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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-07-15 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: Charles R.Elliott DecedenYs Information � �j�J� Name: Jenny Grace Elliott File No: 21-15 �/ a/k/a: Jenny G.Elliott (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: a/k/a: Social Security No: Date of Death: 04/14/2015 Age at Death: 78 Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, pq (State)with his/her last principal residence at 321 S.Orange Street,Carlisle 17013 Carlisle Cumberland Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County Decedent died at 321 S.Orange Street,Carlisle 17013 Carlisle Cumberland PA Street address,Post Offce and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County Stale Estimate of value of decedenYs property at death: If domiciled in Pennsylvania...................... All personal property $ Over 100.00 If not domiciled in Pennsylvania................ Personal property in Pennsylvania $ If not domiciled in Pennsylvania................ Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania....................................•••••.......................... $ TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE $ 100.00 Real esfale in Pennsylvania situated at (Attach additiona/sheets,i/necessary.) Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County � A. PgYi4inn fnr Pmhata and Crant of LertErS T@St2fT1@f1t�rN Petitioner(s)aver(s)that he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the Last Will of the Decedent,dated 08/14/2014 and Codicil(s) thereto dated State relevant circumstances(e.g.,renunciation,death of executor,etc.) Except as follows:after the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate,Decedent did not marry,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. �NO EXCEPTIONS � EXCEPTIONS ❑ B. pP+�tion for rant of Letters of Administration (If applicable) c.t.a.,d.b.n_,d.b-n.c_t.a.,pedente lite,durante absentia.du�ante minoritate If Administration,c.t.a ord.b.n.c.t.a.,enter date of Will in Section A above and com�lete list of heir�. Except as follows:Decedent was not a party to.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 ad�udicated an incapacitated person. �NO EXCEPTIONS � EXCEPTIONS Petitioner(s),after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse(if any)and heirs(attach additional sheets,if necessary): � � �� Name Relationship Address c"> �"1 � :,,. Q •`"' � =� ??� ...�G `w� r.� ".� `"'� �_` �,) � .t- �--- r� �Y � � w` ' ._r"l . , � v7 ��9 ��.P ..,�� ,',"M C..7 , _ F"' 1' t'T1 ;._:i Lti� � ^tl --.] Form RW-02 rev.10-11-2011 Copyrighl(c)2011 form soflware only The Lackner Group,Inc. Page 1 of 2 -�°`�""11�Iff�41P-Il_.�1�_.��.... " Oath of Personal Representative Official Use Only COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } SS: COUNTY OF Cumberland } Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address Charles R.Elliott 321 S.Orange Street C.'d�ar`.es Rv,�,��1( �l�,b{� Carlisle,PA 17013 �--a � w � � "�� o� � G�' �' � � f"jL � : .'� �.— � 1'1 �,.... _'.ra' �-"� �..7 ,4 ,..) .,"•. `_.,< "', The Petitioner(s)above-named swear(s)or affirm(s)the statements� the fore etiti are ue and correct to the;bQsj of-th,e k��ledge�n�� belief of Petitioner(s)and that,as Personal Representative(s) e e i� �;1LatSd truly adminis4ter the e�f�te asfibrdin��to Jaw. Swor to ir ed a subscribed ef f ��. Date�"�� " /S � _,'{ � f T l@ t h l S �i a y f ��/ +''%� Date �� rn O By: C�.- �i'% oate 7—.2�/�'_ or egist r Date BOND Required? ❑ YES ❑ NO To the RegisterofWills: PI my appearance by my signature below: FEES: , Letter .......................................... $ �� Attorn nature: � ( )Short Certificate(s)......... Q '�`w � '"�� ( )Renunciation(s).............. ^^ ( )Codicil(s)........................ ( )Affidavit(s)...................... Printed Name: Brian F.Boland Esq. Bond............................................. Supreme Court Commission.................................. ID Number: 43763 Oth �V`� �i�� Firm Name: Kozloff Stoudt PC Address: 2640 Westview Dr. � C�()i� Wyomissing,PA 19610 Phone: (610)670-2552 Automation Fee............................ ��� Fax: JCS Fee....................................... ° ) TOTAL......................................... $ E-mail: bboland@kozloffstoudt.com DECREE OF THE REGISTER Date of Death: 04/14/2015 Social Security No: 271-32-0998 Estate of Jenny Grece Elliott File No: 21- "��T T_ a/k/a: Jenn G.Elliott AND NOW, , , L3� J ,in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having bee presented before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters stamenta are hereby granted to Charles R Elliott � /�-LZr �/7LI/'/�s ,LQ��� �a in the above estate and(if applicable)that the instrument(s)dated 08/14/2014 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record a the 1Nill(and di � s))of Dece n � � ,J� egister of Wills Copyright(c)2011 form software only The Lackner Group,Inc. age 2 of�2 � ���. ���( � � REGISTER OF WILLS Certificate of Grant of Letters CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ,. , , � � No. 21-15-0511 PA No. 21-15-0511 t � ESTATE OF JennX Grace Elliott ____ i . a/k/a Jenny G. Elliott ____ �` Late Of: Carlisle Borou�h, Cumberland County, Deceased t Social Security No. __ � , f WHEREAS, on the 7th day of May, 2015, the instrument dated August 14, 2014, was admitted to probate as the Last Will of Je�iy Grace Elliott a/k/a Jenny G. Elliott late of Carlisle Borough, who died on the 14th day of April, 2015, and WHEREAS, a true copy of the will as probated is annexed heretc�. THEREFORE, I, Lisa M. Grayson, Esq., Register of Wills in and for the County of Cumberland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hereby certify that I have this day granted Letters Testamentary to Charles R. Elliott, a/k/a Charles Ronnall Elliott who duly qualified as Executor and who agreed to administer the estate, accc�rding to law, all of which fully appears of record in my office at Carlisle, Pennsylvarlia. