death, and if the spouse has not
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fully exercised her disclaimer rights, then the spouse's fiduciary
may, within the nine (9) months, file one or more disclaimers on
behalf of the spouse and the estate of the spouse in the same
manner as the spouse could have disclaimed had the spouse been then
living without a fiduciary acting for her. A disclaimer by the
spouse or the spouse's fiduciary shall be made in one or more
written instruments, signed by the spouse or the spouse's
fiduciary, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee within
nine (9) months after the Settlor's death, and in such event the
disclaimed portion shall pass to the By-Pass Trust hereinafter more
fully described in Paragraph 4.04, below.
(C) Restrictions Re~ardin~ Marital Portion. It is the
intention of the Settlor that the Marital Portion established by
Subparagraph 4.02(B), above, shall qUalify for the marital
deduction allowed under the United States Internal Revenue Code.
All questions relating to the administration of the Marital Portion
shall be resolved accordingly. The Trustee shall have no power to
purchase insurance or annuity contracts or pay premiums thereon
from any of the funds in the Marital Portion. If any property
unproductive of income is acquired or held in any trusts set up to
qualify for the marital deduction, the Trustee shall, upon request
made at any time by the Settlor's spouse, sell, exchange or
otherwise dispose of said property and acquire income producing
proper6y in lieu thereof. Notwithstanding any provisions to the
contrary contained in or incorporated into this Agreement, no one
shall have the power to makeany eqUitable adjustments (adjustments
to trust corpus or income or both, which involve a reallocation of
assets from the account of one beneficiary to that of another to
compensate for disproportionate sharing of a tax burden resulting
from a tax election).
4.04. Disposition of Non-Marital Portion; the By-Pass Trust.
After compliance with Paragraph 4.02, above, the Non-Marital
Portion shall be placed in a trust called the By-Pass Trust to be
held and disposed of as follows:
(A) Hold By-Pass Trust Undivided Until Death of Spouse. If
the Settlor's spouse survives the Settlor, then the Trustee shall
hold the By-Pass Trust undivided until the death of the Settlor's
spouse. For and during the lifetime of Settlor's spouse, the
Trustee shall distribute to, or for the benefit of, Settlor's
spouse so much of the net income and principal from the Trust as
the Trustee, in its sole discretion, shall deem advisable for the
most comfortable care, maintenance, health, support, travel and
education of Settlor's spouse, and the Trustee shall accumulate and
add to the Trust principal any of the net income not so expended.
(B) Spouse's Special Power of Appointment. The Settlor's
spouse shall have the power at any time, exercisable either (i) by
instrument or instruments in writing delivered to the Trustee
during the spouse's life, or (ii) by the spouse's will, admitted to
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probate within three hundred and sixty-five (365) days from the
spouse's death, specifically referring to this Subparagraph
4.04(B), to appoint all or any portion of the principal and any
accumulated and accrued income of this Trust, except any policies
of insurance on the life of the Settlor's spouse. Any appointment
made under this Subparagraph 4.04(B) may be upon any terms and
conditions (including further trusts, the beneficiaries of which
are only one or more of the Settlor's issue and spouses of the
Settlor's issue) to or for the benefit of any one or more of the
Settlor's issue and spouses of the Settlor's issue. However, no
such appointment may be made to the Settlor's spouse, or to her
estate, her creditors or the creditors of her estate, or to anyone
other than the Settlor's issue and spouses of the Settlor's issue,
or for the health, education, support or maintenance of any
children of the Settlor whom the Settlor or the Settlor's spouse is
legally obligated to support or maintain, nor may any general
powers of appointment be created by the exercise of the special
power of appointment created herein.
(C) Spouse's Limited General Power of ADDointment. The
Settlor's spouse is hereby granted the power to appoint, by an
instrument in writing delivered to the Trustee during the spouse's
life, a maximum amount of the principal of this By-Pass Trust to
the spouse, her estate, her creditors or the creditors of her
estate, or any other individual, in such proportions and upon such
terms (in trust or outright gifts) as the spouse deems advisable.
The maximum amount which settlor's spouse may appoint under this
paragraph, per calendar year, shall be the greater of $5,000 or
five (5%) per cent of the entire principal of the By-Pass Trust.
At the end of each calendar year, the spouse's right to appoint the
maximum amount shall lapse, if not exercised, and the unused
maximum amounts shall not accumulate. This power shall not be'
exercisable under the spouse's Will. If Settlor's spouse fails,
either in whole or in part, to exercise this power of appointment
herein granted, the unappointed principal shall continue in trust
and shall be administered according to the terms of this By-Pass
Trust under this Paragraph 4.04.
(D) DisDosition of Remainder of By-Pass Trust. Upon the
death of Settlor and Settlor's spouse, to the extent the Settlor's
spouse has not exercised the powers of appointment described in
Subparagraphs'4.04(B) and (C), above, the remaining Trust principal
shall be distributed as follows:
(1) The Trustee shall distribute the sum of One Hundred
Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($100,000.00), absolutely and
without trust, to each of Settlor's three (3) children, PAMELA
S. HARTER, LYNNE D. MILLER, and ~IA J. MUSSER. If any of
Settlor's children should predecease the termination of this
By-Pass Trust, then the predeceased child's share shall be
distributed to the predeceased child's issue, per stirpes.
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(2) The Trustee shall distribute the remainder, if any,
of this By-Pass Trust, absolutely and without trust, to
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE, 1 Alpha Drive, Elizabethtown,
Pennsylvania, to be used in the discretion of its Board of
Trustees.
ARTICLE V.
POWERS OF TRUSTEE
5.01. General Powers. In addition to such other powers and
duties as may have been granted elsewhere in this Trust, but
subject to any limitations contained elsewhere in this Trust, the
Trustee shall have the following powers and duties:
(A) In the management, care and disposition of this Trust,
the Trustee shall have the power to do all things and to execute
such deeds, mortgages, instruments, and documents as may be deemed
necessary and proper, including the following powers, all of which
may be exercised without order of or report to any court:
(1) To sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any
property, real, personal or mixed, at any time held or
acquired hereunder, at public or private sale, for cash
or on terms, without advertisement, including the right
to lease for any term notwithstanding the period of the
Trust, and to grant options, including an option for a
period beyond the duration of the Trust; and to execute
such deeds or other instruments as are necessary.
(2) To invest and reinvest all or any part of the
Trust Estate in any common or preferred stocks, shares of
investment trusts and investment companies, bonds,
debentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, mortgage
participations, notes, real estate, or other property the
Trustee, in the Trustee's discretion, selects; provided
that the Trustee may not invest in any stock or
securities issued by the corporate Trustee or issued by
a parent or affiliate company of such Trustee; in the
manner that, under the circumstances then prevailing
(specifically including, but not limited to, the general
economic conditions and the anticipated needs of the
Trust and its beneficiaries), persons of skill, prudence,
and diligence, acting in a similar capacity and familiar
with those matters would use in the conduct of an
enterprise of similar character and similar aims, to
attain the Settlor's goals under this trust agreement.
(3) To retain for investment any property deposited
with the Trustee hereunder.
(4) To vote in person or by proxy any corporate
stock or other security and to agree to or take any other
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action in regard to any reorganization, merger,
consolidation, liquidation, bankruptcy or other procedure
or proceedings affecting any stock, bond, note or other
security held by this Trust.
(5) To use lawyers,
accountants and other agents,
deemed necessary or desirable,
compensation for their services.
real estate brokers,
if such employment is
and to pay reasonable
(6) To compromise, settle or adjust any claim or
demand by or against the Trust and to agree to any
rescission or modification of any contract or agreement
affecting the Trust.
(7) To renew any indebtedness, as well as to borrow
money, and to secure the same by mortgaging, pledging or
conveyingany property of the Trust, including the power
to borrow from the Trustee (in the Trustee's individual
capacity) at a reasonable rate of interest.
(8) To retain and carry on any business in which
the Trust may acquire any interest, to acquire additional
interests in any such business, to agree to the
liquidation in kind of any corporation in which the Trust
may have any interest and to carry on the business
thereof, to join with other owners in adopting any form
of management for any business or property in which the
Trust may have an interest, to become or remain a
partner, general or limited, in regard to any such
business or property and to hold the stock or other
securities as an investment, and to employ agents and
confer on them authority to manage and operate the
business, property or corporation, without liability for
the acts of any such agent or for any loss, liability or
indebtedness of such business if the management is
selected or retained with reasonable care.
(9) To register any stock, bond or other security
in the name of a nominee, without the addition of words
indicating that such security is held in a fiduciary
capacity, but accurate records shall be maintained
showing that the stock, bond or other security is a trust
asset and the Trustee shall be responsible for the acts
of the nominee.
(B) Whenever the Trustee is directed to distribute any trust
principal in fee simple to a person who is then under twenty-one
(21) years of age, the Trustee shall be authorized to hold such
property in trust for such person until he becomes twenty-one (21)
years of age, and in the meantime shall use such part of the income
and the principal of the Trust as the Trustee may deem necessary to
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provide for the proper support and education of such person in the
standard of living to which he has become accustomed. If such
person should die before becoming twenty-one (21) years of age, the
property then remaining in trust shall be distributed to the
personal representative of such person's estate.
(C) In making distributions from the Trust to or for the
benefit of any minor or other person under a legal disability, the
Trustee need not require the appointment of a guardian, but shall
be authorized to pay or deliver the distribution to the custodian
of such person, to pay or deliver the distribution to such person
without the intervention of a guardian, to pay or deliver the
distribution to the legal guardian of such person if a guardian has
already been appointed, or to use the distribution for the benefit
of such person.
(D) Subject to the limitations in Paragraphs 4.02 and 4.03,
above, in the distribution of the Trust and any division into
separate trusts and shares, the Trustee shall be authorized to make
the distribution and division in money or in kind or in both,
regardless of the basis for income tax purposes of any property
distributed or divided in kind, and the distribution and division
made and the values established by the Trustee shall be binding and
conclusive on all persons taking hereunder. The Trustee may, in
making such distribution or division allot undivided interests in
the same property to several trusts or shares.
(E) If at any time after Settlor's death the total fair
market value of the assets of any trust established or to be
established hereunder is so small that the Trustee's annual fee for
administering the trust would be equal to or less than the minimum
annual fee set forth in the Trustee's regularly published fee
schedule then in effect, the Trustee in its discretion shall be
authorized to terminate such trust or to decide not to establish
such trust, and in such event the property then held in or to be
distributed to such trust shall be distributed to the persons who
are then or would be entitled to the income of such trust. If the
amount of income to be received by such persons is to be determined
in the discretion of the Trustee, then the Trustee shall distribute
the property among such of the persons to whom the Trustee is
authorized to distribute income., and in such proportions, as the
Trustee in its discretion shall determine.
(F) Subject to the limitations in Paragraphs 4.02 and 4.03,
above, the Trustee shall have discretion to determine whether items-
should be charged or credited to income or principal or allocated
between income and principal as Trustee may deem equitable and fair
under all the circumstances, including the power to amortize or
fail to amortize any part or all of any premium or discount, to
treat any part or all of the profit resulting from the maturity or
sale of any asset, whether purchased at a premium or at a discount,
as income or principal or apportion the same between income and
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principal, to apportion the sales price of any asset between income
and principal, to treat any dividend or other distribution on any
investment as income or principal or to apportion the same between
income and principal, to charge any expense against income or
principal or apportion the same, and to provide or fail to provide
a reasonable reserve against depreciation or obsolescence on any
asset subject to depreciation or obsolescence, all as the Trustee
may reasonably deem equitable and just under all of the
circumstances.
5.02. Voting by Trustees. Whenever the authority and power
under this Trust Agreement are vested in two (2) or more Trustees
or Co-Trustees, the authority and powers are to be held jointly by
the Trustees or Co-Trustees. A majority of the Trustees or Co-
Trustees may act on behalf of the Trust by exercising any authority
or power granted under this Trust or granted by law. Any attempt
by one such Trustee to act for the Trust on other than ministerial
acts shall be void. The action of one such Trustee on behalf of
the Trust may be validated by a subsequent ratification of the act
by a majority of the Trustees or Co-Trustees.
ARTICLE VI.
SPENDTHRIFT PROVISION
6.01. ~eneral Provisions. No beneficiary shall have the
power to anticipate, encumber or transfer his interest in the Trust
Estate in any manner other than by the valid exercise of a Power of
Appointment. No part of the Trust Estate shall be liable for or
charged with any debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of a
beneficiary or subject to seizure or other process by any creditor
of a beneficiary.
