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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
DAMON BRYAN IRREVOCABLE
TRUST AGREEMENT No.
PETITION FOR APPROVAL TO MODIFY REAL ESTATE
The Huntington National Bank (the "Bank"), by and through its counsel of record, Tucker
Arensberg, P.C., files this Petition for Approval to Modify Real Estate and states as
follows:
Background
1) The Huntington National Bank (the "Bank") serves as Trustee of the
Damon Bryan Irrevocable Trust Agreement dated March 15, 2007 (the 'Trust"). A true
and correct copy of the Trust is attached hereto as Exhibit "A".
2) The Honorable J. Wesley Oler, Jr. of this Court established the Trust to
hold certain settlement proceeds due to Damon Bryan ("Damon") as a result of a
personal injury settlement at No. 04-3252.
3) Damon is a minor born on May 23, 2001 who is disabled as a result of
severe mental retardation.
4) The Trust is drafted as a Special Needs Trust under 42 U.S.C. §
1396p(d)(4)(A) to preserve Damon's eligibly for means-tested public benefits including
Medical Assistance ("MA") and Supplemental Security Income ("SSI").
5) As a Special Needs Trust, the Trust provides for "payback" to State MA
Agencies that have provided benefits to Damon, which at this time includes only the
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare ("DPW").
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Jurisdiction
7) This Court has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 20 Pa.C.S. § 711
and 62 P.S. § 1414.
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8) Damon resides with his Parents and Natural Guardians, Darren and
Jennifer Bryan (Damon's "Parents") in their residence at 1024 Mayapple Drive,
Shippensburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (the "Residence").
9) The Residence is believed to have a fair market value of approximately
$120,000 and is subject to two (2) senior mortgages dated May 2, 1991 in the principal
amount of $30,000 and November 20, 2003 in the principal amount of $66,950 each
granting Fanners and Merchants' Trust Co. of Chambersburg mortgage liens.
10) Damon's Parents have requested that the Bank make a distribution from
the Trust to their Residence to enable them to add an integral two-car garage, bedroom
and bathroom and the widening of certain hallways and entryways to better provide for
Damon's care (the "Proposed Modification")
11) Specifically, Damon's conditions have permanently left him with severely
limited mobility and in need of assistance with all activities of daily living. As Damon
matures, the ability to adequately care for him and his mobility will become increasingly
more restricted without an appropriate special needs living space.
12) Damon's Parents have informed the Bank that the family plans to
permanently remain. in the Residence and that they intend for and. will cause Damon to
reside there for the remainder of his lifetime to the extent he is able.
13) The Bank and Damon's Parents have determined that the Proposed
Modification would provide him a stable, safe environment that would enhance his care,
comfort and overall well-being.
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14) The Bank obtained estimates for the Proposed Modification, which
established a construction budget totaling approximately $135,000, made up of the
following:
Permit fees
Drawing fees
Addition
construction
Sub total
Contingency 10%
Total
$1,500.00
$2,000.00
$102,500.00 Average of bids
$106,000.00
$10,600.00
$116,600.00
Ceiling Track $11,000.00 Assuming inst. of full track system
Est. Consultant
Fees 7$ .500.00
Grand Total $135,100.00
15) Article 3.1 of the Trust provides in pertinent part that:
The Trustee may contribute to, or pay the full cost of (i) the
purchase, remodeling or expansion of a home owned by a
relative or guardian of Damon with whom Damon resides,
so long as the Trustee's investment is maintained as an
asset of the Trust (whether by a judgment lien, secured
note, or otherwise)...
See Exhibit A.
16) In order to comply with the Trust's requirement that a modification to a
third party's home be maintained as an asset for the Trust, the Bank proposes to
require Damon's Parents to grant it a Security Interest in the Residence that would be
secured by a Mortgage junior to all senior lien-holders.
17) The proposed Security Agreement and Mortgage would grant the Bank,
as Trustee, a security interest in the Residence equal to the amount by which the
Proposed Modification increases its fair market value, which the Bank would determine
based on pre- and post-mod cation appraisals or assessments performed by a real
estate professional.
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18) In light of Damon's minority and the reality that the Proposed Modification
will deplete the fair market value of the Trust and could therefore cause its assets to be
exhausted during Damon's lifetime, the Bank has approved the Proposed Modification
subject to Court approval.
19) The Bank therefore seeks the Court to approve and authorize it to expend
up to $135,000 in its discretion for the Proposed Modification.
WHEREFORE, The Huntington National Bank, Trustee of the Damon Bryan
Irrevocable Trust Agreement, requests the Court enter an Order substantially in the form
as that attached hereto approving the Proposed Modification on the terms set forth
herein.
Respectfully Submitted,
TUCKER ARENSBERG, P.C.
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Nora E. Gieg
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DAMON BRYAN
IRREVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT
This irrevocable trust agreement ("Agreement") is made March 15, 2007, pursuant
to and as a part of the Order of The Honorable J. Wesley Oler. Jr. of the Court of
Common Pleas of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, entered on 15~ day of March, 2007 at
No. 04-3252, approving settlement of a personal injury claim for and on behalf of DAMON
BRYAN ("Litigation"). DAMON BRYAN ("DAMON") was born on May 23, 2001.
