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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-13-12PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS REGISTER OF WILLS OF Ct1m,VjQ~-~~~ COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Petitioner(s) named below, who is/are 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for Letters as specified below, and in support thereof aver(s) the following and respectfully request(s) the grant of Letters in the appropriate form: Decedent's Information Name: A/~,j M~ ~Q,r'JCGI `gym a/k/a: a/k/a: a/k/a: Date of Death: 7 /~ Decedent was domiciled at principal residence at JZI In~pi.`NNT'1' 3e{~o~n ~. Street address, Post Office and Zip Code Decedent died at ~~ ~Ot.~nd"t ~ IPc1 Street address, Post Office and Zip Code Estimate of value of decedent's property at death (Assigned by Regise) Social Security No: oZ0/ D9 /~~ Age at death: Q3 _ County, 5-- City, To hip or (State) with his/her last or Borough County P~- If domiciled in Pennsylvania ............................ All personal property If not domiciled in Pennsy[vania ........................ Personal property in Pennsylvania If not domiciled in Pennsylvania ........................Personal property in County Value of real estate in Pennsylvania ........................................................ . TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE... . Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: (Attach additional sheen, i(necessary.) County State $ 6 8pp $' ~, OCO Street address, Post Office and Zip Code City, Township or Boroug County [~ A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary Petitioner(s) aver(s) he/she/they is/are the Executor(s) named in the last Will of the Decedent, dated thereto dated and it) ~. ~-rt C. 7 State relevant circumstances (eg, renunciation, death of executor, etc.) ~ r- ~~ ,,._ ~ W , _-, Except as follows: after the execution of the instrument(s) offered for probate Decedent did not marry, was not div~~W~s not a party to spending divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa. C.S. § 3323(g);°~ ~• of hay' child bor 'er adopted; and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. ~`= ~~ ~] NO EXCEPTIONS ^ EXCEPTIONS ~ ~":~ ~ - '~ _ ~ ,~ ^ B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable) u' c.t.u., d. b. n., d.b.n.c.t.a., pendente life, durante absentia, durante minoritute If Administration, c.t.a. or d.b.n.c.t.a., enter date of Will in Section A above and complete list of heirs. Except as follows: Decedent was not a party to a pending divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa. C.S. § 3323(g) and was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. ^NO EXCEPTIONS ^ EXCEPTIONS Petitioner(s), after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse (if any) and heirs (attach additional sheets, il'necess~ry): Oath of Personal Representative COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } SS: COUNTY OF ~~ y.~ ~~-/a,Ll } Official Usc Only ~~~p For the Register Date Date BOND Required: AYES ~O FEES: Letters .................. .... $ .~ (~ )Short Certificate(s).. .... _~ .(~ ( )Renunciation(s)..... ... . ( )Codicil(s) ......... ... . ( )Affidavit(s)........ ... . Bond .................... .... Commission .............. ... . Other .... Automation Fee ........... .... .... S. JCS Fee . ................ .... ~-3 TOTAL ................. .... $~`~' To the Register of Wills: Please enter my appearance by my sign~~below• ~'--~ -; i T~ Attorney Signature: -iJ ~ ,n ~ rte" - -~. rn ~Cl'~T~.. ~~ (. J i~ ~t ~.-... j` ~ _ W .. ~a ~~ I, _ i ~1 Printed Name: :""~ ~ W ~ -^ - , Supreme Court :~. ~_ ,,,,__ ID Number: tt` Firm Name: Address: Phone: Fax: Email: DECREE OF THE REGISTER Estate of ~~ i ~ I ~~I (~ U('C 1 ~T 1' ~(~ File No: ~ ~ - f ~ - (~(~~.(~, a/k/a: AND NOW, ~ (~~`t"~ t"'f '~ 1 ~~'~ ~, , in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been present d before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters are hereby granted to ~ (~ ~~ (~~ rC~ in the above estate and (if applicable) that the instrument(s) dated ~ ~ 1_.l .fit ~ ~`~ . 1 q ~, descrtbed m the Petthon be admrtt~d to probate and filed of record as the last Wtll (and Codicil(s)) of Decedent. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ egister of Wills U~ ~p C~l.'"V~~~L ~ J For,ifnw-nz r~,,. ro~t~~zn~~ Page 2 of 2 The Petitioner(s) above-named swear(s) or affirm(s) the statements in the foregoing Petition are true and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief of Petitioner(s) and that, as Personal Representative(s) of the De dent, the Petitioner(s) will well and truly administer the estate according to law. Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before Date /3 , ,.-t Z~/ ~„ me~ig L3t?'day of i o2.C?/3~ Rt • YY~ 1-1 n~i l~ n ~ tt~ 1„ ~„ n n. n Date ~~ ~ `t.i -' LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT `~~ m ~' ~- of ;y._ ~ c.,~ _~_ _ to T `.. ~ ~.:..'. Mimi Pierucci Garro ~ ~~ ~? -~ .-~ ~ -,~ ~ -_x-j :~ ~_ - I, Mimi Pierucci Garro, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of s~iund mind and memory, declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all prior wills and codicils. Disposition of Remains FIRST: I direct that my body shall be buried in accordance with directions provided by my living children. Distribution of Personal Property SECOND: All personal property I own as of my death is to be distributed through the Distribution of Residue clause below. Distribution of Residue THIRD: The rest of my estate, both personal and real, I bequeath to my children Joseph Garro, Jr. and Karin Lynn Thompson, to be shared equally. Anti-Lapse Provisions FOURTH: If any gift herein fails to vest with the designated beneficiary due to that beneficiary predeceasing me, then if the predeceased beneficiary has living biological or legally adopted children at the time of my demise, then the gift shall pass to said living children in equal shares; if