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affired the seal of my office the 7th day of May, 2015. Re�zex�a��;Wills . -_�,, � Deputy ' **NOTE** ALL NA ABOVE APPEAR (FIRST, n 1IDDLE, LAST) MILITARY TESTAMENTARY PREAMBLE: This is a MILITARY TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENT prepared pursuant to Title 10 United States Code, Section 1044d, and executed by a person authorized to receive legal assistance from the military services. Federal law exempts this document from any requirement of form, formality, or recording that is prescribed for testamentary instruments under the laws of a state, the District of Columbia, or a territory, commonwealth or possession of the United States. Federal law specifies that this document shall be given the same legal effect as a testamentary instrument prepared and executed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is presented for probate. It shall remain valid unless and until the Testatrix revokes it. ,�� � � � � � LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT � � -��—, r? .c-�`�'. r`� �' �, -c ,�,, :;:� . .._,p ;�.� OF . �,.� � r-:t _... �.:::3 , , , , , JENNY GRACE ELLIOTT ' � ' '� � _.,_� ' �,,, �.:� ti� � r � r�� I, JENNY GRACE ELLIOTT, a resident of the Commonwealth � `'' � Pennsylvania, make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, revoking all wills and codicils at any time heretofore made by me. I live with my husband who retired from the military service of the United States. FIRST: I direct that the expenses of my last illness and funeral, the expenses of the administration of my estate, and all estate, inheritance and similar taxes payable with respect to property included in my estate, whether or not passing under this will, and any interest or penalties thereon, shall be paid out of my residuary estate, without apportionment and with no right of reimbursement from any recipient of any such property (including reimbursement under Section 2207B of the Internal Revenue Code). SECOND: I give all real estate owned by me at the time of my death, and all rights that I have under any related insurance policies, to my llusband CHARLES RONNALL ELLIOTT, if he survives me. THIRD: I give all tangible personal property owned by me at the time of my death, including without limitation personal effects, clothing, jewelry, furniture, furnishings, household goods, automobiles and other vehicles, and all rights that I have under any related insurance policies, to my husband CHARLES RONNALL ELLIOTT, if he survives me, or if he does not survive me, then I give the items of tangible personal property listed below, if owned by me at the time of my death, as follows: My diamond rings to my daughter KIMBERLY LYNN ELLIOTT; my grandfather clock to my son ERIC SHAWN ELLIOTT; my two large umbrella Hummel figurines to my son KEVIN FREDRICK ELLIOTT; my Aunt Grace's tea set to my son JEFFREY RONNAL ELLIOTT; and .�����A����„����-„� � 6 my Franklin Mint book set to my son JEFFREY RONNALL ELLIOTT. These items are to be considered part of each beneficiary's share of my estate. All other tangible personal property shall be divided to those of my children (my son JEFFREY RONNAL ELLIOTT, my daughter KIMBERLY LYNN ELLIOTT, my son KEVIN FREDRICK ELLIOTT and my son ERIC SHAWN ELLIOTT) who survive me, in substantially equal shares, to be divided among them as they shall agree, or if they cannot agree, as my Executor shall determine. I further request that any items that no one desires and is to be sold be removed from the house to be sold or sold in bulk and removed as I do not want a sale in my home. I do not want strangers and curiosity-seekers going through my personal belongings. FOURTH: I give all the rest, residue and remainder of my property and estate, both real and personal, of whatever kind and wherever located, that [ own or to which I shall be in any manner entitled at the time of my death (collectively referred to as my "residuary estate"), as follows: (a) If my husband CHARLES RONNALL ELLIOTT survives me, to my husband outright. (b) If my husband does not survive me, then to those of my children who survive me and to the issue who survive me of those of my children who shall not survive me,Ler stirpes. (c) If my husband does not survive me and there shall be no issue of mine then living, I give my residuary estate to those who would take fi•om me as if I were then to die without a will, unmarried and the absolute owner of my residuary estate, and a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. FIFTH: If any property of my estate vests in absolute ownership in a minor or incompetent, my Executor, at any time and without court authorization, may: distribute the whole or any part of such property to the beneficiary; or use the whole or any part for the health, education, maintenance and support of the beneficiary; or distribute the whole or any part to a guardian, committee or other legal representative of the beneticiary, or to a custodian for the beneficiary under any gifts to minors or transfers to minors act, or to the person or persons with whom the beneficiary resides. Evidence of any such distribution or the receipt therefor