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Home My WebLink About05-19-14 PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS REGISTER OF WII,LS OF CUMBERLAND 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: Richard H. Laughlin File No: �� J � I r ��7 �� a: (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: �a: Social Security No: Date of Death: 2/19/2014 Age at death: 72 Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (State)with his/her last principal residence at 15 Laughlin Lane Newburg 17240 Hopewell Township Cumberland Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County Decedent died at Chambersburg Hospital 17201 Borough Chambersburg Franklin PA Street address,Post Office and Zip Cade City,Towns6ip or Borough County State Estimate of value of decedent's property at death: Ifdomici[ed in Pennsylvania......•••••.....................All personal property $ 200.�� Ifnot domiciled in Pennsylvania.............................Personal property in Pennsylvania $ If not domiciled in Pennsy[vania.............................Personal property in County $ Value ojreal estate in Pennsy[vania.............................................................. $ 4.800.00 TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE.... $ S,OOO.00 Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: 011@-flfth 111t@f@St Hopewell Township Cumberland (Attach additiona!sheets,ifnecessary.) Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Towoship or Borough County � A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentarv Petitioner(s)aver(s)he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated 11/16/2010 and Codicil(s) thereto dated none none State relevant circumstances(eg.renuncialion,death ojerecumr,etc.) � � c=.� � Except as follows:after the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate Decedent did not marry,was not divor ,was not a p�to a�d� divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa C.S.§3323(g),and di�no�ve a child�m or� � adopted;and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. c;7 -� { �'� � f'zl � C: ...,� c� ,wJ ,� i__ � �.,1 i'�l � NO EXCEPTIONS ❑EXCEPTIONS :> ��., � ��,� �:� ?': t:� .� <,:::.•� t� ❑ B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration(If applicable) - ' =�'� ; c.t.a.,d.b.n.,d.b.n.c.t.a.,pendente lite,durfi�ite&�se�ia,du�te minoritate �,.� � � ..... ..... If Administration,c.t.a. or db.n.c.t.a.,enter date of Will in Section A above and complete� �� heirs.Q ;i== r�rt �..� t ^ Except as follows: Decedent was not a party to a pending divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had be Restablished a4�finedN � 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 seazch has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse(if any)and heirs(attach additional shee[s,if necessary): Name Relationship Address Form RW-02 rev.10/1lr701/ Page 1 of 2 Oath of Personal Representative om��Use o"�Y COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } SS: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND } Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address 15 Laughlin Lane Rachel M. Lau hlin Newbur PA 17240 The Petitioner(�)above-named sweaz(s)or affirm(s)the statements in the foregoing Petition aze true and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief of Petitioner(s)and that,as Personal Representative(s)of the Decede he Petitioner(s)w�1 well and truly administer the estate according to law. /� �� Sworn to��or�a.ff,irmec3 an s bscribed before ��/?�, Date me ��, .. ,�,day of �� ate � �� • Date gy�� Date ° '� For the Register G7 � �"� p � � � �:;.t"3 � -� ; c� BOND Required• ❑ YES � NO To the Register of�lls: � � �� ".:, r-+-� FEES: Please enter my appearance by my signat�ir•e lqw; �p -.,, `� C;, ,:'" 5 30.00 Attorne Si nature: ' � ' � 't -�,-� Letters...... . . ....... . . .... . . $ Y g �> c-� � 3 _ (1 )Short Certificates(s) ...... 5.00 �, � -q�t � "':u C� ( )Renunciation(s).......... /�V �-�� C' r-�-' � ( )Codicil(s) .............. -p �—' -Yi � )�davit(s). . . ...... . . .. • '"�' U1 Bond ......................... Printe ame: Suzanne M. Tnnh Supreme Court Commission .................... ID Number: 92747 Other •-••••••• Will ......... 15.00 F;rm Name: Zullin�er-Davis P C Inheritance Return ......... 15.00 Address: 14 North Main Street Inventorv ......... 15.00 Suite 200 ��••-•••- Chambersburg PA 17201 ......... Phone: (717)264-6029 ......... F�: (71�264-1884 Automation Fee ................. 5.00 Email: St�ltlh zullinger-davis.com 7CS Fee ......---•............. 23.50 'ro'rAL......................