The primary and express purpose of this irrevocable trust is to serve as a special
needs trust, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1396 p(d)(4)(A) and other applicable federal and state
law, for the benefit of DAMON, who is disabled. In that regard, the trust is to provide care
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and benefit for DAMON which is supplemental to any parental legal obligation of support
and that otherwise provided by government programs or benefits, without adversely
affecting DAMON's entitlement to receive such benefits or participate in such programs.
In that regard, this irrevocable trust is for the sole benefit of DAMON during DAMON's
lifetime and shall be administered consistent therewith. During DAMON's lifetime, this
Agreement shall be deemed to authorize only disbursements and distributions which are
reasonable in light of the express intent and purpose of this trust to serve as a special needs
trust for the benefit of DAMON. Further, any obligation to make reimbursement, at
DAMON's death, for medical assistance paid on DAMON's behalf shall be entitled to such
disbursement priority as required by applicable law so that this trust may achieve its
intended purpose as set forth above.
ARTICLE ONE
FUNDING
At the direction of the Court, the property listed in Schedule "A" attached hereto
and incorporated herein is irrevocably transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to
SKY TRUST, N.A., IN TRUST (said trustee and any successor trustee are hereinafter
referred to as "Trustee"). The Trustee shall invest and reinvest said property, shall hold
said property and all investments and reinvestments thereof as a trust estate ("Trust
Estate"), and shall distribute the Trust Estate's net income ("Income") and principal as set
forth in this Agreement.
ARTICLE TWO
TRUST NAME
The trust hereby created may be designated the "DAMON BRYAN
IRREVOCABLE TRUST".
ARTICLE THREE
DISTRIBUTION DURING DAMON'S LIFETIME AND THEREAFTER
(A) During the lifetime of DAMON, the Trustee shall pay so much of the Income
and principal of the trust as it considers advisable in its discretion to, or for the benefit of,
DAMON consistent with the trust's purpose and administration provisions. Without
limiting the Trustee's discretion, the Trustee is specifically authorized to use Income or
principal, to the extent it determines appropriate consistent with the trust's purpose and
administration provisions, for DAMON's comfortable support, welfare, complete
education, and personal development, including, but not limited to, supplemental medical
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and dental expenses, social services expenses and transportation costs. The Trustee may
pay any income tax liability of DAMON which results from income received by the trust
which is properly reported on an income tax return of DAMON, and such liability may be
computed based on DAMON's highest applicable marginal rate not DAMON's average tax
rate, given the filing status. elected on such return. The funds used to pay any such income
tax liability shall be paid directly to the appropriate tax authority and shall not be available
to DAMON. Any undistributed Income shall be added to principal no less often than
annually.
Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Article, the following shall apply.
(1) The Trustee is specifically authorized to purchase or assist in the purchase of
reasonable housing for DAMON, considering DAMON's special needs, and
may pay the full cost thereof and/or the full monthly mortgage, tax,
insurance, utility, maintenance or other payments therefor. However, the
Trustee shall require a contribution, consistent with ability to pay, from any
member of DAMON's family who resides, with DAMON, in a home owned
by the trust. The Trustee may fund any such purchase by cash or financing.
The Trustee is specifically authorized to hold such residence as an asset of
this trust. Also, the Trustee may contribute to, or pay the full cost of, (i) the
purchase, remodeling or expansion of a home owned by a relative or
guardian of DAMON's with whom DAMON resides, so long as the Trustee's
investment is maintained as an asset of the trust (whether by judgment lien,
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(2) It is specifically acknowledged that DAMON suffers from certain handicaps and
disabilities. The Trustee is specifically authorized to retain and pay from the
Trust Estate a case manager, ("Trust Consultant"), to (i) determine what social
services, educational enrichment and other programs would benefit DAMON and
are reasonable for DAMON to obtain, and (ii) to provide ongoing consultation in
such regard, including, without limitation, to arrange DAMON's participation in,
and acquisition of, such services or programs. Further, considering the bust's
purpose and administration provisions, Trustee is authorized, in its discretion, to
pay the expenses of such services and programs fiom the Trust Estate.
(3) It is further specifically acknowledged that DAMON requires, and may require
for DAMON's lifetime, residential care and assistance on a consistent basis. The
Trustee is specifically authorized, in its discretion, to hire such caregivers, giving
such preference as the Trustee determines to be appropriate (including, without
limitation, considering the tax consequences thereof) to relatives or guardians of
DAMON willing and able to provide such care, and to pay reasonable
compensation for such services, or, to pay a reasonable stipend to any such
relative in recognition thereof, upon proof satisfactory to the Trustee that such
care and assistance have been rendered and were required.
(4) It is also specifically acknowledged that relatives or guardians of DAMON with
whom DAMON resides may require a special or other motor vehicle in order to
transport DAMON and, if so, the Trustee is authorized, in its discretion, to pay for
their acquisition of such vehicle, as well as their expenses for maintaining,
insuring and timely replacing such vehicle. The Trustee shall take a perfected
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discretion, to pay for their acquisition of such vehicle, as well as their
expenses for maintaining, insuring and timely replacing such vehicle. The
Trustee shall take a perfected security interest in any such vehicle consistent
with its contribution to the acquisition thereof.