ARTICLE VII.
CONSTRUCTION OF TRUST
7.01. Choice of Law. This Trust shall be administered and
interpreted'in accordance with the laws of the Co~Lonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
7.02. Code. Unless otherwise stated, all references in this
Trust to section and chapter numbers are to those of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or corresponding provisions of
any subsequent federal tax laws applicable to this Trust.
7.03. Other Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires,
the use of one or more genders in the text includes all other
genders, and the use of either the singular or the plural in the
text includes both the singular and the plural.
7.04. CaDtions and Table of Contents. The underlined
captions set forth in this Agreement at the beginning of the
various divisions hereof and the Table of Contents appearing at the
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beginning of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not be deemed to define or limit the provisions hereof or
to affect in any way their construction and application.
7.05. Situs of Trust. The Trust shall have its legal situs
at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
ARTICLE VIII.
COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEE AND
APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
8.01. ComDensation. The Trustee shall receive as its
compensation for the services performed hereunder that sum of money
which the Trustee normally and customarily charges for performing
similar services during the time which it performs these services.
8.02. Removal of Trustee. Settlor may remove the Trustee at
any time or times, with or without cause, upon thirty (30) days'
written notice given to the current Trustee. Upon the Settlor's
death, a majority of the current income beneficiaries may remove
the Trustee at any time or times, with or without cause, upon
thirty (30) days' written notice given to the Trustee. Upon the
removal of the Trustee, a successor trustee shall be appointed in
accordance with the terms set forth in Paragraph 8.03, below.
8.03. Successor Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time
upon thirty (30) days' written notice given to the Settlor if
Settlor is living, or after Settlor's death, upon thirty (30) days'
written notice given to the current income beneficiary or
beneficiaries (including a beneficiary's natural or legal guardian
or legal representative), hereunder. Upon the death, resignation,
removal or incapacity of VERA B. MUSSER, then PNC BARK, N.A., now
of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, shall become the Successor Trustee.
Upon the death, resignation, removal or incapacity of the above-
named Successor Trustee, a successor trustee may be appointed by
the Settlor during Settlor's lifetime, or after Settlor's death, by
a majority of the current beneficiaries. Any successor trustee
thus appointed shall be a financially sound and competent corporate
trustee. Any successor trustee, or if the Successor Trustee shall
merge with or be consolidated with another corporate fiduciary,
then such corporate fiduciary, shall succeed to all the duties and
to all the powers, including discretionary powers, herein granted
to the Trustee. Settlor prohibits the appointment of the
beneficiary's or beneficiaries' natural or legal guardian or legal
representative as successor trustee, and any attempt to do so shall
be without authority under this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE IX.
PERPETUITIES CLAUSE
9.01. General Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Trust, each disposition Settlor has made herein,
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legal or equitable, to the extent it can be referred in its
postponement of becoming a vested interest to a duration measured
by some life or lives in being at the time of Settlor's death is
definitely to vest in interest, although not necessarily in
possession, not later than twenty-one (21) years after such lives
(and any period of gestation involved); or to the extent it cannot
be referred in any such postponement to such lives, is to so vest
not later than twenty-one (21) years from the time of Settlor's
death.
ARTICLE X.
REVOCATIONAND AMENDMENTS
10.01. Reservation of Powers. The Settlor expressly reserves
the powers to: (i) revoke this Agreement by an instrument in
writing delivered to the Trustee while the Settlor is alive; (ii)
to alter, amend or modify this Agreement at any time or from time
to time by an instrument or instruments in writing delivered to the
Trustee while the Settlor is alive, but no such alteration,
amendment or modification shall increase the duties nor change the
basis for compensation of the Trustee without the Trustee's written
consent; and (iii) withdraw from this Trust any life insurance
policy or other property forming a part of this Trust, which
property or the proceeds therefrom was added to this Trust by
Settlor. Any such withdrawal by the Settlor shall be considered a
revocation of this Trust solely with respect to the policy or other
property withdrawn.
10.02. Effect of Settlor's Incapacity.
(A) If Settlor Incapacitated. If at the time of any
attempted exercise of (a) the powers reserved to the Settlor or (b)
any other powers to demand and receive the principal of this Trust
(if any are granted in this Agreement), the Settlor is
incapacitated (as defined in Subparagraph 10.02(C), below) through
illness, age or other cause, then the Trustee shall disregard any
instructions from the Settlor which have the effect of remaking,
altering, amending or modifying this Agreement in whole or in part
or enabling the Settlor to withdraw from the Trust any life
insurance policy or any other property forming a part of this
Trust.
(B) Settlor's Retained General Power of Appointment.
Notwithstanding the above provisions, the Settlor shall always have
the right to exercise a general power of appointment, by a will
specifically referring to the reservation of this general power of
appointment in this Subparagraph 10.02(B), to appoint all of the
Trust property to the estate of the Settlor, the creditors of the
Settlor, or the creditors of the Settlor's estate.
(C) Definition of Incapacity. For purposes of this Trust,
the Settlor or a Trustee shall be deemed to have become
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incapacitated upon the happening of either one of the folloWing
events:
(1) Admission of IncaDacity. Delivery, by hand, or
by mail to the Trustee then serving, of a written
instrument from the Settlor or a TrUstee declaring that
said person no longer considers that he or she should
possess the power (as Settlor) to exercise any of the
powers reserved by the Settlor in this Article X or any
other powers to demand and receive the principal of this
Trust, except the general power of appointment reserved
in Subparagraph 10.02(B), above, or the power (as
Trustee) to continue to serve as Trustee, o__Kr
(2) Medical Certification of Lack of CaDacity.
Delivery, by hand or by mail, to the Trustee then
serving, of written instruments by two physicians
licensed to practice medicine, one of whom must be a
board certified psychiatrist and the other of whom may be
the attending physician, that the Settlor or a Trustee no
longer has the capacity, as a result of illness, age or
other cause: (i) in the case of the Settlor, to exercise
any powers reserved by the Settlor over the Trust under
the terms of this Article X or any other powers to demand
and receive the principal of this Trust, except that
notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the
reserved general power of appointment of the Settlor, as
set forth in Subparagraph 10.02(B), above, shall always
be exercisable by the Settlor, or (ii) in the case of a
Trustee, to continue to serve as a Trustee.
(S) Powers Personal to Settlor. The powers
reserved by and to the Settlor in this Article X shall be
personal to the Settlor and shall not be exercisable by
any conservator, coL~,~Littee, guardian or like fiduciary,
except a valid Durable Power of Attorney, nor shall they
be assignable to nor extend to the executor or
administrator of the Settlor's estate, nor to any
beneficiary named herein. Upon the death of the Settlor
this Trust shall be deemed irrevocable.
ARTICLE XI.
ACQUISITION OF UNITED STATES TREASURY BONDS
ELIGIBLE FOR TAX PAYMENT; PAYMENT OF TAXES,
FUNERAL EXPENSES, AND EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION
11.01. Acquisition of Bonds. The Trustee may, at any time,
without the prior approval or direction of the Settlor and whether
or not the Settlor is able to manage his own affairs, acquire
United States Treasury Bonds selling at a discount, which bonds are
redeemable at their par value plus accrued interest thereon for the
purposes of applying the proceeds to the payment of the United
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States estate tax on the Settlor's estate; and the Trustee may
borrow from any lender, including itself, with or without security,
to so acquire these bonds.
11.02. Payment of United States Estate Tax by Bond
RedemDtion. After the Trustee has complied with the provisions of
Paragraph 4.02, above, by establishing Marital and Non-Marital
Portions, the Settlor directs that any United States Treasury Bonds
which may be redeemed at their par value plus accrued interest
thereon for the purpose of applying' the proceeds to the payment of
the United States estate tax imposed on the Settlor's estate, and
which are held by the Trustee, shall, to the extent of the amount
determined to be required for payment of the estate tax, be
distributed to the legal representative of the Settlor's estate to
be used by the legal representative ahead of any other assets and
to the fullest extent possible to pay the estate tax.
11.03. Payment of Death Taxes and Other Estate Settlement
Costs. After the Trustee has complied with Paragraph 11.02, above,
and ascertained from the legal representative that all such bonds
have been redeemed in payment of the United States estate tax, the
Trustee shall also ascertain from the legal representative whether
the legal representative has sufficient assets to pay the remaining
inheritance, estate and other death taxes or duties (except the
additional estate tax imposed by Section 2032(c), or corresponding
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 applicable to the
Settlor's estate and imposing the tax), levied or assessed against
the Settlor's estate (including all interest and penalties
thereon), all of which taxes, interest and penalties are
hereinafter referred to as the death taxes, interest and penalties.
If the legal representative advises the Trustee that insufficient
funds exist to pay all the death taxes, interest and penalties, the
Trustee shall then pay to the legal representative from the trust
property remaining after compliance with those provisions of
Paragraphs 4.02 and 4.03, above, an amount equal to all the death
taxes, interest and penalties in excess of the funds available to
the legal representative for this purposes, which payments are to
be made without apportionment. In making the payments, the Trustee
shall use only those assets or their proceeds which are includable
in the Settlor's gross estate for purposes of the United States
estate tax, shall not impair the Marital Portion without first
exhausting the entire Non-Marital Portion.
If the Settlor's legal representative advises the Trustee that
there are sufficient funds available to pay the death taxes,
interest and penalties, then the Trustee may nonetheless pay to the
legal representative from the trust property remaining after
compliance with the provisions of Paragraphs 4.02 and 4.03, above,
which sets aside the Marital Portion, all or any portion, as the
Trustee in its sole discretion deems advisable and in the best
interests of the Settlor's beneficiaries named in this Trust, of
(a) any such death taxes, interest and penalties, whether or not on
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property held in or payable to the Trust, said payments to be made
without apportionment, (b) the Settlor's funeral expenses, (c)
claims and other debts of the Settlor, whether allowed against the
Settlor's estate or not, (d) expenses of administering the
Settlor's estate, and, (e) bequests under any will or codicil
executed by the Settlor. In making any such payments, other than
to satisfy bequests under any will or codicil executed by the
Settlor, the Trustee shall use only those assets or their proceeds
which are includable in the Settlor's gross estate for purposes of
the United States estate tax and shall not impair the Marital
Portion without first exhausting the Non-Marital Portion.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Settlor and Trustee have hereunto set
their hands and seals as of the day and year first above written.
WITNESS:
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
C
VERA B. MUSSER, SETTLOR
(SEAL)
SS:
On this, the /6 ~ day of January, 1997, before me, a Notary
Public, the undersigned officer, personally appeared VERA B.
MUSSER, known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person
whose name is subscribed to the within Trust Agreement, and
acknowledged that she executed the same for the purposes therein
contained.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official Seal.
My COL,-~,~ssion Expires:__
F ' ' Notarial Seal t
[ Linda Lee Gates. Notary Public i
~ Sh rernanstown Boro, Cumberland County ~
[ My Commission Expires Oct. 9. 1999~
"Member, PennsyLvania Association of Notaries
The foregoing Trust Agreement was delivered, and i~ hereby
accepted, at ,~'j',¢¢~,~,,',,¢~,~ , Pennsylvania,' on the /~f~-day of
January, 1997.
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VERA B. MUSSER, TRUSTEE
SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
REFERRED TO IN THE ANNEXED
TRUST AGREEMENT
DATED JANUARY /6), 1997
FROM VERA B. MUSSER, SETTLOR
TO VERA B. MUSSER, TRUSTEE
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION:
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SCHEDULE H
FUNERAL EXPENSES &
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
INHER.ANOE T~.ETURN .N3MI~TIVE COSTS ,
RESIDENT DECEDENT
ESTATE OF MUSSER, YERA B. i FILE NUMBER
Debts of decedent must be reported on Schedule I.
ITEM
NUMBER DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
A. FUNERAL EXPENSES:
Musselman Funeral Home
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS:
Personal Representative's Commissions
Social Security Number(s) / EIN Number of Personal Representative(s):
Street Address
City State Zip
Year(s) Commission paid
Attorney's Fees
Family Exemption: If decedent's address is not the same as claimant's, attach explanation)
Claimant BENJAMIN G. MUSSER
Street Address 95 GREENWOOD CIRCLE
City WORMLEYSBURG State PA
Relationship of Claimant to Decedent Spouse
Probate Fees
Zip 17043
Accountant's Fees
Tax Return Preparer's Fees
Other Administrative Costs
Register of Wills, file spousal return - solvent
TOTAL (Aisc enter on line 9, Recapitulation)
1,425.00
3,500.00
10.00
4,935.00
REV-1513 EX+ (9-00)
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
INHERITANCE TAX RETURN
RESIDENT DECEDENT
SCHEDULE J
BENEFICIARIES
ESTATE OF
M-USSER, VERA B.
