HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-30-09Glenda Farner Strasbaugh
Register of Wills &
Clerk of the Orphans' Court
Kirk S. Sohonage, Esquire
Solicitor
1 Courthouse Square, Room 102
Carlisle, PA 17013
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November 30, 2009
Mr. Richard W. Monn
802 Nottinghill Walk
Apex, N C 27502
Mr. Monn:
I am writing at the request of the Register to respond to a recent telephone conversation
regarding anon-resident bond. Your Petition for Grant of Letters Testamentary in the
Estate of William N. Monn was filed on November 12, 2009 and issued four days later
on November 16, 2009. Please note that the issuance of Letters Testamentary within
two business days is certainly not out of the ordinary.
Pursuant to Pennsylvania Statute, and notwithstanding the Testator waiving bond in his
Will, the Register of Wills has the discretion to require bond from an out-of-state
Executor, under certain circumstances.
Since your father had not waived the bonding requirement in his Will, but instead had
provided Executor Powers to waive the bonding requirement, which powers technically
could not exist until after the issuance of Letters Testamentary, the Register had the
discretion to seek a bond. Upon review of the. unique facts of your Petition, however, in
her discretion, she chose not to require a bond from you.
Sincerely,
Kirk S Sohonage
Solicitor
cc: estate file/
Solicitor
Dept of Rev.