(B) If DAMON dies before the complete termination of the trust, the Trustee
shall first make any reimbursement of medical assistance paid on DAMON's behalf which
is required for the trust to be a special needs trust as set forth in the second paragraph of
this Agreement and, thereafter, may pay the expenses of DAMON's funeral and burial, if
not prepaid. Further, the Trustee may pay to DAMON's personal representative or, in the
case of taxes, directly to the taxing authorities, such amount, if any, as said personal
representative certifies to be (i) the additional death taxes, including. interest and penalties,
resulting from the inclusion of the Trust Estate, or any portion thereof, in DAMON's estate
for such tax purposes, as well as (ii) the expenses of administering DAMON's estate.
DAMON shall have a special testamentary power to appoint the remaining principal and
any accrued or undistributed Income outright to, or on further trust for, anyone other than
DAMON, DAMON's estate, or the creditors of either, or a spouse of DAMON's who is not
a Qualified Spouse, as DAMON shall direct by specific reference to this trust in DAMON's
Will. Any unappointed portion shall be distributed to those individuals who would have
been DAMON's intestate heirs (in the shares provided under Pennsylvania intestate law) if
DAMON had died at that time intestate, unmarried, domiciled in Pennsylvania and owning
outright such property and no other property. If no such intestate heir is then living, such
distribution shall be to one or more Charities selected by the Trustee• For purposes of this
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paragraph, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall not constitute an intestate heir. Each
individual entitled to take a share of said unappointcd portion upon the death of DAMON
is hereinafter referred to as a "Beneficiary". The share for each Beneficiary shall not be
paid outright but, rather, shall be held as a separate trust ("Beneficiary's Trust") on the
following terms. The Trustee shall pay to said Beneficiary, to the person having physical
custody of such Beneficiary, to such Beneficiary's natural guardian or to the guardian of
such Beneficiary's person or estate, in any of such cases without liability on the part of the
Trustee to see to the application thereof, unless the Trustee is the distributee, or expend. for
such Beneficiary's benefit, so much of the Income and principal as the Trustee considers
advisable in its discretion, for any reason or purpose whatsoever, and shall add any
undistributed Income to principal, at least annually, and invest it as such. Such
Beneficiary may also withdraw portions of the principal in accordance with the following
schedule:
(1) after such Beneficiary's twenty-sixth (26th) birthday, not more than
one-quarter (1/4) of the principal on the date of such Beneficiary's
twenty-sixth (26th) birthday; and
(2) after such Beneficiary's thirtieth (30th) birthday, not more than two-
thirds (2/3) of the principal, on the date of such Beneficiary's thirtieth
(30th) birthday, not already subject to withdrawal; and
(3) after such Beneficiary's thirty-fifth (35th) birthday, any or all of the
principal and any accrued or undistributed Income.
Should the Trust for such Beneficiary be initially funded after said Beneficiary's twenty-
sixth (26th) birthday, said Beneficiary's initial withdrawal right shall be based on the
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principal of the trust at funding and shall be one-quarter (1/4) of such principal if such
Beneficiary has not yet attained thirty (30) years of age, three-quarters (3/4) of such
principal if such Beneficiary has then attained thirty (30) years of age but not thirty-five
{35) years of age and all of such principal if such Beneficiary has then attained thirty-five
(35) years of age. If such Beneficiary dies before the complete termination of the Trust,
such Beneficiary shall have a special testamentary power to appoint the principal and any
accumulated or undistributed Income remaining at the Beneficiary's death in the
Beneficiary's Trust outright to, or on further trust for, anyone other than said Beneficiary,
said Beneficiary's estate, or the creditors of either, or a spouse of such Beneficiary who is
not a Qualified Spouse, as such Beneficiary shall direct by specific reference to this Trust in
Beneficiary's Will; provided, however, that any portion such Beneficiary could have
withdrawn before death such Beneficiary may appoint, by specific reference to this Trust
in such Beneficiary's Will, in favor of anyone. Upon the death of a Beneficiary, any
unappointed portion shall be paid to those individuals who would have been the
Beneficiary's intestate heirs (in the shares provided under Pennsylvania intestate law) if the
Beneficiary had died at that time intestate, married, if such Beneficiary has a Qualified
Spouse, otherwise unmarried, domiciled in Pennsylvania and owning outright the property
constituting such unappointed portion and no other property. Por purposes of this
paragraph, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall not constitute an intestate heir. If no
such intestate heir is then living, the unappointed portion shall be distributed to one or
more Charities selected by the Trustee. Any distribution for an individual for whom a
trust is then in existence pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement may, iu the
discretion of the Trustee, be added to such trust.