FILE NUMBER
NUMBER
NAME AND ADDRESS OF PERSON(S) RECEIVING PROPERTY
TAXABLE DISTRIBUTIONS (include outright spousal distributions)
Vera B. Musser Revocable Trust
f/b/o Benjamin G. Musser, spouse
PNC Bank, Successor Trustee
1600 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
RELATIONSHIP TO
DECEDENT
Do Not List Trustee(s)
Husband
AMOUNT OR SHARE
OF ESTATE
Residue
II.
Enter dollar amounts for distributions shown above on lines 15 through 18, as appropriate, on Rev 1500 cover she(
NoN-TAXABLE DISTRIBUTIONS:
A. SPOUSAL DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER SECTION 9113 FOR WHICH AN ELECTION TO TAX IS NOT
BE NG MADE
B. CHARITABLE AND GOVERNMENTAL DISTRIBUTIONS
TOTAL OF PART II- ENTER TOTAL NON-TAXABLE DISTRIBUTIONS ON LINE 13 OF REV-1500 COVER SHEE~'
BUREAU OF INDIVIDUAL TAXES
TNHERITANCE TAX DIVISION
DEPT. ZB0601
HARRISBURG, PA 17118-0601
COHHONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTHENT OF REVENUE
NOTICE OF INHERITANCE TAX
APPRAZSENENT, ALLO#ANCE OR DZSALLONANCE
OF DEDUCTIONS AND ASSESSHENT OF TAX
RE¥-15¢1 EX RFP (01-05)
EDHUND G HYERS
JOHNSON ETAL
PO BOX 109
LEHOYNE
ESTATE OF
DATE OF DEATH
FILE NUHBER
ACN
05-29-2004
HUSSER
05-26-2005
21 03-0962
CUHBERLAND
101
Amoun~ Ram i'l:'l:ad
VERA
HAKE CHECK PAYABLE AND REHZT PAYHENT TO:
REGISTER OF WILLS
CUHBERLAND CO COURT HOUSE
CARLISLE, PA 17013
CUT ALONG THIS LINE ~'~ RETAIN LOWER PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS -.~
DISALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTIONS AND ASSESSHENT OF TAX
ESTATE OF HUSSER VERA B FILE NO. 21 03-0962 ACN 101 DATE 03-29-2004
TAX RETURN NAS: ( ) ACCEPTED AS FILED (X) CHANGED SEE ATTACHED NOTICE
RESERVATION CONCERNING FUTURE INTEREST - SEE REVERSE
APPRAISED VALUE OF RETURN BASED ON: ORIGZNAL RETURN
1. Real Es~a~a (Schedule A) (1)
2. S~ocks and Bonds (Schedule B) (2)
$. Closely Held S~ock/Par~nership Tn~eres~ (Schedule C) (:3)
~. Nor~cgagas/No~ces Receivable (Schedule D)
S. Cash/Bank Deposi~s/Nisc. Personal Propar~:y (Schedule E) (5)
6. Jointly O~ned Proper~y (Schedule F) (6)
7. Transfers (Schedule G) (7}
8. To,al Asse~s
APPROVED DEDUCTIONS AND EXENPTZONS:
9. Funeral Expenses/Adm. Cos~s/Hisc. Expenses (Schedule H) (9)
10. Deb~s/Nor~gaga Liabilities~Liens (Schedule T) (10)
11. To,al Deductions
12. Ne~ Value of Tax Ra~urn
15.
lq.
Charitable/Governmental Bequests; Non-elected 911:3 Trusts (Schedule J)
Ne~ Value of Es~a~e Subjac~ ~o Tax
00
O0
O0
O0
100 O0
O0
353;280.00
(B)
4,935.00
.00
NOTE: To insure proper
cradi~ ~o your account,
submi~ ~ha upper portion
of ~his form ~i~h your
~ax payment.
NOTE:
353,380. O0
(11) ~ .93;. no
(12) 348,445.00
(13) . O0
(1~) 348,445. O0
reflect figures that include the total of ALL returns assessed to date.
I~: an assessment was issued previously, 11nas 1~, 15 and/or 16, 17, 18 and 19 w111
(15) .00 x O0 = .00
(1~) 348,445.00 x 045= 15,680.03
(17) .00 x 12 = .00
(lB) .00 x 15 = .00
(19)= 15,680.03
AHOUNT PAID
DISCOUNT
INTEREST/PEN PAID (-)
.00
15,680.03
190.12
15,870.15
ASSESSHENT OF TAX:
15. A.oun~ of Line 1~ a~ Spousal ra~a
16. Aeoun~ of L/ne 1~ J;axabla a~ Lineal~Class A ra~:e
17. Amoun~ of Line 1~ a~ Sibling ra~:e
18. Amoun~ of Line 1~ ~axable a~ Collateral/Class B ra~a
19. Principal Tax Due
TAX CREDITS:
PAYHENT RECEIPT
DATE NUHBER
INTEREST IS CHARGED THROUGH 04-13-2004
AT THE RATES APPLICABLE AS OUTLINED ON THE
REVERSE SIDE OF THIS FORH
TOTAL TAX CREDIT
BALANCE OF TAX DUE]
ZNTEREST AND PEN.I
TOTAL DUE
IF PAID AFTER DATE [NDZCATED, SEE REVERSE ( ZF TOTAL DUE ZS LESS THAN $1, NO PAYHENT ZS RE~UZRED.
FOR CALCULATION OF ADDZT/ONAL INTEREST. ZF TOTAL DUE 1S REFLECTED AS A 'CREDIT' (CR), YOU HAY BE DUE
A REFUND. SEE REVERSE SZDE OF THIS FORH FOR INSTRUCTIONS.)
REV-1470 EX (6-88)
COMMONVVEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
BUREAU OF INDIVIDUAL TAXES
DEPT. 280601
HARRISBURG~ PA 17128-0601
INHERITANCE TAX
EXPLANATION
OF CHANGES
DECEDENTS NAME
Vera B. Musser
I FILE NUMBER
ACN
Bill Lyons 101
EXPLANATION OF CHANGES
2103-0962
REVIEVVED BY
SCHEDULE
ITEM
NO.
Under the terms of the By-Pass trust, the surviving spouse may distribute principal and
income to issue during the lifetime of the surviving spouse. In the absence of a request for
a future interest compromise, the Department has the right to assess tax at the highest
rate in the chain of potential distributions. Therefore, the tax has been assessed at 4.5%
on the value of the residuary trust.
ROW Page 1
BUREAU OF ZNDZVZDUAL TAXES
ZNHERTTANCE TAX DIVISION
DEPT. ZR060!
HARRISBURG, PA 17128-0601
EDMUND G MYERS '04
JOHNSON ETAL
PO BOX 109 ~,,,
LEMOYNE PA 170q{~t ):
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANZA
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
NOTICE OF DETERMINATION AND
ASSESSMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA
ESTATE TAX BASED ON FEDERAL
ESTATE TAX RETURN
DATE
ESTATE OF
DATE OF DEATH
FILE NUMBER
COUNTY
ACN
0~-29-200q
MUSSER VERA B
05-26-2005
21 05-0962
CUMBERLAND
201
~ Amoun~ Remi~ed ~
HAKE CHECK PAYABLE AND REMIT PAYMENT TO:
REGISTER OF WILLS
CUMBERLAND CO COURT HOUSE
' CARLISLE, PA 17013
NOTE: To Insure proper credi~ ~o your account, subei~ ~he upper portion of ~his fore wi~h your ~ax peyeen~.
CUT ALONG THIS LINE I1~ RETAIN LOW
............................... ER PORTZON FOR
REV-~83 EX AFP (01- - ..................................... .Y_O_IJ.R_ FZLES ~
OF __0.3...). ...... ~_~_ NOTZCE OF DETERHZNAT,rON AND AS~;-I~ .......
PI=NN~YLVANTA ESTATE TAX n n,u ............ ENT .........................
BASE. ,.,,, rru~.K~k ~UTATE TAX RETURN !o~
ESTATE OF NUSSER VERA B FILE ND.Z1 03-0962 ACN 201 DATE 03-29-200q
ESTATE TAX DETERMZNATZON
Credit For State Death Taxes as Verified
Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax Assessed
(Excluding Discount end/or Interest)
Inher/tance Tax Assessed by Other States
or Territories of the Un/ted States
(Excluding Discount and/or Interest)
TAX CREDITS:
PAYMENT
DATE
Tote! Inheritance Tax Assessed
Pennsylvania Estate Tax Due
RECEIPT
NUMBER
DISCOUNT (+) -
INTEREST/PEN PAID (-)
~ZF PAID AFTER THIS DATE, SEE REVERSE SZDE
FOR CALCULATION OF ADDITIONAL INTEREST.
15;680.03
.00
.00
15;680.05
.00
.00
.00
AMOUNT PAID
TOTAL TAX CREDZT~--
~ALANCE OF TAX DUE/
~NTEREST AND PEN./ .00
· TOTAL DUE / .00
(IF TOTAL DUE 1S LES: THAN $1, NO PAYMENT IS REQUIRED
IF TOTAL DUE IS REFLECTED AS A "CREDIT" (CR}, YOU MAY BE
DUE A REFUND. SEE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS FORM FOR INSTRUCTIONS.}
PURPOSE OF
NOTICE:
pAYMENT:
To fulfill the requirements of SectiOn 2[40 (b) of the Inheritance and Estate Tax Act, Act 25 of ZOO0.
(7Z P.S. Section 91q0).
Detach the top portion oF this Notice and submit with your payment to the Register of Nills printed on the
reverse side.
-- Make check or money order payable to: REGISTER OF NILLS, AGENT.
REFUND (CR): A refund of a tax credit say be requested by completing an -Application for Refund of Pennsylvania
Inheritance and Estate Tax" (REV-1313). Applications ara available at the Office cf the Register of Wills~
any of the Z3 Revenue District Offices or from the Department's 24-hour ansearing service for forms ordering:
[-BOO-36Z-2050~ services for taxpayers with special hearing and / or speaking needs: 1-800-447-30Z0 iTT onlY).
OBJECTIONS: Any party in interest not satisfied with the assessment of tax as shown on this notice amy object within
sixty (60) days of receipt of this NotiCe by:
--written protest to the PA Department of Revenue, Board of AppaalS~ Dept. ZalOZ[, Harrisburg, PA ZTIZ8-102I, OR
--electing to have the matter determined at audit of the personal representative, OR
--appeal to the Orphans' Court.
ADMIN- to: PA Department of Revenue,
ISTRATIVE
CORRECTIONS: Factual errors discovered on this assessment should ba addressed in writing
Bureau of Individual Taxes, ATTN: Post AsseSsment Review Unit, Dept. 280601, Harrisburg, PA 171Za-060[,
Phone (717) 787-6505- See page 5 of the booklet -Instructions for Inheritance Tax Return for a Resident
Decedent" (REV-[50I) for an explanation of administratively correctable errors.
PENALTY: The leg tax amnesty non-participation penalty is computed on the total of the tax and interest assassad~ and not
paid before January lB, 1996, the first day after the and of the tax amnesty period. This non-participation
penalty is appealable in the same manner and in the the same time period as you would appeal the tax and interest
that has been assessed as indicated on this notice.
INTEREST: For dates of death on or after 10-3-91~ pennsylvania Estate Tax based on the Federal Estate Tax
return becomes delinquent at the expiration of nine (09) months from the date of death.
For dates of death prior to 10-3-91, Pennsylvania Estate Tax based on the Federal Estate Tax return
becomes delinquent at the expiration of eighteen (lB) months from the date of death.
Taxes which became delinquent before January l, 1982 bear interest at the rate of six (6g) percent per annum
calculated at a daily rate of .000164. All taxes which became delinquent on or after January 1, 19BZ will bear
interest at a rate which will vary from calendar year to calendar year with that rate announced by the PA
Department of Revenue. The applicable interest rates for [982 through 2004 are: Interest Daily
19BZ
1983
1984
[985
[986
1986
Interest Daily
Interest Daily Year Rate_ Factor
Rate~ Fact_~._or Year Rate Factor ~ --
~ .000Z47
20Z .O005qS [988-1991 [1g .000301 ZOOI 92
16Z .00043B 1992 9X .000247 200Z 6Z .000164
llZ .000301 1993-1994 72 .O00[gz 2003 5Z .0001~7
13Z .000356 1993-1998 9Z .O00Z47 ZOO4 4Z .O001[O
lOX .000Z74 1999 7Z .O0019Z
lOX .000274 ZOO0 BZ .O00Z19
--Interest is calculated as follows:
INTEREST = BALANCE OF TAX UNPAID X NUIIBER OF DAYS DELINI~UENT X DALLY INTEREST FACTOR
--Any Notice issued after the tax becomes delinquent will reflect an interest calculation to fifteen (15) days
beyond the date of the assessment. If payment is made after the interest computation date shown on the
Notice, additional interest must be calculated.
