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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY,PEEINSYGVANI
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In Re Estate of Donna J. Fritz, Deceased
No. 21-13-1009
PETITION FOR CITATION TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY SHOULD NOT BE REVOKED AND LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION d.b.n.c.t.a. BE GRANTED TO A QUALIFIED THIRD PARTY
TO THE REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA:
Your Petitioner, Jodi A. Fritz, hereby files this Petition and respectfully represents that:
1. Your Petitioner is Jodi A. Fritz, an adult individual with a mailing address of JAF
Station, P.O. Box 8067, New York, NY 10001.
2. Your Respondent is Robert L. Fritz, an adult individual residing at 105 Kings Highway,
Marysville, Perry County, PA 17053.
3. Petitioner is the daughter of Donna J. Fritz, ("Decedent"), a resident of Forest Park
Health Center, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, who died on June 19, 2013.
4. At the hearing scheduled on Petitioner's Petition to be appointed as the Administrator
of the Decedent's Estate, Petitioner and Respondent advised the Register of Wills
that they believed they could work jointly with each otherto administerthe Decedent's
Estate. As the result of that representation and pursuant to the terms of the
Decedent's Last Will and Testament, Letters Testamentary were issued to Petitioner
and Respondent .
5. Petitioner and Respondent have not been able to communicate with each other nor
to jointly administer the Estate as evidenced by the following:
(A) At the conclusion of the 11/21/2013 proceedings, Petitioner's Attorney, Diane
G. Radcliff, Esquire offered to secure the EIN for the Estate, but such offer
was turned down by the Respondent who stated he would take care of it.
(B) On November 27, 2013, Petitioner through her attorney, Diane G. Radcliff,
Esquire, sent Respondent a letter regarding the Administration of the Estate,
to which the Respondent never responded. A true and correct copy of the
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11.27.13 letter is attached hereto, marked Exhibit"A"and made apart hereof.
(C) Respondent has failed to contact Petitioner or taken any action to jointly
administer the Estate.
6. The Estate has received checks and has other funds that need to be deposited or
transferred into an Estate Account.
7. The Estate has past due bills that must be paid.
8. The PA Inheritance Tax Return is required to be filed by March 24, 2014, 9 months
from the date of the Decedent's death.
9. Petitioner believes that it would be in the best interest of the Estate for Letters of
Administration d.b.n.c.t.a. be granted to a qualified third party to be appointed by the
Court.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests that a citation be awarded, directed to the
Respondent, Robert L. Fritz, to show cause why the Letters Testamentary, granted to
Respondent, Robert L. Fritz and Petitioner, Jodi A. Fritz, be revoked and Letters of
Administration d.b.n.c.t.a, be granted to a qualified third party appointed by the Court.
Dated: Respectfully submitted,
DCLIFF, ESQt1�
3448 Trindle Road
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Telephone: (717) 737-0100
Supreme Court ID #32112
Attorney for Petitioner, Jodi A. Fritz
VERIFICATION
I verify that the statements made in the foregoing document are true and correct. I
understand that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.
Section 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
t ti A. Fritzz
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