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(C) If, upon the termination or partial termination (which shall include a
Beneficiary's exercise of a right of withdrawal) of any of the trusts under this Article, a
share of unappointed principal is directed to be paid, outright, to any individual who is
then under the age of twenty-one (21) years, or, in the opinion of the Trustee, is incapable
of properly managing his or her financial affairs, such share shall not be paid out, but shall
be retained by the Trustee in a separate trust. Until the beneficiary attains such age or, if
later, such capability, the Trustee shall pay to said beneficiary, to a Section 529 plan for the
benefit of such beneficiary, to the person having physical custody of such beneficiary, to
such beneficiary's natural guardian or to the guardian of such beneficiary's person or
estate, in any of such cases without liability on the part of the Trustee to see to the
application thereof, or expend for such beneficiary's benefit so much of the Income and
principal as it considers advisable to provide for the health, maintenance, support and
education, including without limitation college and graduate school, of the beneficiary, and
shall add the rest of the Income to principal, at least annually, and invest it as such. When
said beneficiary attains such age or, if later, such capability, the beneficiary shall have the
right to withdraw all the principal and accrued and undistributed Income, upon which
event the trust shall terminate. If suoh beneficiary dies before such time, the Trustee is
authorized in its discretion to pay part or all of the beneficiary's funeral expenses and the
remaining principal and any accrued or undistributed Income shall be distributed,
outright or on further trust, to anyone other than said beneficiary, said beneficiary's estate,
or the creditors of either, or a spouse of such beneficiary who is not a Qualified Spouse, as
such beneficiary directs by specific reference to such beneficiary's trust under this
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paragraph in such beneficiary's Will, and any unappointed portion shall be paid to such
beneficiary's then living issue, per stirpes, or, if none, to those individuals who would have
been such beneficiary's intestate heirs (in the shares provided under Pennsylvania intestate
law) if such beneficiary had died at that time intestate, married, if such beneficiary has a
Qualified Spouse, otherwise unmarried, domiciled in Pennsylvania and owning, outright,
the property constituting such trust estate and no other property or, if none, to one or mote
Charities selected by the Trustee. For purposes of this paragraph, the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania shall not constitute an intestate heir. Any distribution for an individual for
whom a trust is then in existence pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement may, in
the discretion of the Trustee, be added to such trust.
ARTICLE FOUR
TRUST ADMINISTRATION
(A) If the Trustee considers the principal of any trust under this Agreement to be
insufficient to warrant establishing or continuing the trust, subject to any obligation to
reimburse medical assistance paid on DAMON's behalf, the Trustee may (but, during
DAMON's lifetime, only with the approval of a court of competent jurisdiction) pay the
principal and any accrued or undistributed Income to DAMON, or acourt-appointed
guardian of the estate for DAMON, or, if DAMON is under the age of twenty-one (21)
years, to a Custodian, to be selected by the Trustee, for DAMON under an appropriate
Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minors Act or to a Section S29 plan, for the benefit of
DAMON, or if DAMON is not then living to any other beneficiary or beneficiaries entitled
to the Income of the terminated trust, or guardian or Custodian or Section S29 plan (as
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above provided for DAMON) on their behalf. If the Trustee acts under the immediately
foregoing sentence, the receipt and release of the distributee will terminate absolutely the
rights of all persons who might otherwise have an interest in such trust, whether vested or
contingent, without notice to them and without the necessity of filing an account to the
court.
(13) Income allocated to DAMON or a minor may be expended fox her/his benefit
or may be paid to her/his natural guardian, to the guardian of her/his person or estate or to
a Custodian, to be selected by the Trustee, for her/him under an appropriate Uniform Gifts
or Transfers to Minors Actor to a Section 529 plan for her/his benefit, without liability on
the part of the Trustee to see to the application thereof. The Trustee may also deposit
amounts in an interest bearing account in DAMON's or the minor's name in its own
banking department or elsewhere.
(C) The income and principal of any trust as shall or may become distributable
(whether the interest therein be present or future, vested ar contingent, direct or indirect)
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall not, uirtil the actual distribution
thereof to the person or entity entitled thereto, be subject to the debts, obligations,
liabilities or engagements of such person or entity, or to execution, attachment or other
judicial process of whatsoever character and howsoever termed, or be assignable
voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law or otherwise howsoever, and the
distribution thereof shall not be anticipated. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
or deemed to curtail to any extent any power of appointment provided for in this
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Agreement or any power, authority or discretion given to or vested in the Trustee by the
provisions of this Agreement or by law to make distribution and expenditure of income and
principal of any trust in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(D} Corporate distributions of shares of the distributing corporation shall be
allocated to principal, regardless of the number of shares and however described or
designated by the distributing corporation.
(E) Except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement, the Trustee shall
have the following powers, to be exercised in its discretion, in addition to and not in
limitation of those granted by law: to retain assets, without duty of diversification, in kind
or to sell the same, at public or private sale, at such times and upon such terms and
conditions as it sees fit; to invest in any kind of property, or fractional interest. therein, no
matter where located, without regard to any otherwise applicable statutory or other
limitations on investment by fiduciaries; to purchase policies of life insurance, to pay
premiums thereon from income or principal and to exercise all rights of ownership
thereover; to pledge, exchange or mortgage any real or personal property and to lease the
same for any period of time, including without limitation more than either five (5) years or
the term of the trust; to give or exercise options for sales, leases and exchanges; to borrow
money; to lend money (including, without limitation, to any possible beneficiary
hereunder) on commercially reasonable terms; to compromise claims; to vote shares of
corporate stock, in person or by proxy, in favor of or against management proposals and
otherwise exercise all rights of security holders; to carry securities in the name of a
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nominee, including that of a clearing corporation or depository, in book entry form,
unregistered or in such other form as will pass by delivery; to allocate realized capital gains
to income or principal; to allocate receipts and disbursements as between income and
principal; and to make distribution either in cash or in kind. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Trustee may invest in and hold property which is used as the principal or
secondary residence, furniture, automobile and other items meeting the "special needs" of
DAMON despite the fact that such property is nou-productive of income.