REV-1162 EX(11-96)
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
BUREAU OF INDIVIDUAL TAXES
DEPT. 280601
HARRISBURG, PA 17128-O601
RECEIVED FROM:
PENNSYLVANIA
INHERITANCE AND ESTATE TAX
OFFICIAL RECEIPT
NO.
CD 003794
MYERS EDMUND G
301 MARKET STREET
P O BOX 109
LEMOYNE, PA 17043
........ fold
'ESTATE INFORMATION: SSN: 167-14~6476
FILE NUMBER: 2103-0962
DECEDENT NAME: MUSSER VERA B
DATE OF PAYMENT: 04/12/2004
POSTMARK DATE: 00/00/0000
COUNTY: CUMBERLAND
DATE OF DEATH: 03/26/2003
ACN
ASSESSMENT
CONTROL
NUMBER
AMOUNT
101 $15,870.15
i RiEMARKS:
SEAL
CHECK# 1061
TOTAL AMOUNT PAID'
$15,870.15
INITIALS: JA
RECEIVED BY:
GLENDA FARNER STRASBAUGH
REGISTER OF WILLS
REGISTER OF WILLS
BENJAMIN G. MUSSER
95 GREENWOOD CIRCLE
WORMLEYSBURG, PA 17043
1061
60-142oO
PAY DATE ,./,~ ,.~.~, /~ ,,<V~ 3~n~
TO THE ·
ORDER OF ~_ - ., ~- ' ' 362194152
· Great Valley Division · ~n~ster/Chester D~ision ·
~state of Ve~e B. ~sse~
FOR~
TO
Register of Wills Office
Cumberland County Courthouse
1 Courthouse Square
Carlisle, PA 17013-3387
SUBJECT: Estate of Vera B. Musser
No. 21-03-00962
JOHNSON, DUFF~[E~ STEWART & WE[DNER
Attorneys at Law
*04 /~PR 12 R~t~.:61~x 10g
Lemoyne, PA 17043
(717) 761-4540
C ~:;~ ~Fax: (7~17) 761-3015
C..t:r~i~.:DATE: A'~ril 8, 2004
Enclosed is a check in the amount of $15,870.15 in payment of the balance of Inheritance
Tax, plus interest, due for the Estate of Vera B. Musser in accordance with the Notice of
Appraisement issued 3/29/2004.
SIGNED: Edmund G. Myers, Attorney
BUREAU OF ZNDZVZDUAL TAXES
ZNHERTTANCE TAX DZVZSZON
· PA 17128-0601
COHHON#EALTH OF PENNSYLVANZA
DEPARTHENT OF REVENUE
NOTZCE OF ZNHERZTANCE TAX
APPRAZSEHENT, ALLO#ANCE OR DZSALLO#ANCE
OF DEDUCTZONS AND ASSESSHENT OF TAX
REV-lg,~7 EX AFP Ir, l-DS)
[~'t~C'~ ~ .: DA~: 0:3- 29 - 2004
r~! , EgTATE OF HUSSER
DATE OF DEATH 03-26-2003
F'rLE NU~ER 21 0~-0962
'~ APR 12 ~i CUHBERLAND
EDHUND G HYERS ACN 101
LEMOYNE PA 170qS ~'~"? ~ ~ : ~ ~ ~,
VERA B
HAKE CHECK PAYABLE AND REHZT PAYHENT TO:
REGZSTER OF HILLS
CUHBERLAND CO COURT HOUSE
CARLISLE, PA 17013
CUT ALONG TH/S LZNE I~ RETAZN LO~ER PORTZON FOR YOUR RECORDS
LAW OFFICES
JOHNSON, DUFFIE, STEWART g WEIDNER
301 MARKET STREET
P. O. BOX 109
LEMOYNE, PENNSYLVANIA 17043-0109
REGISTER OF WILLS OFFICE
CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE
1 COURTHOUSE SQUARE
CARLISLE, PA 17013-3387
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PLEASE FILE THIS REPORT WITHIN TWO YEARS OF DATE OF DEATH REGARDLESS OF
THE STATUS OF THE ESTATE. IF ESTATE IS NOT COMPLETED, FILE a 6.12 FORM
YEARLY UNTIL COMPLETION.
STATUS REPORT UNDER RULE 6.12
Name of Decedent: VERA B. MUSSER
Date of Death: 3~26~2003
File No,: 21-03-00962
Pursuant to Rule 6.12 of the Supreme Court Orphans' Court Rules, I report the
following with respect to completion of the administration of the above-captioned estate:
1. State whether administration of the estate is complete:
Yes X No
2. If the answer is No, state when the personal representative reasonably
believes that the administration will be complete: .
3. If the answer to No. 1 is yes, state the following:
A. Did the personal representative file a final account with the Court?
Date:
Yes No X
The separate Orphans' Court No. (if any) for the personal
representat've s account is:.
Did the personal representative state an account informally to the
parties in interest? Yes No X_
Copies of receipts, releases, joinders and approvals of formal or
informal accounts may be filed with the Clerk of the Orphans'
Court and may be attached to this report.
Signature
Edmund G. Myers, Attorney
Johnson, Duffle, Stewart & Weidner
301 Market Street, P.O. Box 109
Lemoyne, PA 17043-0109
Address
(717) 761-4540
Telephone No.
Capacity: [ Counsel to Surviving Spouse
BUREAU OF ZNDZVZDUAL TAXES
THHERTTANCE TAX DTVTSTON
DEPT. :'80601
HARRTSBURG, PA 171Z8-0601
COHHONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANZA
DEPARTHENT OF REVENUE
ZNHERZTANCE TAX
STATEHENT OF ACCOUNT
RE¥-1607 EX AFP [01-15)
~.. DATE 05-24-Z00~
ESTATE OF HUSSER
DATE OF DEATH 03-Z6-Z003
FZLE NUHDER 21 05-0962
'04 ~i~i -'? ~ ~ :"~,i~ COUNTY CUHBERLAND
EDHUND G HYERS ACN 101
JOHNSONpOLEHOYNEBOX 109ETAL PA ~'~704~ I Amoun~ Remi~ed
VERA B
HAKE CHECK PAYABLE AND REHZT PAYNENT TO:
REGISTER OF WILLS
CUH)iERLAND CO COURT HOUSE
CARLISLE, PA 17015
NOTE: To insure proper credit: ~o your account:, subei~ ~h. upper portion of ~hi; fore wi~h your ~:ex payment.
CUT ALONG TH'rS L'rNE ~.~ RETA'rN LOWER PORT'rON FOR YOUR RECORDS
REV-1607 EX AFP (01-03)
~## ZNHER'rTANCE TAX STATEHENT OF ACCOUNT
ESTATE OF HUSSER VERA Ii FZLE NO. 21 05-0962 ACN 101 DATE 05-2~-200~
THZS STATEHENT ZS PROVZDED TO ADVZSE OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE STATED ACH ZN THE NANED ESTATE. SHO#N BELOW/
ZS A SUHHARY OF THE PRZNCZPAL TAX DUE, APPLZCATZON OF ALL PAYHENTS, THE CURRENT BALANCE, AND, ZF APPLZCABLE,
A PROJECTED ZNTEREST FZGURE.
DATE OF LAST ASSESSHENT OR RECORD ADJUSTHENT: 05-29-2004
PRINCIPAL TAX DUE: ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
PAYHENTS (TAX CREDITS):
15,680.05
PAYHENT RECEIPT DISCOUNT (+) AHOUNT PAID
DATE NUH~ER INTEREST/PEN PAID (-)
04-12-Z00~ CD00579~ 188.~0- 15,870.15
IF PAZD AFTER THZS DATE, SEE REVERSE
SZDE FOR CALCULATZON OF ADD[TIONAL ZNTEREST.
( ZF TOTAL DUE 1S LESS THAN $1,
NO PAYHENT IS RE~UZRED.
ZF TOTAL DUE ZS REFLECTED AS A "CREDZT" (CR),
TOTAL TAX CREDZT
15,681.75
~ALANCE OF TAX DUE 1.72CR
ZNTEREST AND PEN. .00
TOTAL DUE 1.TZCR
YOU HAY BE DUE A REFUND. SEE REVERSE SZDE OF THZS FORN FOR TNSTRUCTTONS. )
PAYNENT:
Detach the top portion of this Hotica and submit with your payment made payable to the name and address
printed on the reverse side.
-- Zf RESIDENT DECEDENT make check or money order payable to: REGISTER OF #ILLS, AGENT.
-- Zf NON-RESIDENT DECEDENT make check or money order payable to: COHHON#EALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
REFUND (CR): A refund of a tax credit, mhich ams not requested on the Tax Return, may be requested by completing an
"Application for Refund of Pennsylvania Inheritance and Estate Tax" (REV-1515). Applications are available at
the Office of the Register of Hills, any of the Z$ Revenue District Offices or from the Department's Z4-hour
answering service for forms ordering: 1-800-~62-Z050; services for taxpayers with special hearing and / or
speaking needs: 1-800-447-~020 (TT only).
REPLY TO:
Questions regarding errors contained on this notice should ba addressed to: PA Department of Revenue, Suraau
of Individual Taxes, ATTN: Post Assessment Review Unit, Dept. 280601, Harrisburg, PA 17128-0601, phone
(717) 787-6505.
DISCOUNT:
If any tax due is paid within three ($) calendar months after the decedant's death, a five percent (52) discount
of the tax paid is alIowad.
PENALTY:
The 152 tax amnesty non-participation penalty is computed on the total of the tax and interest assessed, and not
paid before January 18, 1996, the first day after the and of the tax amnesty period.
INTEREST:
Interest is charged beginning with first day of delinquency, or nine (9) months and one (1) day from the date of
death, to the date of payment. Taxes which became delinquent before January 1, 1982 bear interest at the rate of
six [6X) percent per annum calculated at a daily rate of .000164. All taxes which became delinquent on and after
January 1, 1982 will bear interest at a rate which will vary from calendar year to calendar year with that rate
announced by the PA Department of Revenue. The applicable interest rates for 198Z through 2004 are:
Interest Daily Interest Daily Interest Daily
Year Rate Factor Year Rate Factor Year Rate Factor
1982 ZOZ .000548 1988-1991 112 .000301 2001 92 .000247
1983 162 .000458 1992 92 .000247 2002 62 .000164
1984 XiZ .OO0~Ol 1993-1994 72 .000192 2005 SZ .0001~7
1985 132 .000356 1995-1998 92 .000247 Z004 ~Z .000110
1986 102 .000274 1999 72 .000192
1987 92 .000247 ZOO0 82 .000219
--Interest is calculated as follows:
INTEREST = BALANCE OF TAX UNPAID X NUNBER OF DAYS DELINQUENT X DALLY INTEREST FACTOR
--Any Notice issued after the tax becomes delinquent will reflect an interest calculation to fifteen (15) days
beyond the date of ~he assessment. If payment is made after tho interest computation date sheen on the
Notice, additional interest must be calculated.
BUREAU OF ZND'rV'rDUAL TAXES
INHERITANCE TAX DTVTSTON
DEPT. Z80601
HARRISBURG, PA 17128-0601
EDNUND G NYERS
JOHNSON ETAL
PO BOX 109
LEHOYNE
PA 17045
CONHONNEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTNENT OF REVENUE
NOTICE OF DETERNZNATZON AND
ASSESSNENT OF PENNSYLVANIA
ESTATE TAX BASED ON FEDERAL
CLOSING LETTER
DATE
ESTATE OF
DATE OF DEATH
FILE NUNBER
COUNTY
ACN
07-05-2004
HUSSER
05-16-2005
11 05-0961
CUHBERLAND
2O2
Aeoun~ ReeJ.'l:'l:ed
REV-7$~ EX &FP C01-0;')
VERA B
HAKE CHECK PAYABLE AND REHZT PAYNENT TO:
REGISTER OF NZLLS
CUHBERLAND CO COURT HOUSE
CARLISLE, PA 17013
NOTE: To insure proper credi~ ~o your account, subei~ ~he upper por~Lon of ~his fore wL~h your ~ax payment.
