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PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS 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 2-1 - 1q
Name: Joseph E.Hanlon File No: - L499
a/k/a: (Assigned by Register)
a/k/a:
a/k/a: Social Security No:
Date of Death: April 12,2014 Age at death: 81
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, pennsylyania (State) with his/her last
principal residence at 27 Blue Mountain Vista,Mechanicsburg, 17050 Silver Spring Township Cumberland
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
Decedent died at 1000 Claremont Road Carlisle, 17013 Middlesex Township Cumberland PA
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County State
Estimate of value of decedent's property at death:
If domiciled in Pennsyl vania.. ....... . ...... ..... ..... .. All personal property $ 60,000.00
If not domiciled in Pe nnsylvania. . ........ ..... .... ..... Personal property in Pennsylvania $
If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. ......... ..... .... ..... Personal property in County $
Value of real estate in Pennsyl vania... ..... ................ .... ...... ...... .. ... ............ $
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE. .. . $ 60 000.00
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: N/A
(Attach additional sheets,ifnecessary.) Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough 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 12/07/2005 and Codicil(s)
thereto dated N/A
State relevant circumstances(eg.renunciation,death of executor,etc)
Except as follows: after the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate Decedent did not many,was not divorced,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 did not have a child born or
adopted;and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person.
0 NO EXCEPTIONS ®EXCEPTIONS
® B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable)
c.t.a.,d.b.n.,d.b.n.c.t.a.,pendente lite,durante absentia,durante minoritate
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 hasihave ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse(if any)and heirs(attach
additional sheets,ifnecessary):
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Oath of Personal Representative official Use only
'RECORDED OFFICE OF
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } REGISTER OF WILLS
} SS:
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND } 2014 MY 22 An 11 9,q
Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address CLERK
Adele F.Hanlon 27 Blue Mountain Vista Mechanicsburg,PA 1705 ORPHANS COURT
0 CO., PA
The Petitioner(s)above-named swear(s)or affirm(s)the statements in the foregoing Petition r We and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief
of Petitioner(s)and that,as Personal Representative(s)of the Dec ent,the Petit er_(s)' r1I well and truly administer the estate according to law.
Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed beforeAt . 7°� k 6—� Date
me 's,Q-a day of Date
$ pop Date
r the Register Date
BOND Required: O YES 0 NO To the Register of Wills:
FEES: Please enter my appearance by my signature below:
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Attorney Signature:
( y) Short Certificate(s).. . . . . �r1
( )Renunciation(s).. . . . . . . .
( )Codicil(s). . . . . . . . . . . . .
( )Affidavit(s).. . . . . . . . . . .
Bond.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Printed Name: Elyse E. Rogers
Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supreme Court
Othe . . . . . . . . ID Number: 41274
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Firm Name: Saidis,Sullivan&Rogers
. . . . . . . . 1 Address: 1.i5 TQnrih 17th Street- Suite 400
. . . . . . . . It empyrie„PA 17043
. . . . . . Phone: 717-612-5801
Automation Fee. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Fax: 717-612-5805
JCS Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . f60M Email: erngercnccr-attrrneyc enm
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DECREE OF THE REGISTER
Estate of Joseph E Hanlon File No: c_P-
a/k/a:
AND NOW,Ml LI Q� in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having be in presented before me,IT 1S DECREED that Letters Testamentary
are hereby granted to Adele F.Hanlon
in the above estate and(if applicable)that
the instrument(s) dated December 7 2005
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will (and Codicil(s))of Decedent.
Register of Wf,
Form RW-02 rev.1011112011 �9-� ( Page�20f 2
Last Will and Testament
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I, JOSEPH E. HANLON, of Silver Spring Township, Cumbergli _
County, Pennsylvania, do make, publish and declare this to be my Last Wi�1 utd '-' i ""
Testament, hereby revoking all Wills and Codicils by me heretofore made.y
ITEM I: Family Information. I am married to
ADELE F. HANLON and all references to my wife in this Will are to her. I have
three children: MICHELE DAVIS, BETH BIDDER, and KATHLEEN STEPHENS.
These are described in this Will as "my children," or as "a child of mine." Any
person born to or adopted by issue of mine is to be included as issue of mine.
Provided, however, no adopted person shall benefit under this Will unless the order
or decree of adoption is entered before the adopted person attains the age of twenty-
one (2I) years.
ITEM II: Death Taxes. I direct that all inheritance
and estate taxes becoming due by reason of my death, whether payable by my
estate or by any recipient of any property, shall be paid by the Executor out of the
residue of my estate, as an expense and cost of administration of my estate, except
that no taxes shall be charged against any gift qualifying for the marital or
charitable deduction in my estate. The Executor shall have no duty or obligation to
obtain reimbursement for any such tax so paid, even though on proceeds of
insurance or other property not passing under this Will.