(F) In exercising any discretion to distribute principal or Income granted to
Trustee, the Trustee shall take into consideration other readily available funds of which it
has knowledge, all applicable insurance coverage and tax consequences, as well as available
governmental benefits, payments and programs. No discretionary power to distribute
principal or Income provided for in this Agreement shall be construed to allow the
payment therefrom of any specific expense or obligation of, or for, a beneficiary which is
otherwise payable by any insurance or any governmental entity or pursuant to any
governmental benefit or program. The trusts under this Agreement shall supplement, not
supplant, governmental payments, benefits and programs to the greatest extent allowed by
law. At termination of the trust for the benefit of DAMON, the Trustee shall, in
accordance with 42 USC 1396p(d}(4)(A), repay any state an amount equal to the lesser of
all the Trust Estate or the amount equal to the total medical assistance paid on DAMON's
behalf for which reimbursement is required under a state plan established under the
subchapter containing 42 U.S.C. 1396p. (Should the Trust Estate be insufficient, at such
termination, to satisfy the aforesaid required reimbursement of medical assistance, and
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should more than one state's Medicaid administering agency be entitled to such
reimbursement at that time, such reimbursement shall be apportioned among such
agencies based on the share of the total amount of medical assistance to be reimbursed
which was paid by each such agency.) The Trustee shall furnish a copy of its annual
statement of transactions to the third party liability section of any state department which
has paid medical assistance on DAMON's behalf for which reimbursement is required.
Absent reasons to do otherwise, in exercising any discretion to distribute principal or
Income to, or for the benefit of, any non-skip beneficiary the Trustee shall make such
distribution from ageneration-skipping transfer tax non-exempt trust before utilizing a
generation-skipping transfer tax exempt trust.
(G) The Trustee may resign, effective upon qualification of its successor, at any
time, without stating cause, by petitioning a court of competent jurisdiction to designate
and appoint a successor corporate Trustee, unless this Agreement names, or provides a
procedure for naming, a successor to such resigning Trustee and such successor Trustee
qualifies, in which event such successor shall serve. A copy of any account filed by a
Trustee shall be served upon the Medicaid administering agency of any state which has
paid medical assistance on DAMON's behalf for which reimbursement is required,
including, without limitation, the Special Needs Trust Depository, Department of Public
Welfare, P.O. Box 8486, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17105-8486.
(H) A corporate Trustee shall be entitled to compensation for its services
hereunder in accordance with its schedule in effect when the services are performed. Por
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any services performed by it in connection with DAMON's estate, which services are
normally performed by the personal representative, the corporate Trustee shall be entitled
to such additional compensation as may be fair and reasonable under the circumstances,
not to exceed seventy-five (75 %) percent of the additional compensation to which it would
be entitled as Executor if the assets of this Trust Estate were to be superimposed upon the
testamentary estate of DAMON. Compensation inay be charged to principal or income, or
partly to each, in the discretion of the Trustee.
(I) The Trustee shall be entitled to pay all expenses incurred in the
administration of the trust from the trust, and to employ or appoint, and pay reasonable
compensation from the trust to, accountants, depositories, investment counsel, attorneys,
attorneys-in-fact, and agents (with or without discretionary powers). In determining
whether the existence of this trust for the benefit ofDAMON has the effect of rendering
DAMON ineligible to receive any government benefits or to participate in any government
program, to which DAMON would otherwise be entitled, the Trustee is granted full and
complete discretion to initiate or defend administrative and/or judicial proceedings related
to determining such eligibility, and all costs related thereto, including reasonable attorney's
fees, shall be a proper charge to the Trust Estate•
(J} Except as may otherwise be expressly provided herein, the Trustee's exercise
or nonexercise of powers and discretions in good faith, and without negligence, shall be
conclusive on all persons and the Trustee shall have no liability therefor.
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(K} During DAMON's lifetime, the Trustee shall furnish a copy of its regular
statements to DAMON, from and after DAMON's twenty-first (2150 birthday (so long as
DAMON is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not incapacitated), as well as DAMON's parents
and any judicially appointed guardian of the estate of DAMON, at addresses designated by
them. In no event shall statements be provided less often than quarterly.
(L) If, upon the expiration of the period allowed by the applicable statutory rule
against perpetuities, if any, any interest in a trust created pursuant to this Agreement is
void as a perpetuity and such void interest vests in any person who is then under the age of
twenty-one (21) years, such interest shall not be paid out, but the Trustee shall pay such
interest to a Custodian (selected by the Trustee) for such person under an appropriate
Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minors Act or to a Section 529 plan for the benefit of such
person. For purposes of measuring the period allowed by the applicable statutory rule
against perpetuities, if any, the measuring lives shall be those of DAMON's grandparents
and said grandparents' issue, living, or in gestation, at the time of execution of this
Agreement.
