HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-10-11PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS
Register of Wills of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Petitioner, named below, who is 18 years of age or older, applies for Letters as specified below, and in support thereof,
avers the following and respectfully requests the grant of Letters in the appropriate fc-rm::
DECEDENT'S INFORMATION
Estate of RUSSELL W. CHRISTIE File No._ ~ I ' I I ' /~~ ~~
Deceased Social Security No. 201-07-9611
Date of Death: October 23.2011 Age at Death: 87
Decedent was domiciled at death in CUMBERLAND County, Pennsylvania, with his last family or principal residence at
2212 Yale Avenue Camp Hill Borough Cumberland County Pennsylvania 17011
(List street, address, town/city, county, state, zip code)
Decedent died at 2212 Yale Avenue 17011 Camp Hill Borough Cumberland Co. PA
List street, address, Post Office and zip code city, township or Borough County State,
Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(If domiciled in PA) All personal property .....................................................................$ 420.000.00
(If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in Pennsylvania .....................................$
(If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in County ....................................................$
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania ......................................................................................................................$
Total ......................................................................................................... $ 420.000.00
Real Estate situated as follows:
(attache additions/sheets ifnecessary) Street address, Post Office and Zip Code
City, Township or Borough County, State
A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary
Petitioner avers he is the Co-Executor named in the Last Will of the Decedent, dated August 6. 1998 and
codicils dated
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Craig Allen Christie has renounced his ryht to administer the estate. = R..;~i ~== ? ~;
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Except as follows, After the execution of the instrument offered for probate, Decedent did not marry, sr}tot c~orced=, and
was not a party to a pending divorce proceeding at the time of death wherein grounds for divorce h~~-b~n established as'
defined in 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(8) and did not have a child born~or adopted and the Decedent way, ~ltfr~r the~ictim of a;-
killing and was never adjudicated an incapacitated person =~3 -4.. - - ~-'
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^ B. Petition for Grant of Letters of AdminisVation (if applicable)
enter: c.t.a.; d.b.n.c.t.a.; pendent elite; durante absentia; durante minoritate
If Administration, c.t.a. or d.b.n.c.t.a., enter the date of Will in Section A and complete list of heirs
Except as follows: Decedent was not a party to a pending divorce proceeding at the time of death wherein grounds for
divorce has been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(8) and was neither a victim of a killing and was never
adjudicated an incapacitated person
^ NO EXCEPTIONS ^ EXCEPTIONS
Petitioner, after a proper search, has ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse (if
any) and heirs (attached additional sheets, if necessary)
Name Relationshi Residence
OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
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Petitioner's Printed Name Petitioner's Printed Address
Russell Scott Christie
507 Deubler Road
Cam Hill, Penns Ivania 17011
The Petitioner above-named swears or affirms that the statements in the foregoing Petition are true and correct to the
best of the knowledge and belief of Petitioner and that, as personal representative of the Decedent, Petitioner will well and
truly administer the estate according to law.
Sworn to and affirmed and subscribed
Before me this ! V~ day of
2011.
BOND Required
FEES
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{ Renunciation .............
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Please enter my appearance by my signature below:
Attor~,ey Signature:
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Printed Name: EDMUND G. MYERS
Supreme Court
I.D. No: 20558
Firm Name: Johnson, Duffie, Stewart & Weidner,
Address: 301 Market Street, P.O. Box
Lemoyne, PA 17043
Phone: 717-761-4540
Fax: 717-761-3015
Email: EGM@jdsw.com
DECREE TO THE REGISTER /
Estate of RUSSELL W. CHRISTIE ,Deceased. File No. _ ~/ '-~~ ~ ~~~~
Social Security No: ~2~01-07-9611 Date of Death:_ October 23. 2011
AND NOW, 1 Y Ol~'et'-'i~yel ~~ , 2011, in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary are
hereby granted to Russell Scott Christie in the above estate and that the instrument dated August 6,
1998 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed f record fie La t Will the Decedent.
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WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph.
Fee for this certificate, $6.00
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Thais is to certify that the information here given
correctly copied from an original Certificate of Deg
duly filed with me as Local Registrar. The origii
certificate will be forwarded to the State Vi
Records Office for rrr>anent filing.
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RENUNCIATION
REGISTER OF WILLS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Estate of RUSSELL W. CHRISTIE ,Deceased
I, CRAIG ALLEN CHRISTIE Co-Executor of decedent's Will dated AUGUST6, 1998,
hereby renounce my right to serve as Co-Executor.
WITNESS my hand this / j /a day of ~~'~~~~~~~ , 2011.
(Date)
Executed in Register's Office
SWORN to and subscribed before me
this day of , 2011.
Deputy for Register of Wills
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2212 Yale Avenue
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Executed out of Register's Office
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
COUNTY OF
Before the undersigned personally appeared the
party executing this Renunciation and certified
that he executed the Renunciatio for the
uo~s~s~stf~ted within an this day of
~~K.C1G , 2011.