$ 108.50 DECREE OF THE REGISTER Estate of Richard H Laughlin File No: �� ^ � 1 9 � a/k/a: AND NOW, (�� , 2014 ,in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented b re me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary _ are hereby granted to Rachel M Laughlin �_� in the above estate and fifapplicablel that the instrument(s)dated November 16 2010 — — described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will(and Codicil(s))of Decedent. � � � E egister of Wills ''r �' �� ( Fo,�,aw oz rev.�oi�lizon ��gage f 2 JRZ - 5 . 1 laughlin. l November 10 , 2010 - � _ c� � ..� � rn � � � � o � LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT rn � � � � iiQ _, ......� � -�J ;r. r.._ �„ ' f �n �,., � t� :�' ... f;} , r.� C::> I, RICHARD H. LAUGHLIN, of 15 Laughlin Lan�, �...�I�W�J�. V � v c_ e.._ c� ►--� Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and dis'�s�.ng nfr�dr{rn- a memory and understanding, do hereby declare this to be my w�iLll, hereby revoking any and all former wills and codicils thereto by me heretofore made . I. I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses, including all expenses of my last illness, shall be paid from my estate as soon as practicable after my decease as a part of the expense of the administration of my estate . � II. I give, devise and bequeath the residue of my �stat� of e�ery nature and wherever situate to my wife, Rachel M. Laughlin, providing she shall survive me by thirty days . III. Should my wife, Rachel M. Laughlin, predecease me or die on or before the thirtieth day following my death I give, devise and _ _ _ _ _ bequeath the residue of my estate of every nature and wherever situate as follows : A. One-half thereof to my son, Richard H. Laughlin, II, provided however, should my said son predecease me or die on or before the thirtieth day following my death, his share shall be distributed to his issue, per stirpes, living on the thirty-first day following my death; B. One-fourth thereof to my grandson, Richard H. Laughlin, � III, provided however, should my said grandson predecease me or die on or before the thirtieth day following my death, his share shall be distributed under subparagraph � C herein; � C. One-fourth thereof to my granddaughter, Erin E . Laughlin, provided however, should my said granddaughter predecease me or die on or before the thirtieth day following my death, her share shall be distributed under subparagraph 1 B herein; D. In the event both of my grandchildren predecease me or die on or before the thirtieth day following my death, their shares snall be distributed to my son under subparagraph A herein. IV. In the event that anyone entitled to a share of my estate shall be under the age of twenty-three years at the time for Page 2 _ _ distribution to such beneficiary, I constitute and appoint Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Chambersburg, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, as trustee of any property which passes either under this will or otherwise to said beneficiary. Said trustee shall in the trustee' s sole discretion and without order of court, use principal as well as income from time to time as may appear to be necessary for the beneficiary' s welfare, comfort, medical care, recreation, support and education, without responsibility to the beneficiary or to any person taking care of the beneficiary; and � the remaining balance in the hands of said trustee shall be distributed to said beneficiary when the beneficiary attains the age of twenty-three years . If such beneficiary dies prior to attaining the age of twenty-three years, said trustee is authorized in the trustee' s discretion to pay part or all of the beneficiary' s funeral expenses and the remaining balance in the hands of said trustee shall be distributed to the beneficiary' s personal � representative . In the event the funds held by the trustee for any beneficiary become in the opinion of the trustee too small for proper and efficient administration, the trustee, in the trustee' s sole discretion, may deposit such funds in a savings accoun� in the name of the beneficiary. V. Any fiduciary under this will shall have the following powers in addition to those vested in them by law and by other provisions Page 3 of my will applicable to all property whether principal or income, including property held for minors, exercisable without Court approval, and effective until actual distribution of all property: A. To retain any and all of the assets of my estate, real or personal, without regard to any principle of diversification of risk. B. To invest in all forms of property including stock, common trust funds and mortgage investment funds without restriction to investments authorized for Pennsylvania - fiduciaries as they deem proper, without regard to any principle of diversification of risk. C. To sell at public or private sale, to exchange or to lease for any period of time any real or personal property and to give options for sales, exchanges or leases, for such prices and upon such terms or conditions as they deem proper. D. To allocate receipts and expenses to principal or income or partly to each as they from time to time think proper. � E . To compromise any claim or controversy. F. To distribute in cash or in kind ar partly in each. G. To hold property in their names without designation of any fiduciary capacity or in the name of a nominee or unregistered. Page 4 v2. The interest of the beneficiaries hereunder shall not be subject to anticipation or to voluntary or involuntary alienation; and the principal and income shall be paid by the trustee or guardian directly to or for the use of the beneficiary entitled thereto, without regard to any assignment, order, attachment or claim whatever. VII. I direct that all taxes that may be assessed in consequence of my death of whatever nature and by whatever jurisdiction imposed, shall be paid from my residuary estate as a part of the expense of the administration of my estate . VIII. I appoint my wife, Rachel M. Laughlin, as executrix of this my will . Should she predecease me, fail to qualify or cease to act, I appoint my son, Richard H. Laughlin, II, as executor of this my will . Should both my wife and my son fail to qualify or case to act, I appoint Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Chambersburg, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, as executor of this my will . Page 5 IX. No bond shall be required of any fiduciary hereunder in any jurisdiction. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and seal to this my last will and testament, consisting of seven typewritten pages, the first five of which bear my signature in the margin for the purpose of identification this �day of p�ni,�n�.bp✓ � 2U�U - (SEAL) Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named testator as and for his last will and testament in our presence, who in his presence, at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our hands as attesting witnesses . � C� S 5 �l p� We, RICHARD H. LAUGHLIN, I �TOI'� � �)a U� and S�� m, �� , the testator and the witnesses respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signed and executed the Page 6 instrument as his last will and testament and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the said testator, signed the will as witnesses and to the best of their knowledge, said signer was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no const int or undue influence . � estato ' c . � witness � J'� �� Witness Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by the above-named signer and subscribed and sworn to befo e by the above-named itnesses this � day of �v� m � , 2 C� Notary Pub ic C�;;�1�0�'J�U�ALT'ri��Pc�4�7SYt'�A�tIA "°�—Ntitar�at Sea4 Ang�la P�1.SchaeiF�r,NoG�y Publie S1�ippensbt!;c Bc;,�,C�am�er!.�n�:Ceunty Cfiy��rnmis>:::n�>:^'.+�s 5�1;:y 25,7Q11 rs�;�;ber;s��rinsv+aania r�Fseciation of Fdotaries Page 7 REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS PENNSYLVANIA ,, - RT1 No. 2014- 00487 PA No. 21- 14- 0487 Es ta te Of: RICHARD H LAUGHLIN lFirs6 Midd/e,Lastl , - N c+ � La te Of: HOPEWELLc`�0 NSHt1`'' � � CUMBERLA�OUNL',�' �`? ra p7 ."C� �—�G ;�,> :U Deceased �" -�- �' ° Social Securi ty No: ��-` - � , , {�,.�; v � c;� �.� w'i _. ti�r C7 �-_•; � � '"ri ti"? c-:' -�1 ,.•� WHEREAS, on the 19th day of May 2014 an<��trumo t ;�'a�d r November 16th 2010 was admitted to probate � the la�st f�Pi�1 of RICHARD H LAUGHLIN (Fiist,Middle,Lastl . late of HOPEWELL TOWNSH/P, CUMBERLAND County, who died on the 19th day of February 2014 and WHEREAS, a true copy of the will as probated is annexed hereto. THEREFORE, I, L/SA M. GRAYSON, ESQ. , Register of Wills in and for CUMBERLAND County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hereby certify that I have this day granted Letters TESTAMENTARY to: RACHEL M LAUGHLIN who has duly qualified as EXECUTOR(R/X) and has agreed to administer the estate according to law, all of which fully appears of record in my office at CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT HOUSE, CARLISLE, PENNSYL VANIA. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office on the 19th day of May 20�4. , , ( , �_. � . % � ; � �� . �'��I��L_ ��%i� , � �'� - �� _(� i � � Regtster of Will.�` �� , ��'4� _!� � C �- I � � /' °1 � '�L �� `� ��'l--C�� ,-- /r--De�r�# / i y y wT/ITT.L.L T T T TTT MP. C n Rnrr� �PPF'A R (FTR,4T. MIDDLE, LAST)