Pennsylvania Bar Application Under Rule 203

Pennsylvania Last Will and Testament

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF

BE IT KNOWN THIS DAY THAT,

I, , of County, Pennsylvania, being of legal age and of sound and disposing mind and memory, and not acting under duress, menace, fraud, or undue influence of any person, do make, declare and publish this to be my Will and hereby revoke any Will or Codicil I may have made.

ARTICLE ONE

Marriage and Children

I am not married. I reside with . I am a parent of the following adult children:

Name            Date of Birth

ARTICLE TWO

Debts and Expenses

I direct my Personal Representative to pay all costs and expenses of my last illness and funeral expenses. I further direct my Personal Representative to pay all of my just debts that may be probated, registered, and allowed against my estate. However, this provision shall not extend the statute of limitations for the payment of debts, or enlarge upon my legal obligation or any statutory duty of my Personal Representative to pay debts.

ARTICLE THREE

Specific Bequests of Real and/or Personal Property

I will, give and bequeath unto the persons named below, if he or she survives me, the property described below:

Bequest 1

Name:    Relationship:

Address:

Property:

Bequest 2

Name:    Relationship:

Address:

Property:

Bequest 3

Name:    Relationship:

Address:

Property:

ARTICLE FOUR

Homestead or Primary Residence

I will, devise and bequeath all my interest in my homestead or primary residence to:

My children, equally, per stirpes:

ARTICLE FIVE

All Remaining Property – Residuary Clause

I will, devise, bequeath and give all the rest and remainder of my property and estate to:

My children, equally, per stirpes:

ARTICLE SIX

Contingent - All Remaining Property – Residuary Clause

If the person named in Article Five predeceases me, I leave my property to my children:

ARTICLE SEVEN

Appointment of Personal Representative, Executor or Executrix

I hereby appoint as Personal Representative of my estate and this Will.

Successor Personal Representative:

ARTICLE EIGHT

Waiver of Bond, Inventory, Accounting, Reporting and Approval

My Personal Representative and successor Personal Representative shall serve without any bond, and I hereby waive the necessity of preparing or filing any inventory, accounting, appraisal, reporting, approvals or final appraisement of my estate.

ARTICLE NINE

Powers of Personal Representative, Executor and Executrix

I grant my Personal Representative broad discretion in the administration of my estate, including the powers listed in this article.

1. To exercise all powers granted by Pennsylvania law.

2. To compromise claims and abandon property of little or no value.

3. To purchase, retain, and manage securities and other property.

4. To settle, adjust, dissolve, wind up, or continue any partnership or other entity.

5. To lease, sell, or offer on a lease purchase any real or personal property.

6. To sell, exchange, assign, transfer, and convey property at public or private sale.

7. To pay necessary expenses of administering the estate and any trust.

8. To make distributions in cash or in kind.

9. To determine principal and income and maintain reserves.

10. To participate in reorganization, consolidation, dissolution, redemption, or similar proceedings.

11. To exercise rights as if absolute owner.

12. To compromise, settle, or adjust claims or demands.

13. To borrow money and give security therefor.

ARTICLE TEN

Construction Intentions

1. The masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa.

2. The term “testator” includes me as Testator or Testatrix.

3. This Will is not a contract and may be revoked at any time.

4. If any part of this Will is invalid, the remaining parts shall remain effective.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

Misc. Provisions

I direct that this Will and the construction thereof shall be governed by the Laws of the State of Pennsylvania.

If any person named herein is indebted to me at the time of my death, such person's portion of my estate shall be diminished by the amount of such debt.

Any and all debts of my estate shall first be paid from my residuary estate.

I desire to be buried in the cemetery in County,

I direct that my remains be cremated and that the ashes be disposed of according to the wishes of my Executor.

SIGNATURE

PENNSYLVANIA SELF AUTHENTICATING AFFIDAVIT

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of

I, , the testator whose name is signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, having been duly qualified according to law, do hereby acknowledge that I signed and executed the instrument as my Last Will; and that I signed it willingly and as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.

Sworn to or affirmed and acknowledged before me by , the testator, this day of , 20 .

Testator

Seal and official capacity of officer or state of admission of attorney

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of

We, and , the witnesses whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being duly qualified according to law, do depose and say that we were present and saw the testator sign and execute the instrument as his Last Will; that the testator signed willingly and executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; that each subscribing witness in the hearing and sight of the testator signed the will as a witness; and that to the best of our knowledge the testator was at that time 18 or more years of age, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.

Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before me by and , witnesses, this day of , 20 .