(M) Except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement, in addition to such
powers, if any, as are afforded the Trustee under applicable law to separate or combine
trusts, in establishing, funding, or administering the trusts provided for herein the Trustee
shall have the power to separate a trust into trusts which contain the same diapositive
provisions (except that if a trust is so separated some or all of the trusts resulting from such
separation may be subject to different or additional testamentary powers of appointment)
or combine trusts which contain the same diapositive provisions, for purposes of facilitating
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administration, allowing use of anyone's exemption from any generation-skipping transfer
tax, transforming a trust partially exempt from any generation-skipping transfer tax into
trusts which are either wholly exempt from, or fully subject to, such tax, reducing taxes or
any other reason deemed by the Trustee to be in the interest of the beneficiaries. Without
limiting the foregoing, any of the trusts provided for in this Agreement may be divided by
the Trustee to permit or facilitate use of anyone's available exemption from the Federal
generation skipping transfer tax, including without limitation so as to wholly exempt,
rather than partially exempt, any trust to which such exemption is allocated. In that
regard, any trust may be divided into two separate parts, each to be held as a separate trust
estate as follows. "Part One" shall be that portion to which any part of anyone's
exemption from the Federal generation-skipping transfer tax is, or has been, allocated, and
shall have an inclusion ratio for such generation-skipping transfer tax purposes of zero.
The rest shall constitute "Part Two", which shall have an inclusion ratio for Federal
generation-skipping transfer tax purposes of one. In the event the Trustee does effect such
division, the terms of each trust shall be the same as those provided in this Agreement for
the trust so divided, except that the Trustee may give any beneficiary of either trust a
general testamentary power of appointment thereover exercisable in favor of the creditors
of such beneficiary's estate and with power to direct the payment therefrom of any
additional death taxes resulting from the possession of this general power.
ARTICLE FIVE
SUBSTITUTION PROVISION
DAMON shall have the power to acquire the trust corpus by substituting other
property of an equivalent value•
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ARTICLE SIX
FIDUCIARY PROVISIONS
(A) In the event of the merger or consolidation of any corporate Trustee the
resultant corporation shall become successor Trustee, without notice to any party.
(B) No bond shall be required of the Trustee hereunder in any jurisdiction.
(C) All powers, authorities and discretions conferred upon and granted to the
Trustee named herein shall extend to and be exercisable by such Trustee's successor or
successors, no matter how appointed. No successor Trustee shall be personally liable for
any act or failure to act of a predecessor Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this
provision shall not be deemed to abrogate the successor liability of an entity that succeeds
to the assets or business of a Trustee and, thus, becomes a successor Trustee.
(D) While observing its primary responsibility to act in the best interests of the
beneficiaries, the Trustee is authorized to deal with its own institution and its affiliates on
the same basis as with unrelated institutions. By way of illustration and not limitation, the
Trustee may invest in interest-bearing accounts in, or certificates of deposit issued by, its
own banking department, in shares of registered investment companies for which the
Trustee or an affiliate performs services for a fee, whether as custodian, transfer agent,
investment advisor or otherwise, or in securities underwritten by syndicates of which the
Trustee is a member, but not if purchased from the Trustee; may borrow money from its
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banking department; and may execute purchases and sales through its affiliated brokerage
service at the affiliate's regular institutional rates so long as that service provides
competitive execution. Any broker or dealer executing transactions on behalf of the trust
may receive commissions that are reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage
and/or research services provided. The term "affiliate" shall include, without limitation, a
parent, sister or subsidiary corporation of the corporate Trustee, or a subsidiary of a sister
or subsidiary corporation.
ARTkCLE SEVEN
REMOVAL POWER
DAMON's parents, jointly, so long as both are sui juris, and, should only one parent
be sui juris, the sole parent who is sui juris, and, additionally, DAMON, jointly with such
parent, or unanimously with such parents, and, if neither parent is sui juris, DAMON,
individually, so long as DAMON is, in any event, sui juris, and, at such time as none of
DAMON's parents or DAMON is living, the beneficiary of any trust based on whose
existence the trust was created, if sui juris, shall have the right, by an instrument in writing
delivered to the Trustee and giving twenty-one (21) days advance notice, to remove such
corporate Trustee and appoint as a successor any corporate fiduciary which is, at the time
of its appointment, lawfully authorized to engage in trust business in the United States, is
independent from, including not related or subordinate to, DAMON or anyone with a
removal/appointment power as provided in this Article, (or persons controlled by DAMON
or anyone with aremoval/appointment power), and has assets held as a fiduciary,
excluding the subject trust, at least two hundred (200) times the value of the subject trust at
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the time of the successor's appointment. Should a judicially appointed guardian of the
estate be serving for (i) DAMON, or (ii) following DAMON's death, for the beneficiary of a
trust based on whose existence the trust was created, the said guardian of the estate shall
have the same right of removal/appointment as would DAMON or the beneficiary, as the
case may be, under this Article if DAMON or the beneficiary were, respectively, sui jurist
provided, however, that said guardian may not appoint itself Trustee hereunder. This
right of removal/appointment may be exercised by any one individual (or such individual's
judicially appointed guardian of the estate) no more often than once every twelve (12)
months. Should a corporate fiduciary resign as Trustee of any trust under this Agreement,
the person or persons, if any, who would have had the right, under the foregoing provisions
of this Article, to remove that Trustee at that time (ignoring the immediately previous
sentence) shall have the right to appoint a corporate fiduciary, meeting the same standards
as set forth above, as successor Trustee by delivering an instrument in writing so providing
to the resigning Trustee. Each successor Trustee shall furnish notice of its assumption of
office to the third party liability section of any state department which has paid medical
assistance on DAMON's behalf for which reimbursement is required.