ITEM III: Debts and Final Expenses. I direct the
Executor to pay the expenses of my last illness and funeral expenses from the
residue of my estate as an expense and cost of administration of my estate.
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ITEM IV: Tangible Personal Property.
(a) Written List. I may leave a written list in my safe deposit
box or elsewhere disposing of certain items of my tangible personal
property. The Executor shall dispose of items of my personal property
as specified in the written list. If no written list is found in my safe
deposit box or elsewhere and properly identified by the Executor
within thirty (30) days after the probate of my Will, it shall be
presumed that there is no other statement or list. Any subsequently
discovered list shall be ignored.
(b) If Wife Survives. If I die before my wife, ADELE F.
HANLON, I give to her all my tangible personal property not set forth
in the written list referenced in paragraph (a), including but not
limited to, all of my household furniture and furnishings, books,
pictures, jewelry, silverware, automobiles, wearing apparel and all
other articles of household or personal use or adornment and all
policies of insurance thereon.
(c) If Wife Predeceases. If I survive my wife, I give any
property of the type described in paragraph (b) and not set forth in a
written list to my children, to be divided among them as they shall
agree. Should there be no agreement, the Executor shall divide this
property among them in as nearly equal portions as the Executor, in
the discretion of the Executor, deems appropriate, having due regard
to the personal preferences of the beneficiaries.
ITEM V: Residue. I give the residue of my estate, not
disposed of in the preceding portions of this Will, to my wife, ADELE F. HANLON,
if she survives me. If she does not survive me, I give the residue to my children, in
equal shares. If any of my children is not living at my death, the share of my
deceased child shall be paid to his or her then living issue, per stirpes.
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ITEM VI: Administrative Powers. In addition to the
powers granted at law, the Executor shall possess the following powers, each of
which shall be construed broadly and may be exercised without court approval, but
in a fiduciary capacity only:
(a) Retain Investments. To retain any investments I have at
my death, including specifically those consisting of stock of any bank
even if I have named that bank as the Executor.
(b) Vary Investments. To vary investments and to invest in
bonds, stocks, notes, real estate mortgages or other securities or in
other property, real or personal, without being restricted to so-called
"legal investments", and without being limited by any statute or rule of
law regarding investments by fiduciaries.
(c) Division of Assets. In order to divide the principal of my
estate or make distributions, the Executor is authorized to distribute
personal.property and real property partly or wholly in kind, and to
allocate specific assets among beneficiaries so long as the total market
value of each share is not affected by the division, distribution or
allocation in kind. The Executor is authorized to make,join in and
consummate partitions of lands, voluntarily or involuntarily, including
giving of mutual deeds, or other obligations, with as wide powers as an
individual owner in fee simple.
(d) Sell Assets. To sell either at public or rivate sale any y or
all real or personal property severally or in conjunction with other
persons, and to consummate sale(s) by deed(s) or other instrument(s)
to the purchaser(s), conveying a fee simple title. No purchaser shall be
obligated to see to the application of the purchase money or to make
inquiry into the validity of any sale. The Executor is authorized to
make, execute, acknowledge and deliver deeds, assignments, options or
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other writings as necessary or convenient to carry out the powers
conferred upon the Executor.
(e) Encumber Real Estate. To mortgage real estate, and to
make leases of real estate.
(f) Borrow Monev. To borrow money from any person,
including the Executor, to pay indebtedness of mine or of my estate,
expenses of administration or inheritance, legacy, estate and other
taxes, and to assign and pledge assets of my estate.
(g) Pay Costs. To pay all costs, taxes, expenses and charges
in connection with the administration of my estate.
(h) Distributions Without Court Order. To make
distributions of income and of principal to the proper beneficiaries,
during the administration of my estate, with or without court order, in
such manner and in such amounts as my Executor deems prudent and
appropriate.
(i) Vote Stock. To exercise voting rights with respect to
securities which form a part of my estate, and to exercise all the
powers incident; to the ownership of securities.
0) Reorganize. To unite with other owners of property
similar to property in my estate to carry out any plans for the
reorganization of any company whose securities form a part of my
estate.
(k) Disclaim. To disclaim any interest in property which
would devolve to me or my estate by whatever means, including but
not limited to the following means: as beneficiary under a will, as an
appointee under the exercise of a power of appointment, as a person
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entitled to take by intestacy, as a donee of an inter vivos transfer, and
as a donee under a third-party beneficiary contract.
0) Tax Returns. To prepare, execute and file tax returns of
any type required by applicable law, and to make all tax elections
authorized by law.
