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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-24-15 PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS Register of Wills of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Petitioner, named below, who is 18 years of age or older, applies for Letters as specified below, and in support thereof, avers the following and respectfully requests the grant of Letters in the appropriate form:: DECEDENT'S INFORMATION Estate of DORIS I. LITCHFIELD File No. A/K/A DORIS IRENE LITCHFIELD Deceased Social Security No. Date of Death: June 10, 2015 Age at Death: 81 Decedent was domiciled at death in CUMBERLAND County, Pennsylvania,with her last family or principal residence at 94 Tory Circle, Enola, East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, PA17025 (List street,address,town/city,county,state,zip code) Decedent died at 94 Tory Circle, Enola, 17025 East Pennsboro Township Cumberland County, PA List street,address,Post Office and zip code city,township or Borough County State, Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows: (If domiciled in PA) All personal property.....................................................................$ 58,000.00 (If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in Pennsylvania.....................................$ (If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in County....................................................$ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania......................................................................................................................$ Total.........................................................................................................$ 110.000.00 Real Estate situated as follows: 94 Tory Circle, Enola, 17025 East Pennsboro Township Cumberland, PA (attach6 additional sheets ifnecessary) Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County,State A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary Petitioner avers he is the Co-Executor named in the Last Will of the Decedent dated July 20, 2007. The Decedent also named her daughter, Sharon L. Enders to serve as Co-Executor of her Last Will and Testament. Sharon L. Enders has renounced her right to administer the estate. State relevant circumstances,e.g.renunciation,death of Executor,etc. Except as follows, After the execution of the instrument offered for probate, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and was not a party to a pending divorce proceeding at the time of death wherein grounds for divorce has been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(g) and did not have a child born or adopted and the Decedent was neither the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated an incapacitated person 0 NO EXCEPTIONS ❑ EXCEPTIONS ' rn' C__ c:) -❑ r' cry x�B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (if applicable) ==� enter:c.t.a.;d.b.n.c.t.a.;pendent elite;durant," bsentia;-difrant6,minoritate— C) If Administration, c.t.a. or d.b.n.c.t.a., Except as follows: Decedent was not a parry to a pending divorce proceeding at the time of death whe,r n grourtr`c�s for divorce has been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(g)and was neither a victiTrr oT a killin ,nd Cqsnever adjudicated an incapacitated person —,3 0 NO EXCEPTIONS ❑ EXCEPTIONS Petitioner, after a proper search, has ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse (if any) and heirs (attached additional sheets, if necessary) Name Relationship Residence OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Official Use Only COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND Petitioner's Printed Name Petitioner's Printed Address DAVID W. LITCHFIELD 5 ANDES DRIVE MECHANICSBURG, PA 17055 The Petitioner above-named swears or affirms that the statements in the foregoing Petition are true and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief of Petitioner and that, as personal representative f the Decedent, Petitioner will well and truly administer the estate according to law. � Sworn to and affirmed and subscribed lb— V 6 b ('� I DAVID W. LITCHFIELD Before me this.c=;1'_ I day of 2015. , U 1 UY`}v ►� c� � r M For the Register 2z C_Uj :C BOND Required ❑ YES 0 NO FEES To The Register of Wills T' Letters........................... $ 260.00 Please enter my appearanceby my sic�raature below: r {4 ) Short Certificate(s) $ 20.00 r' ~' �' CD { t } Renunciation........... $ S.LSO Attorney Signature: { ) Codicil(s) $ Bond $ r Commission $ Printed Name: EDMUND G. MYERS Other $ Supreme Court Will $ 15.00 1.D. No: 20558 Inher. Tax Return $ 15.00 Firm Name: Johnson, Duffie, Stewart & Weidner, Inventory $ 15.00 Address: 301 Market Street, P.O. Box $ Lemoyne, PA 17043 $ Phone: 717-761-4540 Automation $ 5.00 Fax: 717-761-3015 JCP Fee....................... $ 35.50 TOTAL......... $ - Email: EGM jdsw.com 310.50 DECREE TO THE REGISTER Estate of DORIS I. LITCHFIELD A/K/A DORIS IRENE LITCHFIELD , Deceased. File No.2.1-15-071 6 Social Security `No: Date of Death: June 10, 2015 AND NOW, J�� �`T , 2015, in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented before in the above estate and that the instrument dated June 20, 2007 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and fil d of record as the Last Will of the Decedent. Re ter of W' Is ,}� RECORDED OFFICE OF h.E i!:n 0i 1'IiLLS OIS U!1N 24 M. 12 1:7 CLErI; OF Last Will and Testament ORPf-I/,NS' COURT CUMBE?l./<<;D CLQ., f1t. OF DORIS I. LITCHFIELD 1, DORIS I. LITCHFIELD, of East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do hereby hake, publish and declare this as and for my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and making void any and all Wills or Codicils at any time heretofore made by me. ARTICLE I DEBTS I direct the payment of all my legal debts, and the expenses of my last illness and funeral fiom my Estate as soon after my death as conveniently may be done. ARTICLE II TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY I give and bequeath my motor vehicle(s), household and personal effects and other tangible personalty of like nature(not including cash or securities), together with any existing insurance thereon, unto my son, DAVID W. LITCHFIELD, and my daughter, SHARON L. ENDERS, or the survivor of them, to be divided between them by my Personal Representatives, with due regard for their personal preferences in as nearly equal shares as practicable. ARTICLE III REST,RESIDUE AND REMAINDER I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue, and remainder of my Estate, of whatsoever nature and wheresoever situate, in equal shares unto my son, DAVID W. LITCHFIELD, and my daughter, SHARON L. ENDERS, or the then-living issue, per stirpes, of either who