the predeceased beneficiary has no living biological or legally adopted children at the time of my demise, then the gift shall pass to all my grandchildren, both biological and legally adopted children of my children, in equal shares. If any gift herein shall fail for any other reason, then said gift shall be shared equally among all my living children to whom gifts have vested. MG Page 1 offl'`{' IlVITIALS ~_ Minors and Incapacitated Beneficiaries FIFTH: If any income or principal shall be payable to any person who shall be a minor or who shall be incapacitated for any reason, my executor as trustee shall hold such income and principal during minority or incapacity and shall be entitled to apply such income and principal to the health, maintenance, support and education of such person during minority or incapacity without the appointment of any guazdian or committee or any authority of court. My executor as trustee shall be entitled to make direct payment of income and principal to the parent or other person in charge of such minor or incapacitated person, or to his or her guardian or to a custodian under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. Any remaining income and principal to which such person shall be entitled shall be distributed to such person upon the termination of minority or incapacity. My executor as trustee shall have the same powers as my executor. Payment of Burial Expenses and Death Taxes SIXTH: All expenses of my last illness, my funeral and burial, and administration of my estate aze to be paid from assets of my estate. All estate, inheritance and other death taxes, together with interest and penalties on them, payable with respect to property or interests subject to taxation by reason of my death and whether passing under my will or any codicil thereto, or otherwise, including jointly held and other non-testamentary property shall be paid out of the principal of my residuary estate without apportionment. Powers of Executor SEVENTH: I confer on my executor the right to sell or otherwise convert any real or personal property at public or private sale, at such time or times, in such manner, and for such price or prices, and on such terms and conditions as my executor shall determine, and to execute and deliver good and sufficient conveyances, assignments, and transfers of the property, without liability of any purchaser for the application of any consideration; to borrow money and to secure its payment by mortgage of real or personal property, pledge of investments, or otherwise, without liability on the part of the lenders to see to the application thereof; to retain any investments at discretion; to invest and reinvest at discretion, without restriction to so-called "legal investments' ; to make distribution in cash or in kind; to allocate and distribute different kinds or disproportionate shares of property or undivided interests in property among beneficiaries, in cash or in kind, or partly in each; and to do all other acts and things necessary or appropriate in the management, administration and distribution of my estate. rv~ G Page 2 ofd 4 IlVITIALS ,~ Appointment of Executor EIGHTH: I appoint my son, Joseph Garro, Jr. as personal representative, executor, of my last will and testament. If for any reason Joseph Garro Jr. is unable or unwilling to qualify as executor or having qualified is unable or unwilling to act, I then appoint my daughter, Karin Lynn Thompson as personal representative, executor, of my last will and testament. Waiver of Bond NINTH: I direct that no fiduciary hereunder shall be required to furnish bond in any jurisdiction, and if any bond is necessary, no surety shall be required. Interchangeability of Language TENTH: Words used in the singular may be read to include the plural or the plural may be read as the singular. Similarly, the masculine form maybe read to include the feminine and neuter; the feminine maybe read to include the masculine and neuter; and the neuter may be read to include the masculine and feminine. Headings ELEVENTH: The headings used on the various paragraphs of this will are included for convenience only and shall have no legal significance. I have signed this will this ~ 3 day of 1999. !'rives ~ iru.~ ~,~~. ~}"~ Mimi Pierucci Garro, Testator fitness: ~t{a r i n L T o mp son Address: Sh~~pens6ury~ y,4 ~.../' ~l itnessSoshu~ ~' Thor,pso,~ Address: S h ~ Pen sb~~ ! P~ ~•G. Page 3 of~S `~ INITIALS- r~ Acknowledgment and Affidavit Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Franklin We, the testator in and the undersigned witnesses to the will, the attached or foregoing instrument, who have signed the instrument, having been qualified according to law do depose and say: (a) that I, the testator, do hereby acknowledge that I signed the instrument as my will, that I signed it willingly and as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; and (b) that we, the witnesses, were present and saw the testator sign and execute the instrument as his will, that he signed it willingly and executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; that each of us in the hearing and sight of the testator signed the will as a witness and that to the best of our knowledge the testator was at that time 18 or more years of age, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. Mimi Pierucci Garro, Testator _ :~ itness ~_ itness Attorney's Certification to Self-Proving Afldavit Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ) SS County of ~p ~ ~ ~ ~ On this, the ~ day of ~, q ,, S ~' , 19 ~ ~/ ,before me L~, undersi ned officer ~~' -~!?~~ ~~'"~~ve ,the g ,personally appeared Christopher E. Sheffield, known to me or satisfactorily proven to be a member of the bar of the highest court of Pennsylvania, and certified that he was personally present when the foregoing acknowledgment and affidavit were signed by the testator and witnesses. and affixed my seal. Co ssion E Tres 4 ~ .,~,. Page,B'of~~ II~TITIALS ]~_~