CUT ALONG THIS LINE I1~ RETAIN LONER PORT'rON FOR YOUR FILES ~
~-E¥:'~ ~,- -~ A- -~; ~,- -(-6 ~.~-0-~ ~ ..... ;F~ ' ~¥i~:i;- -6 ~- -~ i'~.-E~ik-~f i~'~ -Ak-~ - A~ ~ kY ............................
OF PENNSYLVANIA ESTATE TAX BASED ON FEDERAL CLOSING LETTER #~
ESTATE OF HUSSER VERA B FILE NO.21 03-0962 ACN 202 DATE 07-05-2004
ESTATE TAX DETERHZNATZON
1. Credi~ For S~a~e Death Taxes as Verified
2. Pennsylvania Znheritance Tax Assessed
(Excluding Discoun~ and/or Interest)
$. Inheritance Tax Assessed by Other States
or Territories of ~he United S~a~es
(Excluding Discoun~ and/or Interest)
Total Inheritance Tax Assessed
5. Pennsylvania Estate Tax Due
6. Amoun~ of Pennsylvania Es~a~e Tax Previously Assessed
Based on Federal Es~a~e Tax Re~urn
7. Additional Pennsylvania Es~a~e Tax Due
TAX CREDITS:
15,680.03
.00
.00
15~680.05
.00
.00
PAYHENT RECEIPT DISCOUNT (+)
DATE NUHBER INTEREST/PEN PAID (-) AHOUNT PAID
TOTAL TAX CREDIT
BALANCE OF'TAX DUEI
INTEREST AND PEN. ]
TOTAL DUE I
~IF PAID AFTER THIS DATE, SEE REVERSE S/DE (IF TOTAL DUE 1S LESS THAN $1, NO PAYHENT 1S REQUIRED
FOR CALCULATION OF ADDITIONAL INTEREST. ZF TOTAL DUE ZS REFLECTED AS A "CREDIT" (CR), YOU NAY BE
DUE A REFUND. SEE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS FORN FOR /NSTRUCTZONS.)
.00
.00
.00
.00
PURPOSE OF
NOTICE:
PAYMENT:
REFUND (CR):
OBJECTIONS:
ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE
CORRECTIONS:
PENALTY:
INTEREST:
To fulfill the requirements of Section ZlqO of the Inheritance and Estate Tax Act, Act Z3 of ZOO0. (7Z P.S.
Section 91qO).
Detach the top portion of this Notice and submit aith your peyeant to the Register of Mills printed on tha
reverse side.
-- Make check or money order payable to: REGISTER OF HILLS, AGENT.
A refund of a tax credit may be requested by completing an "Application for Rafund of Pennsylvania
Inheritance and Estate Tax" (REV-Z313). Applications are available at the Office of tha Register of Mills,
any of the Z3 Revenue District Offices or ;rom the Department's Zq-hour answering service for forms ordering:
1-800-362-Z050; services for taxpayers with special hearing and/or speaking needs: 1-800-q~7-30ZO (TT only).
Any party in interest not satisfied with the assessment of tax as shown on this notice may object eithin
sixty (60) days of receipt of this Notice by:
--written protest to the PA Department of Revenue, Board of Appeals, Dept. ZBIOZ1, Harrisburg, PA 171ZB-10Z1,
--electing to have the matter determined at audit of the personal rapresantative~ OR
--appeal to tha Orphans' Court
OR
Factual errors discovered on this assessment should be addressed in writing to: PA Dapartaant of Revenue,
Bureau of Individual Taxes, ATTN: Post Assesseant Revise Unit, Dept. IS0601, Harrisburg, PA 171Z8-0601,
Phone (717) 787-6505. See page 5 of the booklet "Instructions for Inheritance Tax Return for a Resident
Decedent" (REV-lSO1) for an explanation of administratively correctable errors.
The 15X tax amnesty non-participation penalty is computed on the total of the tax and interest assessed, and not
paid before January 16, 1996, the first day after tha and of the tax amnesty pariod. This non-participation
penalty is appealable in tha same manner and in the the same time period as you mould appeal the tax and interest
that has been assessed as indicated on this notica.
Additional Pennsylvania Estate Tax assessed as a result of a change on the Federal Estate Tax closing
letter becomes delinquent at the axpiration of one (1) month from the date the final notice of the increase
in Federal Estate Tax is received.
Taxes which became dalinquent before January 1, 1982 bear interest at the rate of six (6g) percent per annum
calculated at a daily rate of .000164. AIl taxes which became delinquent on or after January 1, 198Z wi11 bear
lnterest at a rate which ail1 vary from calendar year to calendar year with that rate announced by the PA
Department of Revenue. The applicable interest rates for 198Z through ZOOq are:
Interest Daily Interest Daily Interest Daily
Yaa.~_r Rate Factor Yea_.._r Rate Factor Yea~ Rate Factor
19BI ZOZ .000548 1968-1991 11Z .000301 ZOO1 9Z .O00gq7
1985 162 .OOOq3& 199Z 92 .OOOZq7 200Z 62 .000164
1984 X1Z .000301 1993-199q 72 .000192 2005 5Z .000137
1985 152 .000356 1995-1998 9Z .O00Z~7 ZOOq qZ .000110
1986 IOZ .000274 1999 72 .00019Z
1987 92 .O00Zq7 ZOO0 8g .000219
--Interest is calculated as follows:
INTEREST = BALANCE OF TAX UNPAID X NUtIBER OF DAYS DELIN~IUENT X DAILY INTEREST FACTOR
--Any Notice issued after tha tax becomes delinquent will reflect an interest calculation to fifteen (15) days
beyond tho date of the assessment. If payment is made after the interest computation date shown on the
Notice, additional interest must be calculated,
T
Y
f
IN RE: ESTATE OF VERA B. MUSSER, Late of
the Borough of Lemoyne; THE VERA B. MUSSER
FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST UNDER
AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 27, 1996
(RESTATEMENT) DATED JANUARY 10, 1997
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
. ORPHANS' COU~T DIVISI~1 -
~. t~ _.T.... t . -.'~
. NO. 21-03~, ~ ~'~
v.~ ~•~ _.
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_...
PETITION TO TERMINATE TRUST ~~ ~ • • . ~; ;-;
To the Honorable Judges of the Orphans' Court Division: ~ -~
Petitioner, LeTort Management & Trust Company, through its counsel, Johnson, Duffie,
Stewart & Weidner, respectfully states the following in support of this Petition to Terminate
Trust:
1. Petitioner is LeTort Management & Trust Company, a Pennsylvania corporation
with an office at 3130 Morningside Drive, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011.
2. Petitioner is Successor Trustee of the VERA B. MUSSER FAMILY
REVOCABLE TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 27 1996
(RESTATEMENT) DATED JANUARY 10 1997 ("Trust"), a copy of which is attached hereto
as Exhibit A.
3. Vera B. Musser ("Decedent"), the Settlor of the Trust, died on March 26, 2003,
and the Trust was funded with Decedent's residential real estate known as 95 Greenwood Circle,
Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania.
4. All Federal estate and Pennsylvania inheritance taxes arising by virtue of
Decedent's death and the Trust have been paid in full.
r w
5. Decedent's surviving spouse, Benjamin G. Musser, and Cynthia J. Musser, one of
her children, resided in the Trust real estate until approximately September, 2007, and Trustee
sold the real estate in March, 2008.
6. Trustee is directed in Section 4.04, Paragraph (A) of the Trust to distribute to
Benjamin G. Musser so much of the income and principal of the Trust as Trustee, in its sole
discretion, deems advisable for his most comfortable care, maintenance, health, support, travel
and education during his lifetime and to accumulate the net income and principal not so
expended.
7. Benjamin G. Musser exercised his special power under Article IV, Section 4.04,
Paragraph (B) of the Trust and appointed all the principal and accumulated undistributed net
income upon his death to his and Settlor's children, Pamela S. Harter, Lynne D. Miller and
Cynthia J. Musser ("Children").
8. The Children, the residuary beneficiaries, are entitled to the Trust assets upon the
death of Benjamin G. Musser.
9. Benjamin G. Musser, the lifetime beneficiary, has informed the Petitioner that he
has sufficient resources for his most comfortable care, maintenance, health, support, travel and
education, has assured Petitioner that he does not anticipate such needs in the future, and has
reported that the Children presently have immediate pressing needs of funds for their care,
maintenance and support.
10. Pursuant to 20 Pa. C.S.A § 7750.1(b), continuance of the Trust is not necessary to
achieve any material purpose of the Trust since:
A. The lifetime beneficiary has no need for Trust distributions for his care,
maintenance, health, support, travel or education;
B. The residuary beneficiaries do have present needs for their health, support and
maintenance; and
2
~~ t e
C. There is no federal estate or Pennsylvania inheritance tax due upon the
distribution of the Trust assets to the Decedent's children.
10. Each beneficiary is sui generis, consents to and joins Petitioner in this request to
terminate the Trust.
WHEREFORE, your Petitioner respectfully requests this Honorable Court to issue a
decree that the Trust be terminated and the net accumulated income and principal be distributed
to Settlor's children, the remainder beneficiaries.
Respectfully submitted
JOHNSON, DUFFIE, STEWART & WEIDNER
By:
Edmund G. Myers
I.D. No. 20558
301 Market Street
P.O. Box 109
Lemoyne, PA 17043
(717) 761-4540
Attorneys for Petitioner
:333182v3
3
VERIFICATION
The undersigned, a Trust Officer of LeTort Management & Trust Company, states that
the facts set forth in the foregoing Petition are true and correct. This verification is made subject
to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S.A. § 4904, relating to unsworn falsifications to authorities.
Date:
Lois B. Copel
:333189v2
EXHIBIT A
C~Oo p~
THE
VERA B. MUSSER
FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST
UNDER AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 27, 1996
(RESTATEND;IITT )
THIS RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT (herein ref erred to as "this
Agreement") is executed in triplicate on this ~ day of January,
1997, by and between VERA B. MCJSSER, of 95 Greenwood Circle,
Wormleysburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17043 (hereinafter
called "Settlor"), and VERA B. MUSSER, of 95 Greenwood Circle,
Wormleysburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17043 (hereinafter
called "Trustee"). This Agreement is a restatement of "The Vera B.
Musser Family Revocable Trust" under agreement dated January 27,
1996. Unless specifically stated otherwise in this Agreement, the
terms and provisions of this Agreement shall relate back to January
27, 1996.
ARTICLE I.
PARTIES, PERSONAL DATA AND TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.01. Parties and Personal Data. The Settlor is married to
BENJAMIN G. MUSSER. The Settlor's children are PAMELA S. HARTER,
LYNNE D. MILLER, and CYNTHIA J. MUSSER. Throughout this Agreement:
(a) VERA B. MiJSSER will be referred to as the Settlor; (b) BENJAMIN
G. MUSSER will be referred to as Settlor's spouse; (c) PAMELA~S.
HARTER, LYNNE D. MILLER, and CYNTHIA J. MUSSER will be referred to
as the children of the Settlor or the Settlor's children; and, (d)
the word "issue" will include all of the Settlor' s children as well
as Settlor's other descendants.
1.02. Table of Contents. PAGE
ARTICLE I. PARTIES, PERSONAL DATA AND TABLE OF CONTENTS
. 1.01 Parties and Personal Data 1
1.02 Table of Contents 1
ARTICLE II. TRUST ESTATE
2.01 Transfer to Trust 2
2.02 Additional Transfers. to Trust 3
ARTICLE III. LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES 3
ARTICLE IV. DIST
4.01
4.02
.4.03
4.04
EZIBUTIONS FROM TRUST
Distributions During Settlor's Life 3
Formula Division into Marital and
Non-Marital Portions 3
Disposition of Marital Portion 6
Disposition of Non-Marital
Portion; the By-Pass Trust 7
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ARTICLE V. POWERS OF TRUSTEE
5.01 General Powers 9
5.02 Voting by Trustee 12
ARTICLE VI. SPENDTHRIFT PROVISION
6.01 General Provisions 12
ARTICLE VII. CONS
7.01
7.02
7.03
7.04
7.05
I'RUCTION OF TRUST
Choice of Law 12
Code 12
Other Terms. 12
Captions and Table of Contents 12
Situs of Trust 13
ARTICLE VIII. COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEE AND APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
8.01 Compensation 13
8.02 Removal of Trustee 13
8.03 Successor Trustee 13
ARTICLE IX. PERPETUITIES CLAUSE
9.01 General Provisions 13
ARTICLE X. EVOCATION AND AMENDMENTS
10.01 Reservation and Powers 14
10.02 Effect of Settlor's Incapacity 14
ARTICLE XI. ACQUISITION OF UNITED STATES TREASURY BONDS
ELIGIBLE FOR TAX PAYMENT; PAYMENT OF TAXES,
FUNERAL EXPENSES, AND EXPENSES OF
ADMINISTRATION
11.01 Acquisition of Bonds 15
11.02 Payment of United State Estate
Tax by Bond Redemption 16
11.03 Payment of Death Taxes and Other
Estate Settlement Costs ,16
ARTICLE II.