predeceases me. For purposes of the calculation of the share of the residue for distribution to my daughter or her then-living issue, should she predecease me, I direct my Personal Representatives to calculate the total of any payments I may have made during my lifetime on account of the Lebanon Valley College Legacyloan, Borrower Account No. 66 8540 2257, which I co-signed for the benefit of my granddaughter, JULIE A. ENDERS. Once such total has been calculated, I direct that the share otherwise distributable unto my daughter, SHARON L. ENDERS, or should she have predeceased me, that portion of her share distributable unto my granddaughter,JULIE A. ENDERS, be reduced by one-half of such total, and the share distributable to my son, DAVID W. LITCHFIELD, or his then-living issue, if applicable, be increased by one-half of such total. If, at the time of my death, my granddaughter, JULIE A. ENDERS, has satisfactorily discharged her obligations to Legacy Bank on the loan which I co-signed, I direct that no adjustment to the distribution of the residue of my Estate be made. ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTION TO BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE AGE OF 25/INCAPACITATED BENEFICIARIES Whenever my Personal Representatives are directed to distribute property to or for the benefit of any beneficiary who is under (a) twenty-five years of age, or (b) a legal disability or 2 otherwise suffers from an illness or mental or physical disability that would make distribution directly to such beneficiary inappropriate (as determined in my Personal Representatives' sole discretion exercised in good faith), my Personal Representatives may distribute such property to the person who has custody of such beneficiary, may apply such property for the benefit of such beneficiary, may distribute such property to a custodian for such beneficiary, whether then serving or selected and appointed by my Personal Representatives (including my Personal Representatives), under any applicable Uniform Transfers to Minors Act— or Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, or may distribute such property directly to such beneficiary without liability on the part of my Personal Representatives to see to the application of such property. This provision shall not in any way operate to suspend such beneficiary's absolute ownership of such property or to prevent the absolute vesting thereof in such beneficiary. ARTICLE V POWERS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES My Personal Representatives shall have the following powers in addition to those vested in them by law and by other provisions 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 make distribution in cash or in kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind, and in such manner as they may determine. B. To retain any or all of the assets of my estate,.real or personal, without restriction to investments authorized for Pennsylvania fiduciaries, as they deem proper, without regard to any principle of diversification or risk. 3 C. To invest in all forms of property without restriction to investments authorized for Pennsylvania fiduciaries, as they deem proper, without regard to any principle of diversification or risk. D. 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. E. To allocate receipts and expenses to principal or income or partly to each as they from time to time think proper. F. To compromise any claim or controversy. G. To make such elections, decisions, concessions and settlements in connection with all income, estate, inheritance, gift,'generation skipping or other tax refunds and the payment of such taxes as my Personal Representatives shall deem appropriate, without obligation to adjust the distributive share of any person thereby affected. ARTICLE VI PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES I name, constitute and appoint my son, DAVID W. LITCHFIELD and my daughter, SHARON L. ENDERS, Co-Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. Should either fail to qualify or cease to so act, I direct that the other shall complete the administration of my Estate. No fiduciary appointed herein shall be required to post bond for the faithful administration of the duties required in any jurisdiction. 4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this,my Last Will and Testament,this day of July,2007. (SEAL) DORIS I. LITCHFIELD Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named Testatrix, as and for her Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who at her request, in her presence and in the presence of each other,have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. :304331A 5 AFFIDAVIT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA . ss. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND We, DORIS I. LITCHFIELD, Fdrn nd- and F,h"2X&be-4+- S n 01t r , the Testatrix 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 Testatrix signed and executed the instrument as her Last Will and that she had signed willingly and that she executed it as her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testatrix, signed the Will as witness and that to the best of his/her knowledge the Testatrix was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. �&.- 'Q - zi�&izz DORIS . LITCHFIELD Witness Witness Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before 'me by DORIS I. LITCHFIELD, Testatrix, and subscribed and sworn to before me by t� M k r Ne r5 and t� l�ZQ h� a/!1 owl ,witnesses,this 2& day of July,2007. Jnwl T�otary Pu 'c COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA NOTARIAL SEAL GAIL J. MAHONEY, Notary Public Lemoyne Boro.,Cumberland County My Commission Expires Feb.19,2010 6 RENUNCIATION REGISTER OF WILLS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Estate of DORIS 1.LITCHFIELD A/K/A DORIS IRENE LITCHFIELD , Deceased I, SHARON L.ENDERS , Co-Executor of Decedent's Will dated July 20, 2007, hereby renounce my right to serve as Co-Executor. WITNESS my hand this day of 2015. (Date) SHARON L.ENDERS 505 Linden Avenue Marysville,PA 17053 Executed in Register's Office Executed out of Register's Office COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND SWORN to and subscribed before me Before the undersigned personally appeared the this day of ,2015. party executing this Renunciation and certified that he executed the Renuncialon r the p oses stated within on this day of Deputy for Register of Wills ,2015. [--- C: r t C\j Notary Pu Ic C' My Commission Expires: ' COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Lt.! Notarial Seal c 00 Dana L.Wieseman,Notary PubNc uj Lemoyne.Boro,Cumberland County My commission Expires Jan.15,2017 Cl-', CJ MEMBER,PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF NOTARIES