(m) Allocate Expenses. To allocate administrative expenses
to income or to principal, as the Executor deems appropriate.
However, no allocation to income shall be made if the effect of the
allocation is to cause a reduction in the amount of any estate tax
marital deduction or estate tax charitable deduction.
(n) Employ Advisors. To employ custodians of property,
investment or business advisors, accountants and attorneys as the
Executor deems appropriate, and to compensate these persons from
assets of my estate, without affecting the compensation to which the
Executor is entitled.
(o) Adjust Basis. To make any adjustment to basis
authorized by law, including, but not limited to increasing the basis of
any property included in my estate, whether or not passing under this
Will, by allocating any amount by which the bases of assets may be
I increased. The Executor shall be under no duty and shall not be
fI required to allocate basis increase exclusively, primarily, or at all to
assets which pass as part of my probate estate as opposed to other
property for which a basis adjustment is allowable. The Executor shall
allocate basis increase equitably among those beneficiaries receiving
property as a result of my death, but shall not be liable to any person,
nor subject to removal or surcharge, for any reasonable allocation of
basis increase.
(p) Compromise Claims. To compromise claims.
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(q) Other Acts. To do all other acts in the Executor's
judgment deemed necessary or desirable for the proper and
advantageous management, investment and distribution of the estate.
ITEM VII: Beneficiary Under Age 25. If a beneficiary
under the age of twenty-five (25) years is entitled to receive assets under this Will,
the father of that child shall receive those assets as Custodian for the beneficiary
under the Pennsylvania Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. The Custodian may
receive and administer all assets authorized by law, and shall have full authority as
provided in the Pennsylvania Uniform Transfers to Minors Act to use assets in the
manner the Custodian deems advisable for the best interests of the beneficiary.
ITEM VIII: Survival. Any person who has died within
thirty (30) days of my death, or under such circumstances that the order of our
deaths cannot be established by proof, shall be deemed to have predeceased me.
ITEM IX: Executors. I make the following provisions
with respect to Executors:
(a) Initial Executor. I appoint my wife, ADELE F. HANLON,
to be the Executor.
(b) Successor Executors. In the event that my wife, ADELE
F. HANLON, is unable or refuses to serve as Executor, my daughter, i
MICHELE DAVIS, shall serve as Executor. In the event that my
daughter, MICHELE DAVIS, is unable or refuses to serve as Executor,
my daughters, BETH RIDDER and KATHLEEN STEPHENS, shall
serve as Co-Executors.
(c) Compensation. The Executor shall have the right to
receive reasonable compensation for services rendered and
reimbursement for reasonable expenses.
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(d) Standard of Care. No Executor shall be liable or
accountable for any loss that may result from the good faith exercise of
the authority granted in this Will.
(e) Security. The Executor is specifically relieved from the
duty of filing bond or entering security.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal to this, my
Last Will and Testament, consisting of this and the preceding six (6) pages, at the
end of each page of which I have also set my initials for greater security and better
identification this 7 day of CQn, 200—
(SEAL)
JOSEPH E. HANLON
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Will was signed,
sealed, published and declared by the above-named Testator as and for his Last
Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request and in his presence
and in the presence of each other, have hereunto set our hands and seals the day
and year first above written, and we certify that at the time of the execution
thereof, the said Testator was of sound and disposing mind and memory.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA )
COUNTY OF ) SS:
I, JOSEPH E. HANLON, Testator, whose name is signed to the
attached or foregoing instrument, having been duly qualified according to law, do
hereby acknowledge that I signed and executed the instrument as my Last Will and
Testament; that I signed it willingly; and that I signed it as my free and voluntary
act for the purposes therein expressed.
_ -1
JOSEPH E. HANLON
Sworn to and subscribe4 before
me this Ik day of
, 2005
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
(SEAL)
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
NOTARIAL SEAL
CYNTHIA J.RULE,Notary Public
Camp Hill Boro.,Cumberland County
My Commission Expires Februar y 3,2008
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AFFIDAVIT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA }
COUNTY OF
SS:
We, 1L//A'L� za z' and
the Witnesses whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument,
being duly qualified according to law, do depose and say that we were present and
saw Testator, JOSEPH E. HANLON, sign and execute the instrument as his Last
Will and Testament; that Testator signed willingly and that he executed said Will
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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 Witnesses; and that to the
best of our knowledge the Testator was at that time eighteen (18) or more years of
age, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
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Witness I Witnes„_-.
Sworn to and subscrib d before
me this �+k day of Q
, 20025
Notary Pub is
My Commission Expires:
(SEAL)
COMMON W EARTH or sC""nl
NOTARIAL SEAL
CYNTHIA J.RULE Notary Publicy
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