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JUN 2 6 1995tJ;
IN THE MATI'ER OF
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY , PENNSYLVANIA
SARA M. WHITTINGTON,
AN INCAPACITATED PERSON
ORPHANS' COURT DmSION
NO. 507 ORPHANS 1978
MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN OFFICE
AND FOR TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION
AND NOW comes Kenneth J. Suter, Esquire, Counsel for the Guardian Office ~t Selinsgrove Center
Center, Department of Public Welfare, and represents the following:
1. The Guardian Officer was appointed Guardian of the Estate of the above namtd person originally
or by successorship in office by Order of this Court, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit "A".
2. Act 24 of 1992 (20 Pa. C.S.A. 5512(a) et seQ.) authorizes the guardian office 'instead of the
guardian officer to serve as guardian of the estate.
3. Act 24 of 1992 also permits proceedings to take place in the county where the person resides in a
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long term care institution such as this one.
4. Snyder County Court has indicated that it will consent to accept jurisdiction oyer this case.
5. Due to changes in economic conditions, the burial fund should be increased to $2,500.00
WHEREFORE, in light of the foregoing, it is requested that the Order entered be amended to appoint
the Guardian Office as plenary guardian of the estate, increase the burial fund to $2,500.00, and to transfer
jurisdiction for further proceedings in this matter to SNYDER County.
Respectfully submitted:
DATE:
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Ke eth J. Suter, Esq' el
Assistant Counsel
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IN THE MATTER OF
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY " PENNSYLVANIA
ORPHANS' COURT DMSJON
NO. 507 ORPHANS 197~
SARA M. WHITTINGTON,
AN INCAPACITATED PERSON
ORDER FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN OFFICE
AND FOR TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION
AND NOW ~ l' ~y O~
, 1998, upon consideration ~f the within
Motion, it is hereby ORDERED AND DECREED that the appointment of the guardian <>fficer as guardian of
the estate is hereby amended to be "the guardian office" instead of the guardian "officer"! as plenary guardian
of the estate, the burial fund may hereby be increased to $2,500.00, and the jurisdiction pver further
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proceedings in this matter is hereby transferred to SNYDER County. The remainder of the Order remains in
full force and effect.
BY THE COURT:
J.
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IN THE MATTER OF
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY , PENNSYLVANIA
ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
507 . ORPHANS 1978
Sara M. Whittington
An Alleged Incompetent
IN RE: PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, November 17, 1978, it is hereby ordered and
directed that the report and recommendation of the Special Master
hereinbefore appointed in the above matter, be and is hereby
approved, and that Bonita J. Stahl, Guardian Officer of
Selinsgrove Center, and her successors ~n office ar~ hereby
authorized to receive, hold, and dispose of the estate of
SARA M. WHITTINGTON
, and to pay such debts that
are presently outstanding as well as such debts that may later
become due and owing.
Specifically, the guardian is direct~d to pay to the Clerk
of the Orphans' Court of Cumberland County a filing fee in the
amount of $8.00 and a fee of $35.00 to Joseph P. Al~xa, Esquire,
guardiap ad litem.
It is further directed that the blanket surety, bond issued
by Aetna Casualty and Surety, Bond No. 57S28546, is approved as
sufficieJ.'lt bond.
Court,
P.J.
cc: Edward P. Carey, Esq. (2)
Assistant Attorney General
George A. Vaughn, :II, ~sq.
Special Master
Joseph P....le*B., E~.:..
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VERIFICA TION
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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COUNTY OF DAUPHIN
I, Kenneth J. Suter, being duly sworn according to law, depose and ;say that I am
counsel for the Department of Public Welfare, and that as such I am authorized to make the
following affidavit: that the facts contained in the foregoing Motion for AppointPtent of Guardian
Office and for Transfer of Jurisdiction are true and correct to the best of my knowledge,
information and belief.
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Kenneth J. r
Sworn to and subscribed
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before me thl~ tf day
OfrA.n.. 1998.
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