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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-14-05 IN RE: MILDRED J. GERBER TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 19, 1997 : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA : ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION : NO. 21-2002-0540" IN RE: MILDRED J GERBER ESTATE : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA : ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION : NO. 21-2001-92 IN RE: FRED E. GERBER, SR. TRUST Dated July 29,1994 : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA : ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION : NO. 21-1998-0195 TRUSTEE'S REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF FILING DATE FOR DISCOVERY AND NOW, comes the Trustee and Executor, Frederick E. Gerber, II, by and through his a<<orney, Richard C. Rupp, Esquire and respectfully avers as follows: 1. A Request for Production of Documents in the above action was served upon the Trustee's counsel on March 17, 2005. 2. Trustee's response period ends on April 15, 2005. 3. Trustee and his attorney have not conferred in person in this matter since before filing of the Request for . , Documents.' 4. Trustee has been out of the country. 5. Marilyn Gerber has filed FIVE Petitions to be answered:in the same time frame. ' , III 6. (,,,) C) A request has been made to Jacqueline Verney, Esquire; Lindsay Dare Baird, Esquire and Joanne Book, Esquire. Lindsay Dare Baird consents and the other counsel are believed not to oppose Trustee's request. Marilyn Gerber opposes this Motion. 1 7. Your Petitioner, Frederick E. Gerber, is the Trustee of the Frederick E. Gerber Sr. Trust, the former Trustee of the Mildred J. Gerber Trust, and the Executor of the Mildred J. Gerber Estate. 8. Your Petitioner is the accountant in two accounts filed on January 28, 2005 with the Clerk of the Orphans Court of Cumberland County - one account for the Mildred J. Gerber Trust and one for the Fred E. Gerber Sr. Trust. 9. The account for the Trust of Mildred J. Gerber covers the period from 1998 through 2001; the account for Fred E. Gerber, Sr. Trust covers the period from 1998 through December 31, 2004. 10. The time to respond to Marilyn Gerber's discovery is on or before April 15, 2005. 11. There may be a number of documents the accountant may Have to produce in response to Marilyn Gerber's request for production of documents. 12. As the Accountant has been out of the country before Service of Marilyn Gerber's Request for Production of Documents, the accountant and counsel have had no opportunity to review her request nor make adequate Preparation to reply to Marilyn Gerber's Request for Production of Documents. 13. Further, accountant's legal counsel has been working on The responses to Marilyn Gerber's FIVE Rules to show Cause. 14. The accountant should be arriving back into the country the week of April 11, 2005. 2 VERIFICATION I, Richard C. Rupp, verify that the statements in the foregoing document are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. Said statements are based on my own knowledge, belief or information. They are made for the Trustee who is out of the Court's jurisdiction and is unable to sign in time for filing. I understand that false statements herein are made subject to penalties of 18 Pa. C.S.A. * 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities. Date: .1,yfr . CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Richard C. Rupp, Esquire, do hereby certifY that I am serving a true and correct copy of the foregoing Amended and Restated First and Final Account upon the persons names below by placing the same in the United States Mail, First Class, Postage Prepaid, on the date stated below: William A. Duncan, Esquire 1 Irvine Row Carlisle, P A 17013 Marilyn Jo Gerber 717 Market Street Lemoyne, PA 17043 Joanne Book Christine, Esquire Rhoads & Sinon, LLP One South Market Square P.O. Box 1146 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146 Jacqueline Verney, Esquire 44 South Hanover Street Carlisle, P A 17013 Lindsay Dare Baird, Esquire 37 South Hanov e Carlisle, P 7013 Date: V/O/~ ( Ri hard C. Rupp, Es Attorney I.D. # 34832 355 North 21" Street, Suite 205 Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011 (717) 761-3459 15. The accountant and his legal counsel require more time than allowed by the Rules of Civil Procedure to respond to Marilyn Gerber's Request for Production of Documents for both Trusts, Mildred J. Gerber's Trust and Fred E. Gerber, Sr.'s Trust. 16. The accountant requests 30 day extension from April 12,2005 through May 11, 2005. 17. A fax has been sent to Jacqueline Verney, Esq., Lindsay Dare Baird, Esq. and Joanne Book, Esquire and Marilyn Gerber with respect to the accountant's petition. WHEREFORE, the accountant, Your Petitioner, Frederick E. Gerber, II, respectfully requests an extension to respond to the Request for Production of Documents served by Marilyn J. Gerber with respect to the two accounts filed by the accountant. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, RUPP L By: , Richard C. Rupp, Esq Atty. 1.0. No. 34832 355 N. 21st St., Ste. 205 Camp Hill, PA 17011 717-761-3459 Attorneys for Frederick E. Gerber, II, Executor of the Estate of Mildred J. Gerber Date: Ijtl/& 6 3