TRUST ESTATE
2.01. Transfer to Trust. Settlor does hereby assign,
transfer and deliver to the Trustee and its successors and assigns
the property described in Schedule "A" attached hereto and made a
part hereof, or as. Schedule "A" may be amended. As further
evidence of such assignment, the Settlor has executed or will
execute or cause to be executed such other instruments as may be
required for the purposes of completing the .assignment or transfer
of title to such property to the Trustee. The Trustee accepts such
transfer and assignment to itself as Trustee, and the Trustee
undertakes to hold, manage, invest and reinvest the assets of this
Trust and to distribute the income and principal of the Trust in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
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2,02, Additional Transfers to Trust. The Settlor and any
other person, with the consent of the Trustee., shall have the right
at any time to make additions to the corpus of this Trust or any
shares thereo ed and distributed by the Trustee ain accordan el with
held, controll
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE III.
LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
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ARTICLE IV.
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TRUST
4.01. Distributions Duriag Settlor's Life. If more than ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) worth of cash, property or other assets
(excluding the cash value of any insurance policies) is added to
the Trust during the Settlor' s life, then the Trustee shall pay to,
or apply for the benefit of, the Settlor and/or the Settlor` s
spouse: (1) so much of or all of the income and so much of or all
of the principal as the Trustee deems desirable for the most
comfortable care, support, maintenance, welfare, education,
happiness, luxuries and any needs arising from illness, accidents
or other emeofeor all of the ein ome oared so much of sorpalleofathe
(2) so much
principal as the Settlor shall request.
4.02. Formula Division into Marital and Noa-Marital Portions.
(A) General E~lanatioa of Plaa. If the Settlor's spouse
survives the Settlor, then upon the Settlor`s death, the Trustee
shall divide the remaining Trust estate into Marital and Non-
Marital Portions, pursuant to the formula set forth in Subparagraph
4.02(B) below. If the Settlor's spouse .does not survive the
Settlor, then the remaining Trust estate shall be disposed of as
provided in Subparagraph 4.04(D), below.
(B) Formula Division into Noa-Marital and Marital Portions.
(1) Noa-Marital Portion. The non-marital portion
of this Trust shall be an amount equal to the largest
amount. that can pass from the Settlor's estate free of
any f ederal estate tax as a result of the allowance of
the Unified Credit under IRC Section 2010 (or the
corresponding provisions of any subsequent federal tax
law), and the State Death Tax Credit under. Section 2011
(or the corresponding provisions of any subsequent
federal tax law), but only to the extent that the use of
such Death Tax Credit does not incur or a tateSe The
state death taxes otherwise payable by my
non-marital portion of this Trust shall be determined
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after taking into consideration, among other things, the
following: (i) the value of any and all bequests or
transfers from the Settlor's estate or this Trust which
do not qualify for the marital or charitable deduction;
(ii) all charges against principal in the Settlor's
estate or this Trust that are not allowed as deductions
in computing the federal estate tax; (iii) all
administration and other expenses claimed on the
Settlor's estate tax return; (iv) any prior adjusted
taxable gifts made by Settlor; (v) all disclaimers,
renunciations and elections (except any elections under
IRC Section 2056(b)(7) which may be available with
respect to the disposition in this Article IV; and,_ (vi)
any available elections under Section 2056 (b) (7) with
respect to any interests in property other than the
disposition under this Article IV shall, for purposes of
computing the fraction, be conclusively presumed to have
been made, whether or not any such election is in fact
made.
(2) Marital Portion. The Marital Portion of this
Trust shall be the portion remaining after reducing the
entire amount held in this Trust by the Non-Marital
Portion.
(C) Noa Marital Portion to Pass to the By-Pass Trust. The
Non-Marital Portion of this Trust shall pass into the By-Pass Trust
(hereinafter referred to as the "By-Pass Trust") to be held and
disposed of as provided in Paragraph 4.04, below.
(D) Disposition of Marital Portion. The Marital Portion of
this Trust shall be disposed of as provided in Paragraph 4.03,
below_
(E} Valuation Elections and Selection of Assets.
(1) Valuation Elections, Meaning of Terms gad Date
of Distribution Values to Govern. For the purpose of
determining .the amount of the Marital Portion, values
shall be those which are finally determined for federal
estate tax purposes. Elections made by the Settlor's
fiduciaries with respect. to an alternate valuation date
and with respect to taking certain deductions for income
tax purposes (rather than estate tax purposes) shall
determine the values and thus the formula amount as
computed under Subparagraph 4.02(B), above. Throughout
this instrument, the words "marital deduction," "gross
estate" and "alternate valuation date" shall have the
same meanings. as such words have for marital deduction
purposes under the federal tax laws applicable at the
time of Settlor`s death. Subject to the requirements of
Subparagraphs 4.02(E)(2) and (3), below, the Trustee is
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authorized, in its sole discretion, to satisfy the
Marital Portion in cash or in kind, or partly in each;
and if wholly or partly in kind, to place in the Marital
Portion the specific asset or assets so selected;
provided, however, that any assets placed in the Marital
Portion in kind shall be valued for the purpose of being
placed in the Marital Portion at their fair market value
as determined as of their respective dates of
distribution to the Marital Portion. The Trustee is
further authorized, in its sole discretion, to estimate
the size of the Marital Portion and to fwnd that portion
subject, however, to any adjustments which may be
required upon final determination of the federal estate
tax on the Settlor's estate.
(2) Assets to ao into the Marital Portioa. Unless
and except to the extent that other assets of the
Settlor's estate which qualify for the marital deduction
are not sufficient to satisfy the amount to be placed in
the Marital Portion in full, the Marital Portion shall
not be satisfied with assets which are, includable in .the
Settlor's gross estate for federal estate tax purposes
and which are also subject, by reason of the Settlor's
death, to any estate, transfer, inheritance, legacy,
succession or other death tax or duty imposed by any
foreign country or a possession. or political subdivision
thereof, or the proceeds from such assets. The Marital
Portion shall not, under any circumstances, be satisfied
with assets which would not qualify for the marital
deduction or with any unmatured life insurance policy or
in any other manner which would not qualify for the
marital deduction under applicable law. If the Settlor's
estate includes United States bonds redeemable to pay the
federal estate tax at more than their market value, any
excess of such-bonds over the amount needed to pay said.
tax due by reason of the Settlor's death shall be first
used to satisfy the Marital Portion, whether said bonds
are held in this Trust at the Settlor's death or
subsequently distributed to this Trust from the Settlor' s
estate. Any reference in this Agreement to a
distribution of an asset not includable in the decedent's
gross estate for federal estate tax purposes shall be
deemed to include that portion of any asset partially
includable in the decedent's estate that is not so
includable..
(3 ) Special Treatmeat for Certain Other Assets . If
any distributions which are includable in the Settlor's
gross estate are made from any pension, stock bonus,,
profit sharing or other plan or trust funds, retirement
annuity contract, self-employed retirement plan or
individual retirement account, annuity or bond qualified
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for special tax treatment under
or 409, or Chapter 73 of Title 1
Code or corresponding provisions
any death benefits paid by a
distributions not includable ii
estate shall be payable to
distributions shall be added to t'
after being segregated, as prc
Settlor's spouse survives the Set
in the same manner as is the Non-N
Settlor`s spouse does not sure,
distributions shall be held unc
Agreement as any other proper
Settlor's estate. However, wherE
includable in the Settlor's gross
the Trustee hereunder from any
trust, contract, account, annuity
death benefits paid by an employe
Settlor's gross estate, such d
segregated until such time as al:
the Settlor's estate are paid in
prohibited from using any portioi
for the payment of the Settlor'
administration expenses of his
expenses. The provisions of this
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Settlor' s gross estate, except insofar as the Trustee,. in
its sole discretion, desires to make some or all of said
provisions applicable, and the term "distributions not
includable in the Settlor's gross estate" includes a
distribution received by the Trustee where the recipient
may elect whether to include or exclude said distribution
and has elected to exclude it.
4.03. Disposition of Marital Portion.
(A) Marital BeQUest. If the Settlor's spouse survives the
Settlor, then the entire Marital Portion shall be distributed to
the then-current Trustee of the BENJAMIN G. MIISSER FAMILY REVOCABLE
TRIIST dated January 27, 1996, as_now in effect or as may hereafter
be amended, to be held and disposed of in accordance with the terms
of that Trust.
(B) Dispositi.oa of Marital Portion is Event of Disclaimer by
Spouse or Spouse's Fiduciary. Notwithstanding anything. to the
contrary .contained in this Agreement, the Settlor's spouse may
disclaim her rights to all or any part of the Marital Portion. If
the Settlor's spouse dies or has a fiduciary (which term includes,
but is not limited to, for purposes of this Paragraph 4.03 an
executor, administrator, conservator, committee, guardian, curator
or tutor) appointed by a court to act for the spouse within nine
(9) months after the Settlor' s death, and if the spouse has not
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fully exercised her disclaimer rights, then the spouse's fiduciary
may, within the nine (9) months, file one or more disclaimers on
behalf of the spouse and the estate of the spouse in the same
manner as the spouse could have disclaimed had the spouse been then
living without a fiduciary acting for her. A disclaimer by the
spouse or the spouse's fiduciary shall be made in one or more
written instruments, signed by the spouse or the spouse's
fiduciary, as the-case may be, and delivered to the Trustee within
nine (9) months after the Settlor's death, and in such event the
disclaimed portion shall pass to the By-Pass Trust hereinafter more
fully described in Paragraph 4.04, below.
(C) Restrictions ReQardiag Marital Portion. It is the
intention of the Settlor that the Marital Portion established by
Subparagraph 4.02(B), above, shall qualify for the marital
deduction allowed under the United States Internal Revenue Code.
All questions relating to the administration of the Marital Portion
shall be resolved accordingly. The Trustee shall have no power to
purchase insurance or annuity contracts or. pay premiums thereon
from. any of the funds in the Marital Portion. If any property
unproductive of income is acquired or held in any trusts set up to
qualify for the marital deduction, the Trustee shall, upon request
made at any time by the Settlor's~ spouse, sell, exchange or
otherwise dispose of said property and acquire income producing
property in lieu thereof. Notwithstanding any provisions to the
contrary contained in or incorporated into this Agreement, no one
shall have the power to make any equitable adjustments (adjustments
to trust corpus or income or both, which involve a reallocation of
assets from the account of one beneficiary to that of another to
compensate for disproportionate sharing of a tax burden resulting
from a tax election).
4.04. Disposition of Non-Marital Portion.; the By-Pass Trust.
After compliance .with Paragraph 4.02,. above, the Non-Marital
Portion shall be placed in a trust called the By-Pass Trust to be
held and disposed of as follows:
(A) Hold By-Pass Trust undivided IIatil Death of Spouse. If
the Settlor's spouse survives. the Settlor, then the Trustee shall
hold the By-Pass Trust undivided until the death of the Settlor's
spouse. For and during the lifetime of Settlor`s spouse, the
Trustee shall distribute to, or for the benefit of, Settlor's
spouse so much of the net income and principal from the Trust as
the Trustee, in its sole discretion, shall deem advisable for the
most comfortable care, maintenance, health, support, travel and
education of Settlor's spouse, and the Trustee shall accumulate and
add to the Trust principal any of the net income not so expended.