executed by the person to whom the distribution is made shall be a full discharge of my Executor from any liability with respect thereto, even though my Executor may be such person. If such beneficiary is a minor,my Executor may defer the distribution of the whole or any part of such property until the beneficiary attains the age of twenty-one (21) years, and may liold the same as a separate fund for the beneficiary with all of the powers described in Article SEVENTH hereof. If the beneficiary dies before attaining said age, any balance shall be paid and distributed to the estate of the beneficiary. SIXTH: I appoint my husband CHARLES RONNALL ELLIOTT to be my Executor. If my husband does not survive me, or shall fail to qualify for any reason as my Executor, or having qualified shall die, resign or cease to act for any reason as my Executor, I appoint my son JEFFREY RONNALL ELLIOTT as my Executor. If my son JEFFREY RONNALL ELLIOTT shall fail to qualify for any reason as my Executor, or having qualified shall die, resign ar cease to act for any reason as my Executor, i appoint my son KEVIN FREDRICK ELLIOTT as my Executor. If my son KEVIN FREDRICK ELLIOTT shall fail to qualify for any reason as my Executor, or having qualified shall die, resign or cease to act for any reason as my Executor, I appoint my son ERIC SHAWN ELLIOTT as my Executor. If my son ERIC SHAWN ELLIOTT shall fail to qualify for any reason as my Executor, or having qualified shall die, resign or cease to act for any reason as my Executor, I appoint my daughter KIMBERLY LYNN ELLIOTT as my Executor. I direct that no Executor shall be required to file or furnish any bond, surety or other security in any jurisdiction. SEVENTH: I grant to my Executor all powers conferred on executors under the Pennsylvania Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code, as amended, or any successor thereto, and all powers conferred upon executors wherever my Executor may act. I also grant to my Executor power to retain, sell at public or private sale, exchange, grant options on, invest and reinvest, and otherwise deal with any kind of property, real or personal, for cash or on credit; to borrow money and encumber or pledge any property to secure loans; to pay any legacy or distribute, divide or partition property in cash or in kind, or partly in kind, and to allocate different kinds of property, disproportionate amounts of property and undivided interests in property among any parts, funds or shares; to determine the fair valuation of property, with or without regard to tax basis; to exercise all powers of an absolute owner of property; to compromise and release claims with or without consideration; and to employ attorneys, accountants and other persons for services or advice. The term "Executor" wherever used herein shall mean the executors, executor, executrix or administrator in office from time to time. EIGHTH: I direct that for purposes of this will a beneficiary shall be deemed to predecease me unless such beneficiary survives me by more than thir-ty days. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, JENNY GRACE ELLIOTT, sign my name and publish and declare this instrument as my last will and testament this 14th day of August, 2014. ���� ��� JENN7 GRACE ELLIOTT The foregoing instrument was signed, published and declared by JENNY GRACE ELLIOTT, the above-named Testatrix, to be her last will and testament in our presence, all being present at the same time, and we, at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other,have subscribed our names as witnesses on the date above written. r -� �.,��. print: au"�,� ay/r� print: ��-.��.. .. ,�,��:';,���-,s having an address at having an address at , � �� ,�/� ,��1 �,�0�3 w�� � �� � � ,,, .�.,���,,���r,�,�,� � MILITARY TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENT SELF-PROVING AFFIDAVIT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, ss. We, the Testatrix and the witnesses, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that in the presence of the military legal counsel and the witnesses the Testatrix, JENNY GRACE ELLIOTT, signed and executed the instrument as her military testamentary instrument, that she had signed willingly, and that she executed it as her free and voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein expressed. It is further declared that each of the witnesses, at the request of the Testatrix, in the presence and hearing of the Testatrix, the military legal assistance counsel and each other, signed the military testamentary instrument as witness, and that to the best of his or her knowledge the Testatrix was at the time at least eighteen years of age or emancipated, of sound mind, and under no constraint, duress, fraud or undue influence. � JE GRACE ELLIOTT Testatrix �_= print: o�rs�<I�� u s��� Witness �'-�is��-. ��Y'y'—� prin�� -;y .� �..r-: �-� Witness Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by the said JENNY GRACE ELLIOTT, Testatrix, and subscribed and sworn to before me by the above-named witnesses, this 14th day of August, 2014. Notary ic y commissi expires �� �5� �IDI� QOMM TH QF LVANIA NbWdal Seal Kdmi May Hertzler,Nolary Public Ca►Mkle Boro,Cumberland County Comml�lon�qalres AprN 15,2017 �►�eEa,�w+s�n.vwaa as�na'no�oF�rnat�s ..��,��,��,, ,�,�-,,.. , LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JENNY GRACE ELLIOTT Dated: August 14, 2014 Prepared by: Captain Katie T. Dang Member of the Bars in New York and District of Columbia Office of the Post Judge Advocate Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 17013 717.245.4940 -___ ___.._ _