ARTICLE EIGHT
EXCLUSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY
The Trustee shall not be liable for any loss or depreciation in value sustained by the
trust as a result of the Trustee acquiring any real property upon which there islater
discovered to be hazardous materials or substances requiring remedial action pursuant to
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any federal, state or local environmental law, unless the Trustee contributed to the loss or
depreciation in value through willful default, willful misconduct or gross negligence.
ARTICLE NINE
ADDITIONS TO TRUST
No one may make any addition to the Trust Estate (but the foregoing provision of
this Article shall not be deemed to limit payments to the Trust Estate from a structured
settlement, if any, approved as part of any settlement of the Litigation).
ARTICLE TEN
ACCEPTANCE OF TRUST
SKY TRUST, N.A. expressly accepts the trust hereby created.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
IRREVOCABILITY OF TRUST
This Agreement and the trust hereby created are IRREVOCABLE, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, during DAMON's lifetime, the Court authorizing execution of this
Agreement shall have continuing jurisdiction with regard to it, including the power to
modify or terminate it. Tlae Trustee shall serve upon each state department, which has
paid medical assistance on behalf of DAMON for which reimbursement is required, any
petition it intends to present to modify or terminate this Agreement, or to change the situs
of the trust hereby created.
ARTICLE TWELVE
GOVERNING LAW
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This Agreement has been executed, delivered and accepted in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. This Agreement and the trust created pursuant hereto shall be governed,
construed and administered according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The situs of this trust shall be Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Article, if at any time, in the opinion of the Trustee, it is in the
best interests of the beneficiaries of any trust for the situs of the trust to be located in a
jurisdiction other than the one in which the trust is administered at the time, the Trustee
may (but, during DAMON's lifetime, only after first obtaining the approval of a court of
competent jurisdiction} remove the trust. situs (and to the extent necessary or appropriate,
the trust assets) to such other jurisdiction and elect that the law of such other jurisdiction
shall govern the trust to the extent necessary or appropriate under the circumstances.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
TITLES AND DETINITIONS
(A) The titles of the various articles of this Agreement are for convenience and
identification purposes only. The titles shall not be deemed to be part of this Agreement
for purposes of ascertaining the intent or meaning of any provision in this Agreement or
for any other reason.
(13) In this Agreement where the context so warrants the singular shall be
deemed to include the plural, and vice versa, and one gender form shall Ue deemed to
include the others or either of the others.
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(C) In this Agreement, assets that are left to, distributable to or allocated for an
individual's issue who are living at a certain time "per stirpes" or on a "per stirpital" basis
shall be divided in the following manner. One equal share shall be created for each then
living child of that individual and one equal share shall be created for each child who is not
then living but of whom any issue is then living. It is intended that even if no child of the
individual is then living the division shall still be made per capita for that individual's
children of whom any issue is then living. Each share for a child not then living shall be
divided in the same manner into sub-shares for that child's then living issue.
(D) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1486, as amended, or any future
United States internal revenue law. References to Sections of the Code shall, at any
particular time, mean the specified sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, or the corresponding provisions of any future United States internal revenue law.
(E) An individual's "Qualified Spouse" shall mean a person who was lawfully
married. to such individual at the time of such individual's actual death, survived such
individual by at least ten (10) days and was residing with such individual at the time of
such individual's actual death or was then separated from such individual for reasons other
than marital discord.
(F) "Charity" shall mean one or more, and "Charities" shall mean more than
one, governmental, charitable, religious, educational and scientific corporations, trusts,
funds and other organizations (whether located in the United States or abroad) as shall be
of such character that gifts thereto shall be deductible for estate tax purposes under the
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Code in force and effect at such time.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
REFORMATION
The Trustee is, at any particular time during the continuance of any trust under this
Agreement, authorized to reform, by a writing made and filed with the records of such
trust, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to such trust, but only to the end and
purpose that burdensome tax consequences may, consistently with the purposes of such
trust and this Agreement, be eliminated or minimized; provided, however, that, during
DAMON's lifetime, the Trustee is also authorized to reform, by a writing made and filed
with the records of DAMON's trust, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to
such trust to the end and purpose that such trust may qualify as a special needs trust
consistent with the intended purpose as described in the second paragraph of this
Agreement. Any reformation shall be given such retroactive effect as may be necessary for
its intended purpose and shall for all purposes be binding and conclusive in all respects on
every person having any interest whatsoever in the trust estate of such trust. The Trustee
shall give notice of any reformation to the third party liability section of any state
department which has paid medical assistance on DAMON's behalf for which
reimbursement is required.