Notary Pu'Ti7ic
My Commission Expires:
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notarial Seal
Dana L. VVieaernan, Notary Public
Lengyns Boro, Cumberland County
My Cornn4ssion t?xplros Jan. 1 b, 2013
Member, Pennsylvania Aaaoolatlon of Notaries
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I, RUSSELL W. CHRISTIE, of the Borough of Camp Hill,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of full age and sound
and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make,
publish and declare this as and for my Last Will and
Testament, hereby revoking all Wills and Codicils previously
made by me.
ITEM ONE
A. In the Trust referred to ir.~ Item Three of this,
SAIDIS,
SHUFF &
MASLAND
ATfOR1~Y5•AT•LAW
2109 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA
my Last Will and Testament, I have authorized my Trustee to
provide for the payment of all (a) my legally enforceable
debts; (b) the expenses of my last illness and funeral; (c)
the administration expenses payable by reason of my debt; and,
(d) the estate and inheritance taxes (including interest and
penalty, if any) payable in any jurisdici~ion by reason of my
death (including those taxes and expenses payable with respect
to assets which do not pass under that t:rust).
B. Any debts, expenses and death taxes not paid by
my designated trustees, shall be payable by my executor out of
my residuary estate without apportionment: and without seeking
reimbursement recovery or contribution from any person.
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ITEM TWO
A. I give all the tangible personal property that
I own at my death, including any household furniture and
furnishings, automobiles, books, pictures, jewelry, art
objects, hobby equipment and collections, wearing apparel and
other articles of household or personal use or adornment, to
my beloved spouse, CHARLOTTE H. CHRISTIE, if she is living on
the 30th day after the date of my death, or if my spouse,
CHARLOTTE H. CHRISTIE, is not then living, to such of my
children as are living on the 30th day a:Eter the date of my
death, in shares of substantially equal value, to be divided
in such manner as they shall agree, or, if.` they shall fail to
!, agree upon a division within six months after the date of my
I!, death, as my personal representative shall determine.
B. All costs of safeguarding, insuring, packing,
and storing my tangible personal property before its
distribution and of delivering each item to the place of
residence of the beneficiary of that item shall be deemed to
be expenses of administration of my estate.
SAIDIS,
SHUFF &
MASLAND
erroxr>EYS•~T•i.~w
2109 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA
ITEM THREE
I give all my residuary estate, which shall not
include any property over which I have a power of appointment,
to the acting trustee or trustees of 1~hat certain trust
already created by me known as the RUSSELL W. CHRISTIE
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REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST, dated ~ ,
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effect at my death of which I am currently trustee and my
sons, Russell Scott Christie and Craig Allen Christie are
currently successor trustees.
SAIDIS,
SHUFF &
MASLAND
ATl'ORNEYS•AT•LAW
2109 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA
ITEM FOUR
A. I hereby appoint my spouse, CHARLOTTE H.
CHRISTIE, as executrix of my estate, o:r in the event my
spouse, Charlotte H. Christie fails or ceases to act as
executrix of my estate, I appoint my sons, RUSSELL SCOTT
CHRISTIE and CRAIG ALLEN CHRISTIE, as co-executors. None of
my executors shall be required to post bond in this or any
other jurisdiction.
B. I empower my executors (1) to make such
elections under the tax clauses that my personal
representative deems advisable including an election to create
qualified terminable interest property for estate tax purposes
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and, (2) to qualify any portion of the marital trust for the
'federal estate tax marital deduction and, (3) to exercise his
or their discretion in the payment of postponement of the
payment of Pennsylvania inheritance tax.
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ITEM FIVE
For the purpose of determining wlho is the descendent
of mine or any other person, legal adoption before the person
adopted reaches the age of 18 years shall be the equivalent in
all respects to a blood relationship.
IN WIT/N__ESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this (S~ ~ day of ~ 1998.
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RUSSELL W. ~CHRISTIE
SAIDIS,
SHUFF &
MASLAND
AT1'ORNEYS•AT•LAW
2109 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA
Signed, sealed, published and declared by F:USSELL W. CHRISTIE,
Testator therein named, on this and three (3) other sheets of
paper as and for his Last Will and Testament in our presence,
who, in his presence and at his and in the presence of each
other have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting
witnesses.
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND)
WE, the undersigned, the Testator and the witnesses,
respectively, whose names are signed to the foregoing instrument,
being first duly sworn, do hereby dec]_are to the undersigned
authority that the Testator signed and executed the instrument as
his Last Will and Testament and that he signed willingly (or
willingly directed another to sign for him), and that he executed
it as his free will and voluntary act for the purposes therein
expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and
hearing of the Testator signed the Will <~s witnesses and that to
the best of their knowledge the Testator was at that time eighteen
years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or
undue influence.
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SAIDIS,
SHUFF &
MASLAND
ATTORNLYS•AT•LAW
2109 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA
Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by the testator,
an ~~ ubscribed and s orn to before me by both witnesses, this
day o f i~x~s-~ 19 9 8 .
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Shelby L. Yingling, Notary Public
Camp Hill Boro, Cumberland County
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