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Home My WebLink About05-08-13 , ,_�.- :.v: � w � � G� � � � :� ";:: ,__,c �,l� �-;� rn � c-� _..,; � � �„ r-- ��tl� ��-,-4. r � �1 p� � � �. �, � �-�. ,'+'a C� � � �a..,i � � � 3 i \.J � � C,,'� « � .� ,,,,_ wr4 w�` � � "�,r� t..�J +u"� =�""w � r � �.�."'� � �1 � [� � McNEES WALLACE&NURICK LLC � "'�' � Kimberly M.Colonna(PA 80362) Elizabeth P.Mullaugh(PA 76397) 100 Pine Street,P.O.Box 1166 Harrisburg,PA 17108 717-232-8000 ATTORNEYS FOR MARSHALL A.DIXON,EXECUTOR IN RE: : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF : CUMBERLAND COUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA ESTATE OF : GEORGE F.DIXON,JR. : ORPHANS'COURT DIVISION DECEASED : No.21-1994-0754 IN RE: : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF : CUMBERLAND COUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA ESTATE OF : LOTTIE IVY DIXON : ORPHANS'COURT DIVISION DECEASED : No.21-07-0686 EXECUTOR'S REQUEST FOR STATUS CONFERENCE Marshall Dixon, Executor of the Estate of Lottie Ivy Dixon(the "Executor"), requests a status conference in the above-referenced case and states as follows: 1. In August 2008, George F. Dixon, III, and Richard Dixon(the"Brothers") and M&T Bank("M&T") asserted various objections to the Account of the Estate of Lottie Ivy Dixon(the "Estate Account"). 2. The litigation of the Estate Account objections continued over a period of years and concluded with a December 28, 2012 order of this Court, which order was not appealed by any party. 1 �G(J 1 3. In January 2009, the Brothers and M&T, as co-trustees of the Qualified Terminable Interest Property Trust(the "QTIP") filed an account(the "QTIP Account") which was subj ect to obj ections filed by Marshall Dixon, in his individual capacity, and by the Brothers. 4. Some of the issues raised in the QTIP Account objections related to matters that were disputed in the Estate Account objections. 5. The QTIP Account obj ections were resolved by agreement of the parties in February 2010, which agreement was documented in a directive issued by Auditor Wayne F. Shade and adopted as an order of court. 6. In connection with the agreement to resolve the QTIP Account objections, the parties agreed that the QTIP co-trustees would file a Revised Statement of Distribution of the funds and real estate in the QTIP upon the conclusion of the litigation of the Estate Account obj ections.l 7. The distribution of the QTIP funds will be affected by various agreements and rulings made in connection with the Estate Account objections, including: � an agreement that the Auditor's fees and costs, which were advanced from the QTIP funds, would be deducted from the QTIP distribution of the party/parties who were required to bear those fees2; • the QTIP co-trustees' obligation to recover and appropriately distribute the $146,970.55 that was paid from the QTIP to the Lottie Dixon Revocable Trust, (plus accrued interest on that amount)which is triggered 1 A statement to this effect was placed on the record at the start of the February 24,2010 hearing on the Estate Account objections. 2 The December 2012 ruling affirmed the Auditor's ruling that the Auditor's fees should be borne by the Estate. 2 a by the QTIP co-trustees' concession in the litigation of the Estate Account objections that that amount was due from the QTIP to the Estate3; and, • the court's ruling that the Brothers must pay a sanction of$73,357.50 to reimburse a portion of the Executor's attorneys' fees. 8. As noted above,the litigation of the Estate Account objections concluded on December 28, 2012. 9. Shortly thereafter, counsel for M&T indicated that M&T would prepare and circulate a draft supplemental QTIP Account and revised Statement of Distribution. Counsel agreed to circulate the draft in order for the parties to raise concerns and request corrections in an effort to avoid further litigation. 10. Since January 2013,the Executor's counsel has repeatedly requested that M&T circulate a draft supplemental QTIP Account and M&T's counsel has repeatedly indicated that a draft would be forthcoming shortly. 11. Although more than four months have elapsed since the Estate Account objections were resolved, no supplemental QTIP Account and no revised statement of , distribution have been circulated or filed by the QTIP co-trustees. 12. Counsel for M&T has indicated that some portion of the delay has resulted from various issues raised by the Brothers and by the schedules of the counsel for M&T and the Brothers. 13. The delay in supplemental QTIP Accounting is preventing the final conclusion of the Estate's affairs and causing the unnecessary depletion of QTIP funds as a result of monthly 3 The Estate set-off $128,344.28 of that debt by retaining a portion of the tax refund owed by the Estate to the QTIP. The QTIP co-trustees initially objected to that setoff,but eventually withdrew that objection,acknowledging that the$146,970.55 should have been paid from the QTIP to the Estate rather than to the Revocable Trust. 3 I trustee fees paid to M&T and the Brothers and also as a result of other charges paid from the QTIP funds. 14. In order to bring the Estate's affairs to a conclusion and to implement the ruling on the Estate Account obj ections without further delay and expense, the Executor requests that the Court exercise its equitable powers to hold a status conference in order to set deadlines for the circulation of a draft QTIP Account and Revised Statement of Distribution, and the filing of the same. WHEREFORE,the Executor requests that the Court issue an order scheduling a status conference in the above-referenced matter and requiring the attendance of at least counsel of records for the parties. McNEES WALLACE &NURICK LLC By: . Kimberly M. Colonna(I.D.No. 80362) Elizabeth P. Mullaugh(I.D.No. 76397) 100 Pine Street, P.O. Box 1166 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166 717- 232-8000 Counsel for Marshall Dixon as Executor of the Estate of Lottie Ivy Dixon Date: May 6, 2013 4 � , CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that on this date a true and correct copy of the forgoing document was served by first class mail,postage prepaid, addressed as follows: Kevin J. Kehner, Esquire Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP 200 Locust Street, Suite 400 Harrisburg, PA 17101 Attorney for George Dixon and Richard Dixon Mark Bradshaw, Esquire Stevens & Lee, P.C. 17 N. Second St., 16th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101 Attorney for M&T Bank Daniel L. Sullivan, Esq. Saidis, Sullivan& Rogers 26 West High Street Carlisle, PA 17013 Attorney for Marshall Dixon, Individually Charlotte Ivy Dixon 323 Bayview Street Camden, ME 04843 Kimb olonna Dated: May 6, 2013