ACCEPTANCE OF TRUSTEE
SKY TRUST, N.A, hereby accepts the foregoing trust upon the terms and
conditions therein set forth. The Trustee shall provide a copy of this Agreement to the
Medicaid administering agency of any state paying such benefit to DAMON and to the SSI
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Program Support Team for any region paying such benefit to DAMON, including, without
limitation, the Special Needs Trust Depository, Department of Public Welfare, P.O. Box
8486, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17105-8486, and the SSI Program Support Team,
Attention: Team Leader, Mid Atlantic Program Service Center, 3rd and Spring Garden
Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19101.
WITNESS the due execution hereof, INTENDING TO BE LEGALLY BOUND, the
day and year first written above.
By
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RitV TRTICT N A
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SCHEDULE A
This schedule is attached to and forms a part of that certain irrevocable trust
agreement known as the DAMON BRYAN IRREVOCABLE TRUST, dated March 15,
2007, and identifies the initial trust property held subject to that trust.
All DAMON BRYAN's rights in, to and under that certain
settlement of the Litigation.
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On this, the ~ day of ~l'1f}kC.~-~ , 2007, before me, --CIt~~~~Jh ~7(~;(j~,~/ ,
the undersigned officer, personally appeared TnS~PI~ ~{~EC-4 ,who acknowledg d
himself/herself to be a O~t2.. of SKY TRUST, N.A., and that he/she as such
~-~~s' Qp~ '$sZjE~.3 • ,being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for
the purposes therein contained by signing the name of SKY TRUST, N.A., by
himself/herself as~~sc'~~kC a~~en) 7'
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
tary Public
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COMMONWEALTFI OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notarial ~a~ I -'~
Sandra Burger, Notary Public
BakAMn 9a~o, Allegheny County
My Commis;ion F x~ir~::July 2, 2008
Mentbar, Pr~nnayiv[tn!%, ~sorf~rtlon O1 Notaries
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VERIFICATION
I, r~g~1~Cc,.- ~e~-S14, with a title of V. ~ ~~ea~c~~'', am an authorized
representative of The Huntington National bank and hereby verify that I am authorized to make this
statement and that the facts contained in the Petition are true and correct to the best of my
knowledge, information, and belief. This Verification is made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S.
§ 4904 relating to unswom falsification to authorities.
THE UNTINGTON'NATIONAL BANK
Date: ~ "~ 3 l - ~ ~ gy.
Name: 'ri1e~ e '
Title: y;~ ~}-e,:~-~-
BF-376714.1:018668-143399
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VERIFICATION & CONSENT
We, Darren and Jennifer Bryan, verify that the facts contained in the foregoing Petition are
true and correct to the best of our knowledge, information, and belief, and consent to the relief
requested therein. This Verification is made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. § 4904 relating
to unsworn falsecation to authorities.
Date: ~
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Darren Bryan
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Jenn(fer Bryan
BF-376714.1:018668-143399
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
DAMON BRYAN IRREVOCABLE
TRUST AGREEMENT No.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that I caused to be served a true and con-ect copy of the Petition for Approval to
Modify Real Estate on the following by way of U.S. first-class mail, postage prepaid on the ~~
day of September, 2010:
Ms. Lisa B. Dees
Department of Public Welfare
Office of General Counsel
Health and Welfare Building
7th and Forester Streets
Third Floor, West
Harrisburg, PA 17120
The Special Needs Trust Depository
Attn: Manager, TPL Section
P.O. Box 8486
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-8486
BF-376714.1:018688-143399
Darren and Jennifer Bryan
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
DAMON BRYAN IRREVOCABLE
TRUST AGREEMENT No.
NOTICE OF PRESENTATION
To: Those Persons on the Attached
Certificate of Service
Please take notice that the attached Petition will be presented to the Court by
filing same with Cumberland County Clerk of the Orphans' Court Division (for
subsequent internal transmission) on September, 2010. Please advise us right away
if you have any objection or questions.
Filed on Behalf of Petitioner:
ARENSBERG, P.C.
Pa. I.D.
BF-376714.1:018688-143389
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
DAMON BRYAN IRREVOCABLE
TRUST AGREEMENT No.
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW this day of , 2010, after
consideration of the Petition to Approval Modification of Real Estate filed by The
Huntington National Bank, IT IS ORDERED that any party in interest shall be afforded
the ability to file a responsive pleading to the Petition by , 2010. If no
pleading in response is filed, the petition shall be granted and the proposed order
submitted with the Petition shall be entered.
By:
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BF-376714.1:018668-143399
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
DAMON BRYAN IRREVOCABLE
TRUST AGREEMENT No.
PETITION FOR APPROVAL TO MODIFY
REAL ESTATE
Filed by:
The Huntington National Bank, Trustee
of the Damon Bryan Irrevocable Trust
Agreement
Counsel of Record for Petitioner:
William C. Ries
Pa. I.D. No. 19191
wries(d~tuckertaw.com
Nora E. Gieg
Pa. I.D. No. 200446
ngieg~tuckerlaw.com
Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
Firm No. 287
1500 One PPG Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-566-1212
BF-376714.1:018668-143399