(B) Souse's Special Power of Appointment. The Settlor's
spouse shall have the power at any time, exercisable either (i) by
instrument or instruments in writing delivered to the Trustee
during the spouse's life, or (ii) by the spouse`s will, admitted to
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probate within three hundred and sixty-five (365) days from the
spouse's death, specifically referring to this Subparagraph
4.04 (B) , to appoint all or any portion of the principal and any
accumulated and accrued income of this Trust, except any policies
of insurance on the life of the Settlor's spouse. Any appointment
made under this Subparagraph 4.04 (B) may be upon any terms and
conditions (including further trusts, the beneficiaries of which
are only one or more of the Settlor's issue and spouses of the
Settlor' s issue) to or for the benefit of any one or more of the
Settlor's issue and spouses of the Settlor's issue. However, no
such appointment may be made to the Settlor's spouse, or to her
estate, her creditors or the creditors of her estate, or to anyone
other than the Settlor`s issue and spouses of the Settlor's issue,
or for the health, education, support or maintenance of any
children of the Settlor whom the Settlor or the Settlor's spouse is
legally: obligated to support or maintain, nor may any general
powers of appointment be created by the exercise of the special
power of appointment created herein.
(C) Spouse's Limited Geaeral Power of Appointment. The
Settlor's spouse is hereby granted the power to appoint, by an
instrument in writing delivered to the Trustee during the spouse's
life, a maximum amount of the principal of this By-Pass Trust to
the spouse, her estate, her creditors or the creditors of her
estate, or any other individual, in. such proportions and upon such
terms (in trust or outright gifts) as the spouse deems advisable.
The maximum amount which Settlor's spouse may appoint under this
paragraph, per calendar year, shall be the greater of $5,000 or
five (5%) per cent of the entire principal of the By-Pass Trust .
At the end of each calendar. year, the spouse's right to appoint the
maximum amount shall lapse, if not exercised, and the unused
maximum amounts shall not accumulate. This power shall not be
exercisable under the spouse's Will. If Settlor`s spouse fails,
either in whole or in part, to exercise this power of appointment
herein granted, the unappointed principal shall continue in trust
and shall be administered according to the terms of this By-Pass
Trust under this Paragraph 4.04.
(D) Disposition of Remainder of By-Pass Trust. Upon the
death of Settlor and Settlor's spouse, to the extent the Settlor's
spouse has not exercised the powers of appointment described in
Subparagraphs 4.04 (B) and (C) , above, the remaining Trust principal
shall be distributed as follows:
(1) The Trustee shall distribute the sum of One Hundred
Thousand and 00/l00 Dollars ($100,000.00), absolutely and
without trust , to each of Settlor' s three ( 3 ) children, PAMELA
S. BARTER, LYNNE D. MILLER, and CYNTHIA J. MTJSSER. If any of
Settlor's children should predecease the termination of this
By-Pass Trust, then the predeceased child's share shall be
distributed to the predeceased child's issue, per stirpes.
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(2) The Trustee shall distribute the remainder, if any,
of this By-Pass Trust, absolutely and without trust, to
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE, 1 Alpha Drive, Elizabethtown,
Pennsylvania, to be used in the discretion of its Board of
Trustees.
ARTICLE V.
POWERS OF TRIISTEE
5.01. Geaeral Powers. In addition to such other powers and
duties as may have been granted elsewhere in this Trust, but
subject to any limitations contained elsewhere in this Trust, the
Trustee shall have the following powers and duties:
(A) In the management, care and disposition of this Trust,
the Trustee shall have the power to do all things and to execute
such deeds, mortgages, instruments, and documents as-may be deemed
necessary and proper, including the following powers, all of which
may be exercised without order of or report to any court:
(1) To sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any
property, real, personal or mixed, at any time held or
acquired hereunder, at public or private sale, for cash
or on terms, without advertisement, including the right
to lease for any term notwithstanding the period of the
Trust, and to grant options, including an option for a
period beyond the duration of the Trust; and to execute
such deeds or other instruments as are necessary.
(2) To invest and reinvest all or any part of the
Trust Estate in any common or preferred stocks, shares of
investment trusts and investment companies, bonds,
debentures, mortgages, deeds of trust,. mortgage
participations, notes, real estate, or other property the
Trustee, in the Trustee's discretion, selects; provided
that the Trustee may not invest in any stock or
securities issued by the corporate Trustee or issued by
a parent or affiliate company of such Trustee; in the
manner that, under the circumstances then prevailing
(specifically including, but not limited to, the general
econorni.c conditions and the anticipated needs of the
Trust and its beneficiaries) , persons of skill, prudence,
and diligence, acting in a similar capacity and familiar
with those matters would use in the conduct of an
enterprise of similar character and similar aims, to
attain the Settlor's goals under this trust agreement.
(3) To retain for investment any property deposited
with the Trustee hereunder.
(4) To vote in person or by proxy any corporate
stock or other security and to agree to or take any other
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action in regard to any reorganization, merger,
consolidation, liquidation, bankruptcy or other procedure
or proceedings affecting any stock, bond, note or other
security held by this Trust_
(5) To use lawyers, real estate brokers,
accountants and oilier agents, if such employment is
deemed necessary or desirable, and to pay reasonable
compensation for their services.
(6) To compromise, settle or adjust any claim or
demand by or against the Trust and to agree to any
rescission or modification of any contract or agreement
affecting the Trust.
(7) To renew any indebtedness, as well as to borrow
money, and to secure the same by mortgaging, pledging or
conveying any property of the Trust; including the power
to borrow from the Trustee (in the Trustee's individual
capacity) at a reasonable rate of interest.
(8) To retain and carry on any business in which
the Trust may acquire any interest, to acquire additional
interests in any such business, to agree to the
liquidation in kind of any corporation in which the Trust
may have any interest and to carry on the business
thereof, to join with other owners in adopting any forth
of management for any business or property in which the
Trust may have an interest, to become or remain a
partner, general or limited; in regard to any, such
business or property. and to hold the stock or other
securities as an investment, and to employ agents and
confer- on them authority to manage and operate the
business, property or corporation, without liability for
the acts of any such agent or for any loss, liability or
indebtedness of such business if the management is
selected or retained with reasonable care.
(9) To register any stock, bond or other security
in the name of a nominee, without the addition of words
indicating that such security is held in a fiduciary
capacity, but accurate records shall be maintained
showing that the stock, bond or other security is a trust
asset and the Trustee shall be responsible for the acts
of the nominee.
(B) Whenever the Trustee is directed.to distribute any trust
principal in fee simple to a person who is then under twenty-one
(21) years of age, the Trustee shall be authorized to hold such
property in trust for such person until he becomes twenty-one (21)
years of age , and in the meantime shall use. such part of the income
and the principal of the Trust as the Trustee may deem necessary to
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provide for the proper support and education of such person in the
standard of living to which he has become accustomed. If such
person should die before becoming twenty-one (21) years of age, the
property then remaining in trust shall be distributed to the
personal representative of such person's estate.
(C) In making distributions-from the Trust to or for the
benefit of any minor or other person under a legal disability, the
Trustee need not require the appointment of a guardian, but shall
be authorized to pay or deliver the distribution to the custodian
of such person, to pay or deliver the distribution to such person
without the intervention of a guardian, to pay or deliver the
distribution to the legal guardian of such person if a guardian has
already been appointed, or to use the distribution for the benefit
of such person.
(D) Subject to the limitations in Paragraphs 4.02 and 4.03,
above, in the distribution of the. Trust and any division into
separate trusts and shares, the Trustee shall be authorized to make
the distribution and division in money or in kind or in both,
regardless of the basis for income tax. purposes of any property
distributed or divided in kind, and the distribution and division
made and the values established by the Trustee shall be binding and
conclusive on all persons taking hereunder. The Trustee may, in
making such distribution or division allot undivided interests in
the same property to several trusts or shares.
(E) If at any time after Settlor's death the total fair
market value of the assets of any trust established or to be
established hereunder is so small that the Trustee' s annual fee for
administering the trust would be equal to or less than the minimum
annual fee set forth in the Trustee's regularly published fee
schedule then in effect, the Trustee in its discretion shall be
authorized to terminate such trust or to decide not to establish
such trust, and in such event the property then held in or to be
distributed to such trust shall be distributed to the persons who
are then or would be entitled to the income of such trust. If the
amount of income to be received by such persons is to be determined
in the discretion of the Trustee, then the Trustee shall distribute
the property among such of the persons to whom the Trustee is
authorized to distribute income., and in such proportions, as the
Trustee in its discretion shall determine.
(F) Subject to the limitations in Paragraphs 4.02 and 4.03,
above, the Trustee shall have discretion to determine whether items-
should be charged or credited to income or~principal or allocated
between income and principal as Trustee may deem equitable and fair
under all the circumstances, including the power to amortize or
fail to amortize any part or all of any premium or discount, to
treat any part or all of the profit resulting from the maturity or
sale of any asset, whether purchased at a premium or at a discount,
as income or principal o~ apportion the same between income and
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principal, to apportion the sales price of any asset between income
and principal, to treat any dividend or other distribution on any
investment as income or principal or to apportion the same. between
income and principal, to charge any expense against income or
principal or apportion the same, and to provide or fail to provide
a reasonable reserve against depreciation or obsolescence on any
asset subject to depreciation or obsolescence, all as the Trustee
may reasonably deem equitable and just under all of the
circumstances.
5.02. Votiaa by Trustees. Whenever the authority and power
under this Trust Agreement are vested in two (2) or more Trustees
or Co-Trustees, the authority and powers are to be held jointly by
the Trustees or Co-Trustees . A maj ority of the Trustees or Co-
Trustees may act on behalf of the Trust by .exercising any authority
or power granted under this Trust or granted by law.. Any attempt
by one such Trustee to act for the Trust on other than ministerial
acts shall be void. The action of one such Trustee on behalf of.
the Trust may be validated by a subsequent ratification of the act
by a majority of the Trustees or Co-Trustees.
ARTICLE VI.
SPENDTHRIFT PROVISION
6.01. Geaeral. Provisioas. No beneficiary shall have the
power to anticipate, encumber or transfer his interest in the Trust
Estate in any manner other than by the valid exercise of a Power of
Appointment. No part of the Trust Estate shall be liable for or
charged with any debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of. a
beneficiary or subject to seizure or other process by any creditor
of a beneficiary.
ARTICLE VII.
CONSTRIICTION OF TRIIST
7.01. Choice of Law. This Trust shall be administered and
interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
7.02. Code. Unless otherwise stated, all references in this
Trust to section and chapter numbers are to those .of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or corresponding provisions of
any subsequent federal tax laws applicable to this Trust.
7.03. Other Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires,
the use. of .one or more genders in the text includes all other
genders, and the use of either the singular or the plural in the
text includes both the singular and the plural.
7.04. Captioas aad Table of Coateats. The underlined
captions set forth in this Agreement at the beginning of the
various divisions hereof and the Table of Contents appearing at the
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beginning of this Agreement are .for. convenience of reference only
and shall not be deemed to define or limit the provisions hereof or
to affect in any way their construction and application.
7.05. Situs of Trust. The Trust shall have its legal situs
at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
ARTICLE VIII.
COffiPENSATION OF TRIISTEE AND
APPOINT~dENT OF SIICCESSOR TRIISTEE
8.01. Comueasatioa. The Trustee shall receive as its
compensation for the services performed hereunder that sum of money
which the Trustee normally and customarily charges for performing
similar services during the time which it performs these services.
8.02. Removal of Trustee. Settlor may remove the Trustee at
any time or times, with or without cause, upon thirty (30) days'
written notice given to the current Trustee. Upon the Settlor's
death, a majority of the current income beneficiaries may remove
the Trustee at any time or times, with or without cause, upon
thirty (30) days' written notice given to the Trustee. Upon the
removal of the Trustee, a successor trustee shall be appointed in
accordance with the terms set forth in Paragraph 8.03, below_
8.03. .Successor Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time
upon thirty (30). days' written notice given to the Settlor if
Settlor is living, or after Settlor's death, upon thirty (30) days'
written notice given to the current income beneficiary or
beneficiaries (including a beneficiary's natural or legal guardian
or legal representative), hereunder. Upon the death, resignation,
removal or incapacity of VERA B. MIISSER, then PNC BANK, N.A., now
of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, shall become the Successor Trustee.
Upon the death, resignation, removal or incapacity of the above-
named Successor Trustee, a successor trustee may be appointed by
the Settlor during Settlor's lifetime, or after Settlor` s death, by
a majority of the current beneficiaries. Any successor trustee
thus appointed shall be a financially sound and competent corporate
trustee. Any successor trustee, or if the Successor Trustee shall
merge with or be consolidated with another corporate fiduciary,
then such corporate fiduciary, shall succeed to all the duties and
to all the powers, including discretionary powers, herein granted
to the Trustee. Settlor prohibits the appointment of the
beneficiary's or beneficiaries' natural or legal guardian or legal
representative as successor trustee, and any attempt to do so shall
be without authority under this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE IX.
