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Home My WebLink About10-19-10 C'~ G o -- Neil Warner Yahn, Esquire ~ ~ p° --c; :` Attorney LD. No. 82278 rn z n c~ ~ ; ~ James Smith Dietterick & Connelly, LLP ~ ~ m ~ `, P.O. Box 650 ~ "~~~ ~n ' Hershey, PA 17033 t ~ ~~ ~_~ ~' , ~ . ~ - Petitioner `~;~ ~ __ _; -~U- ~t l ~ N - ~~1 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS -F- L ~ ~ `- ti CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION IN RE: No. 21-10 - 0973 ESTATE OF GUOLAUG BRYNJA . GUOJON5DOTTIR, deceased MOTION TO MAKE RULE ABSOLUTE TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF SAID COURT: Petitioner, Neil Warner Yahn, Esquire (herein "Petitioner") of the Law Firm of JAMES; SMITH, DIETTERICK and CONNELLY, LLP, on behalf of STEFAN GEIR THORISSON, EQUIRE of Reykjavik, Iceland, sets forth upon valid information and belief, as follows: 1. Guolaug Brynja Guojonsdottir (herein the "Decedent") died a resident of Reykjavik, Iceland on December 24, 2008, with a last principal residence in Pennsylvania located at 2331 Chestnut Street, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. 2. Decedent is survived by her five (5) children, namely: i. Gudjon J. Olafsson who currently resides at 52 Boatswain Drive, Berlin, Maryland 21811 (electronically at Gudjon.Olafsson@perdue.com); ii. Bryndis Gudjonsdottir Bryndfs Gu~j6nsdottir (can be written "Gudjonsdottir) Reynihlid 4 - 105 Reykjavik Iceland; iii. Brynja Gudjonsdottir Brynja Gudjonsdottir c/o: Halldor Jakobsson Gautavfk 20 104 Reykjavik Iceland (email at bgbebe65@gmail.com); iv. Asa B. Oates who currently resides at 121 Mapleton Blvd, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17112; and v. Olafur K. Olafson who currently resides at 145 Taylor Street, Apartment 608, San Francisco, California 94102. 3. On or about February 2, 2009, Stefan Geir Thorisson, Esquire (herein "Thorisson"), of Reykjavik, Iceland, was appointed as Receiver of the Decedent's Estate (herein the "Estate") by the Reykjavik District Court. 4. It is believed and therefore averred that the Estate consists of both personal and real property located within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania stemming from the time period when Decedent resided at 2331 Chestnut Street, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and during her tenure in the states. 5. As such, it is believed and therefore averred that the granting of Ancillary Letters of Administration is necessary to administer the Estate property located within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as Thorisson in unable to act in the United States to administer the Estate (including readily accessing documents for signature and thus an appointment as an ancillary administration is appropriate). 6. Due to fractured relationships within the Decedent's family, none of the above children are desirous of serving as executrix and Thorisson requires certain remedial steps be administered in Cumberland County to assure the domestic assets are disposed of properly. 7. As such, on or about September 21, 2010, Petitioner filed a Petition for Appointment of Ancillary Letters by a Foreign Executor seeking the Grant of Ancillary Letters of Administration from this Honorable Court to administer the Estate herein. 8. On or about September 27, 2010, this Honorable Court issued a Citation to Show Cause (herein the "Rule" attached as Exhibit "A") as to why Petitioner should not be granted Ancillary Letters of Administration, which was subsequently served on the foregoing beneficiaries. 9. Twenty (20) days have passed since the issuance and service of the Rule and no party has objected to the granting of Ancillary Letters of Administration to Petitioner. WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests that this Honorable Court make the Rule absolute and enter an order granting Ancillary Letters of Administration to Neil Warner Yahn, Esquire as Administrator of the Estate of Guolaug Brynja Guojonsdottir. Respectfully submitted, JAMES, SMITH, DIETTERICK & CONN~~. LLP Date: ~~ +d ~ +'~ By: [V~if W. Yahn ttorney I.D. No. 82278 134 Sipe Avenue Hummelstown, A 17036 Petitioner VERIFICATION I, NEIL WARNER YARN, ESQUIRE, verify that the statements made in the foregoing Motion are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.. I understand that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. §4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities. Date: 1 ~v Neil Warner Yahn, Esquire Attorney I.D. No. 8227$ James Smith Dietterick & Connelly, LLP P.O. Box 650 Hershey, PA 17033 Petitioner IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION IN RE: No. ~ ~ ° ~~ - d9 ~~ ESTATE OF GUOLAUG BRYNJA ~GUOJONSDOTTIR, deceased CITATION TO SHOW CAUSE AND NOW, this ;~~~day of ~~_, 2010, upon consideration of the foregoing Petition for Appointment of Ancillary Letter by a Foreign Executor, a Citation is hereby entered against the beneficiaries of the Estate of Guolaug Brynja Guojonsdottir to show caq~e why Ancillary Letters of Administration should not be granted to Neil Warner Yi?e~.s, :: Esquire as Administrator of the Estate of Guolaug Brynja Guojonsdottir. ' Rule returnable in writing twenty (20} days from the date of service. BY THE COURT: ~q ~ _.. " _'-~- L DIS'TIlIBUTlt?NLIST.• /f Neil W. Yahn, Esquire, James, Smith, Dietterick & Connelly, LLP, PO Box 650, Hershey, PA Gudjon J. Olajsson, 52 Boatswain Drive, Berlin, Maryland 21811 Bryndis Guojonsdottir, Reynihli6 4 -105 Reyljavik Iceland (counsel will serve electronically) Brynja Guojonsdottir, 20104 Reykjavik Iceland (counsel will serve electronically) Asa B. Oates, 121 Mapleton Blvd, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17111 Olafur K. Olajsson, 145 Taylor Str¢et, Apartment 608, San Francisco, California 94102 Stejan Geil Thoruson, Adalrtraeti 6 I&101 Reykgavik (counsel will serve electronically) .~~ TfiUE COPY FROM AEGORp In T~atimor>}t wherof, ! tnraWMp set my hand end Ott std ofpaicf Court) C~tli.Ni, PA dt1llt 17033; Petitioner C7 o ~ _ 4 ~ ~r' ~ v~ r*t : .., r ;-. . ~ . ~ ~ c-, v3° /. N OD - -- ~7';~` ~~~ ~ ~_ ,~ =n -~-i = ~ ~ ,-r 3~' O ~"•~~ L7 - W , alit Neil Warner Yahn, Esquire Attorney I.D. No. 82278 James Smith Dietterick & Connelly, LLP P.O. Box 650 Hershey, PA 17033 Petitioner IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION IN RE: No. 21-10 - 0973 ESTATE OF GUOLAUG BRYNJA ; GUOJONSDOTTIR, deceased . CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE AND NOW, this ~ day of October, 2010, I, Neil W. Yahn, Esquire, do hereby certify that I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion to Make Rule Absolute upon the following below-named individuals by depositing the same in the U.S. Mail, postage pre-paid at Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: Gudjon J. Olafsson 52 Boatswain Drive Berlin, MD 21811 Brynja Gudjonsdottir 20 IS-104 Reykjavik Olafur K Olafsson 145 Taylor Street, Apt 608 San Francisco, CA 94102 Bryndis Gu6jonsdottir Asa B. Oates Stefan Geil Thorisson Reynihli8 4 121 Mapleton Blvd Adalstraeti 6 IS-105 Reykjavik Harrisburg, PA 17112 IS-101 Reykjavik