COURT COUNTY .OF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... .. : OFFICE OF THE SURROGATE ESSEX COUNTY Joseph P. Brennan, Jr. SURROGATE Plaintiff(s) -against- Docket No.: ____________ Index No. : Calendar No. : JUDICIAL SUBPOENA : Patricia A. Trabucco : DEPUTY SURROGATE : 469 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Hall of Records, Room 206 Newark, New Jersey 07102 http:\\www.co.essex.nj.us/surrog.htm Defendant(s) : ...................................................... IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING BONDS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 1. The Surrogate is the Judge of the Surrogate's Court. In that capacity they have appointed you as a fiduciary. TO Pursuant to New Jersey statutes, the order of appointment includes a requirement that you post bond. NJS 3B: 15-1. The purpose of the bond is to protect the heirs and creditors of the estate. GREETINGS: 2. A surety bond is not insurance. You are responsible for any losses which cause the surety to make payment on your behalf.WE COMMAND Agreement isbusiness and excuses being laid aside, you and each of you attend before The Indemnity YOU, that all your promise to repay the surety. the Honorable at the Court 3. You are free to purchase this bond from any qualified source. located at County of in establishes minimum terms day of , on the , indemnity and collection, the , at o'clock in which must be inat any recessed noon, and each 4. The law room and conditions for20 or adjourned date, to testify and give evidence as a witness in this action on the part of the bond. The other terms, such as premium and duration are between you and the bonding company. 5. The initial premium is due when the bond application is completed. Annual premiums are due each year until the estate Your failureThose annual bills will come directly from the bonding agent. and will make you liable to is closed. to comply with this subpoena is punishable as a contempt of court the party on whose behalf this subpoena was issued for a maximum penalty of $50 and all damages sustained as a 6. If the value of yourestate isto comply. you can have the bond reduced. Since the premium is determined by result of the failure reduced, the amount of the bond, reducing the bond will result in a savings in most cases. Witness, Honorable , one of the Justices of the 7. PleaseCourt in remember that theCounty,does not terminate at the end of the first year. If you do not notify the bond day of , 20 bonding company that the estate is closed they will continue the bond and they will bill you each year for another premium. (Attorney must sign above and type name below) Attorney(s) for Office and P.O. Address SAB.DOC Telephone No.: Facsimile No.: E-Mail Address: Mobile Tel. No.: Page 1 of 3 American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com , COURT COUNTY .OF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... .. : IndexDocket No.: _____________ No. State of New Jersey JUDICIAL Essex County Surrogate’s Court SUBPOENA : Plaintiff(s) -against- Calendar No. : : In the matter of the Estate of: } : ____________________________________________, Deceased AKA: ______________________________________ SUBSTITUTED : ADMINISTRATOR BOND Defendant(s) : ...................................................... KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, ___________________________________ Substituted Administrator/rix of the estate of ________________________________, deceased, (hereinafter referred to as Substituted Administrator/rix) as Principal, and THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ___________________________, a corporation of the State of__________________ as Surety, are held and firmly bound unto the Superior Court of New Jersey in the sum of _______________________________________________________ lawful money of the TO United States, to be paid to the said Superior Court, its successors or assigns, to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated ___________________________________________. GREETINGS: WE COMMAND YOU, that all business and excuses being laid aside, you and each of you attend before , Court That if the above bounden Substituted Administrator/rix shall perform every one of the duties described in the numbered paragraphs located at County of in room , on the day of , 20 , at o'clock in the which immediately follow this paragraph, then the above obligation shall be void and of no effect, or else shall noon, and at forcerecessed remain in full any or adjourned date, to testify and give evidence as a witness in this action on the part of the THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH (N.J.S.A. 3B:15-5) the Honorable at the and virtue. 1. If required by the Court or if an exemption is to be set off as required in N.J.S.A. 3B:16-1, et seq., to make a true and perfect Your failure to comply with this subpoena is punishable as a contempt of court and will make you liable to inventory ofthe party onpersonal property of the decedent, which has or shall come into their hands, $50 and all damages sustained as a the real and whose behalf this subpoena was issued for a maximum penalty of possession or knowledge or into the hands ofresult of your failure to comply. and to cause an appraisal to be made of the real and personal property and to file any other person or persons for them, the inventory and appraisal in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court or of the Surrogate of Essex County, as the ease may be, Witness, Honorable County, within the time so required; Court in , one of the Justices of the day of , 20 2. To faithfully discharge all of the duties imposed upon them according to law; (Attorney must sign above and type name below) 3. To make a just and true account of their administration of the estate, and, if required by the Court, to settle his/her account therein within the time so required; Attorney(s) for 4. To deliver and pay to the distributees entitled thereto by law the surplus property of the deceased as may remain pursuant to the account; and Office and P.O. Address SAB.DOC Telephone No.: Facsimile No.: E-Mail Address: Mobile Tel. No.: Page 2 of 3 American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com COURT COUNTY .OF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... .. : Docket Index No. No.: ________________ : Plaintiff(s) -against- Calendar No. : JUDICIAL SUBPOENA : 5. To deliver their Letters of Administration to the proper court when required so to do, if a Will of the deceased is found and exhibited to it and by it admitted to probate. : 6. To comply in all respects with the Statutes pertaining thereto. : Defendant(s) : ...................................................... The Principal and Surety hereby submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court and do hereby irrevocably appoint the Clerk of the Superior Court/Surrogate of Essex County as their agent upon whom papers affecting their liability on the bond may be served. The Principal and Surety waive any right to a jury trial in an action to enforce liability on the bond. Liability on the bond may THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK be enforced by motion in the action, if one is pending, without the necessity of any independent action and said motion may be served TO upon the Principal and Surety by mailing it, by ordinary mail, to the Clerk of the Superior Court/Surrogate of Essex County, as named above, who shall forthwith mail copies thereof to the Principal at: GREETINGS: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ and Surety at: WE COMMAND YOU, that all business and excuses being laid aside, you and each of you attend before ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the Honorable at the Court located at County of in room , on the day of , 20 , at o'clock in the noon, and at any recessed Signed, Sealed And Delivered or adjourned date, to testify and give evidence as a witness in this action on the part of the In The Presence Of ___________________________________________ __________________________________PRINCIPAL Witness Signature Signature Your failure to comply with this subpoena is punishable as a contempt of court and will make you liable to the party on whose behalf this subpoena was issued for a maximum penalty of $50 and all damages sustained as a APPROVED BY:of your failure to comply. result ____________________________________SURETY Signature ___________________________________________ Witness, Honorable Court in County, SURROGATE day of , one of the Justices of the , 20 BY: ___________________________________________ ATTORNEY-IN-FACT AFFIX SEAL (Attorney must sign above and type name below) Attorney(s) for Attorney of Record: ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ Office and P.O. Address ____________________________ SAB.DOC Telephone No.: Facsimile No.: E-Mail Address: Mobile Tel. No.: Page 3 of 3 American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com ,