PERPETIIITIES CLAUSE
9.01. General Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Trust, each disposition Settlor has made herein,
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legal or equitable, to the extent it can be referred in its
postponement of becoming a vested interest to a duration measured
by some life or lives in being at the time of Settlor`s death is
definitely to vest in interest, although not necessarily in
possession, not later than twenty-one (21) years after such lives
(and any period of gestation involved); or to the extent it cannot
be referred in any such postponement to such lives, is to so vest
not later than twenty-one (21) years from the time of Settlor's
death.
ARTICLE X.
REVOCATION AND AMENDMENTS
10..01. Reservation of Powers. The Settlor expressly reserves
the powers to: (i) revoke this Agreement by an instrument in
writing delivered to the Trustee while the Settlor is alive; (ii)
to alter, amend or modify this Agreement at any time or from time
to time by an instrument or instruments in writing delivered to the
Trustee while the Settlor is alive, but no such alteration,
amendment or modification shall increase .the duties nor change the
basis for compensation of the Trustee without the Trustee's written
consent; and (iii) withdraw from this Trust any life insurance
policy or other property forming a part of this Trust, which
property. or the proceeds therefrom was added to this Trust by
Settlor. Any such withdrawal by the Settlor shall be considered a
revocation of this Trust solely with respect to the policy or other
property withdrawn.
10.02. Effect of Settlor's IncanacitSr.
(A) If Settlor Incapacitated. If at the time of any
attempted exercise of (a) the powers reserved to the Settlor or (b)
any other powers to demand and receive the principal of this Trust
(if any are granted in this Agreement), the Settlor is
incapacitated (as defined in Subparagraph 10.02(C), below) through
illness, age or other cause, then the Trustee shall disregard any
instructions from the Settlor which have the effect of remaking,
altering, amending or modifying this Agreement in whole or in part
or enabling the Settlor to withdraw from the Trust any life
insurance policy or any other property forming a part of this
Trust.
(B) Settlor's Retained General Power of Appointment.
Notwithstanding the above provisions, the Settlor shall always have
the right to exercise a general power of appointment, by a will
specifically referring to the reservation of this general power of
appointment in this Subparagraph 10.02(B), to appoint all of the
Trust property to the estate of the Settlor, the creditors of the
Settlor, or the creditors of the Settlor's estate.
(C) Definition of Incapacity. For purposes of this Trust,
the Settlor or a Trustee shall be deemed to have become
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incapacitated upon the happening of either one of the following
events:
(1) Admission of Iacapacity. Delivery, by hand, or
by mail to the Trustee then serving, of a written
instrument from the Settlor or a Trustee declaring that
said person no ,longer considers that he or she should
possess the power (as Settlor) to exercise any of the
powers reserved by the Settlor in this Article X or any
other powers to demand and receive the principal of this
Trust, except the general power of appointment reserved
in Subparagraph 10.02(B), above, or the power (as
Trustee) to continue to serve as Trustee, or
(2) Medical Certification of Lack of Capacity.
Delivery, by hand or by mail, to the Trustee then
serving, of written instruments by two. physicians
licensed to practice medicine, one of whom must be a
board certified psychiatrist and the other of whom may be
the attending physician, that the Settlor or a Trustee no
longer has the capacity, as a result of illness, age or
other cause: (i) in the case of the Settlor, to exercise
any powers reserved by the Settlor over the Trust under
the terms of this Article.X or any other powers to demand
and receive the principal of this Trust, except that
notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the
reserved general power of appointment of the Settlor, as
set forth in Subparagraph 10.02(B), above, shall always
be exercisable by the Settlor, or (ii) in the case of a
Trustee, to continue to serve as a Trustee.
(3) Powers Persoaal to Settlor. The powers
reserved by and to the Settlor in this Article X shall be
personal to the Settlor and shall not be exercisable by
any conservator, committee, guardian or like fiduciary,
except a valid Durable Power of Attorney, nor shall they
be assignable to nor extend to the executor or
administrator of the Settlor's estate, nor to any
beneficiary named herein. Upon the death of the Settlor
this Trust shall be deemed irrevocable.
ARTICLE XI.
ACQIIISITION OF iJNITED STATES TREASIIRY BONDS
ELIGIBLE FOR TAX PAYMENT; PAYMENT OF TAXES,
FDNERAL EXPENSES, AND EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION
11.01. Acguisitioa of Boads. The Trustee may, at any time,
without the prior approval or direction of the Settlor and whether
or not the Settlor is able to manage his own affairs, acquire
United States Treasury Bonds selling at a discount, which bonds are
redeemable at their par value plus accrued interest thereon for the
purposes of applying the proceeds to the payment of the United
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States estate tax on the Settlor's estate; and the Trustee may
borrow from any lender, including itself, with or without security,
to so acquire these bonds.
11.02. Payment of United States Estate Tax by Bond
Redemption. After the Trustee has complied with the provisions of
Paragraph 4.02, above, by establishing Marital and Non-Marital
Portions, the Settlor directs that any United States Treasury Bonds
which may be redeemed at their par value plus accrued interest
thereon for the purpose of applying the proceeds to the payment of
the United States estate tax imposed on the Settlor's estate, and
which are held by the Trustee, shall, to the extent of the amount
determined to be required for payment of the estate tax, be
distributed to the legal representative of the Settlor's estate to
be used by the legal representative ahead of any other assets and
to the fullest extent possible to pay the estate tax.
11.03. Paymeat of Death Taxes and Other Estate Settlement
Costs. After the Trustee has complied with Paragraph 11.02, above,
and ascertained from the legal representative that all such bonds
have been redeemed in payment of the United States estate tax, the
Trustee shall also ascertain from the legal representative whether
the legal representative has sufficient assets to pay the remaining
inheritance, estate and other death taxes or duties (except the
additional estate tax imposed by Section 2032(c), or corresponding
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 applicable to the
Settlor's estate and imposing the tax), levied or assessed against
the Settlor's estate (including all interest and penalties
thereon), all of which taxes, interest and penalties are
hereinafter referred to as the death taxes, interest and penalties.
If the legal representative advises the Trustee that insufficient
funds exist to pay all the death taxes, interest and penalties, the
Trustee shall then pay to the legal representative from the trust
property remaining after compliance with those provisions of
Paragraphs 4.02 and 4.03, above, an amount equal to all the death
taxes, interest and penalties in excess of the funds available to
the legal representative for this purposes, which payments are to
be made without apportionment. In making the payments, the Trustee
shall use only those assets or their proceeds which are includable
in the Settlor's gross estate for purposes of the United States
estate .tax, shall not impair the Marital Portion without first
exhausting the entire Non-Marital Portion.
If the Settlor's legal representative advises the Trustee that
there are sufficient funds available to pay the death taxes,
interest and penalties , then the Trustee may nonetheless pay to the
legal representative from the trust property remaining after
compliance with the provisions of Paragraphs 4.02 and 4.03, above,
which sets aside the Marital Portion, all or any portion, as the
Trustee in its sole discretion deems advisable and in the best
interests of the Settlor` s beneficiaries named in this Trust, of
(a) any such death taxes, interest and penalties, whether or not on
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property held in or payable to the Trust, said payments to be made
without apportionment, (b) the Settlor`s funeral expenses, (c)
claims and other debts of the Settlor, whether allowed against the
Settlor's estate or not, (d) expenses of administering the
Settlor's estate, and, (e) bequests under any will or codicil
executed. by the Settlor. In making any such payments, other than
to satisfy bequests under any will or codicil executed by the
Settlor, the Trustee shall use only those assets or their proceeds
which are includable in the Settlor's gross estate for purposes of
the United States estate tax and shall not impair the Marital
Portion without first exhausting the Non-Marital Portion.
IN WITNESS WSEREOF, the Settlor and Trustee have hereunto set
their hands and seals as of the day and year first above written.
WITNESS:
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF
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VERA B . Ei]'SSER, SETTLOR
SS:
On this, the /b ~' day of January, 1997, before me, a Notary
Public, the undersigned officer, personally appeared VERA B.
MIISSER, known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person
whose name is subscribed to the within Trust Agreement, and
acknowledged that she executed the same for the purposes therein
contained.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official Seal.
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My Commission Expires:
Notarial Seal
Linda Lee Gates, Notary Public
Shiremanstown Born, Coe bO ~ ~ 999
My Commission 6cp'
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
The foregoing Trust Agreement was delivered, and i$ hereby
accepted, at ~~'~~ ~ ~ Pennsylvania, on the ~~ day of
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JERA B . MLTSSER, TRIISTEE
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SCHEDIILE
REFERRED TO IN THE ANNEXED
TRIIST AGREEMENT
DATED JANIIARY _~, 1997
FROM VERA B. MIISSER, SETTLOR
TO VERA B. MIISSER, TRIISTEE
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION:
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IN RE: ESTATE OF VERA B. MUSSER, Late of the IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
Borough of Lemoyne; THE VERA B. MUSSER CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST UNDER ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 27, 1996 .
(RESTATEMENT) DATED JANUARY 10, 1997 N0.21-03-0962
CONSENT AND JOINDER
The undersigned, a beneficiary under the Trust described in the foregoing Petition,
consents to the termination of the Trust and joins Petitioner in requesting termination on this
~ ~ day of ~- , 2008.
Sealed and delivered
in the presence of
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Benjamin G. Musser
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IN RE: ESTATE OF VERA B. MUSSER, Late of the _ IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
Borough of Lemoyne; THE VERA B. MUSSER CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST UNDER ORPHANS' COURT DMSION
AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 27, 1996
(RESTATEMENT) DATED JANUARY 10, 1997 NO. 21-03-0962
CONSENT AND JOINDER
The undersigned, a beneficiary under the Trust described in the foregoing Petition,
consents to the termination of the Trust and joins Petitioner in requesting termination on this
~~~ day of funs
Sealed and delivered
in the presence of
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2008.
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Pamela S. Harter
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IN RE: ESTATE OF VERA B. MUSSER, Late of the ~ IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
Borough of Lemoyne; THE VERA B. MUSSER CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST UNDER ORPHANS' COURT DMSION
AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 27, 1996 .
(RESTATEMENT) DATED JANUARY 10, 1997 NO. 21-03-0962
CONSENT AND JOINDER
The undersigned, a beneficiary under the Trust described in the foregoing Petition,
consents to the termination of the Trust and joins Petitioner in requesting termination on this
(,~ day of , 2008.
Sealed and delivered
in the presence of
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Lynne D. Miller
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IN RE: ESTATE OF VERA B. MUSSER, Late of the
Borough of Lemoyne; THE VERA B. MUSSER
FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST UNDER
AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 27, 1996
(RESTATEMENT) DATED JANUARY 10, 1997
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
N0.21-03-0962
CONSENT AND JOINDER
The undersigned, a beneficiary under the Trust described in the foregoing Petition,
consents to the termination of the Trust and joins Petitioner in requesting termination on this
~o~ day of - , 2008.
Sealed and delivered
in the presence of
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ynthia J user
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IN RE: ESTATE OF VERA B. MUSSER, Late of the
Borough of Lemoyne; THE VERA B. MUSSER
FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST UNDER
AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 27, 1996
(RESTATEMENT) DATED JANUARY 10, 1997
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
ORPHANS' COURT DNISION
NO. 21-03-0962
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AND NUW, this ~~ day of ~~~ ~., ;~~08, tin `,
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consideration of the foregoing Petition of LeTort Management & Trust Company to terminate
the VERA B. MUSSER FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED
JANUARY 27, 1996 (RESTATEMENT) DATED JANUARY 10 1997 ("Trust") and the
consen*ti to and joinder by all of the beneficiaries of the Trust,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED and DECREED that LeTort Management and Trust
Company is authorized to terminate the Trust and to distribute the net accumulated income and
principal ire equal shares unto the remaining beneficiaries, Pamela S. Harter, Lynne D. Miller and
Cynthia J. Musser.
By the Court
J.
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ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
In Re: ESTATE OF VERA B MUSSER,
LATE OF THE BOROUGH OF LEMOYNE,
FAMIOY REVOCABLE TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT CUMBERLAND COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 21-03-0962
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE OF ORDER
ORDF,R DATE: 06/16/08
JUDGE'S INITIALS: MLE
TIME STAMP DATE: 06/16/08
IN RE : DECREE
SERVICE TO: EDMUND MYERS ESQ LOIS COPELAND TRUST OFFICER
CYNTHIA MUSSER LYNNE D MILLER
PAMELA HARTER BENJAMIN MUSSER MD
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