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Created: 6/9/06 !0:34AM
Revised: 9/13/06 3:09PM
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IN RE: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
ESTATE OF LINWOOD B. PHILLIPS, JR.,: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Deceased,
ALICE R. PHILLIPS,
Petitioner
ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
v.
NO. 21-06-0122
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MOTION TO STRIKE OR DEMURRER REGARDING
THE PETITION OF ALICE R. PHILLIPS
TO SET ASIDE THE PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT
1. On or about August 21,2006, Alice R. Phillips filed a document entitled "Petition to Set
Aside Prenuptial Agreement.
2. The Petition is replete with numerous scandalous and impertinent allegations regarding
indignities that Alice R. Phillips allegedly withstood during the course of her life, and more recently at the
hands of the decedent, Linwood B. Phillips, Jr.
3. The Petition also includes two pertinent allegations:
a. Alice R. Phillips signed the Prenuptial Agreement;
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b. But for the confidential relationships, conspired fraud and duress, Petitioner would
not have executed the Prenuptial Agreement.
4. Pursuant to the Dead Man's Act, Alice R. Phillips is not a competent witness in this matter.
5. Alice R. Phillips cannot present testimony through expert witnesses or otherwise that would
circumvent the purpose and effect of the Pennsylvania Dead Man's Act.
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WHEREFORE, Robert G. Frey requests that this Court issue an Order striking the Petition to Set
Aside Prenuptial Agreement.
Respectfully Submitted,
By
George . Faller, Jr., Esquire
Attorney I.D. No. 49813
Michael J. Collins
Attorney I.D. No. 200427
10 East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 243-3341
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Date: September 13, 2006
Attorneys for Respondent
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Melissa A. Scholly, an authorized agent for Martson Deardorff Williams & Otto, hereby certify
that a copy ofthe foregoing Motion to Strike or Demurrer regarding the Petition of Alice R. Phillips to Set
Aside the Prenuptial Agreement was served this date by depositing same in the Post Office at Carlisle, P A,
first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
Neil W. Yahn, Esquire
JAMES SMITH DIETTERICK & CONNELLY, LLP
134 Sipe Avenue
Hummelstown, P A 17036
Attorney for Petitioner
Hubert X. Gilroy, Esquire
BROUJOS & GILROY, P.c.
4 North Hanover Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
Robert G. Frey, Esquire
Frey & Tiley
5 South Hanover Street
Carlisle, P A 17013
MARTSON DEARDORFF WILLIAMS & OTTO
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Melissa A. Scholly .
Ten East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 243-3341
Dated: September 13,2006