COURT COUNTY .OF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... .. : OFFICE OF THE SURROGATE ESSEX COUNTY Joseph P. Brennan, Jr. SURROGATE Plaintiff(s) -against- Docket Index No. 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 beneficiaries of the trust. 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 Your failure to comply with this subpoena is punishable the bonding agent. until the trust is closed. Those annual bills will come directly fromas 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 6. If the value of yourtrust is reduced, you can have the bond reduced. Since the premium is determined by the result of the failure to comply. 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 trust 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 IVTB.DOC Telephone No.: Facsimile No.: E-Mail Address: Mobile Tel. No.: Page 1 of 4 American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com , COURT COUNTY .OF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... .. : State of New Jersey : Docket No.: ____________ Index No. Calendar No. Essex County Surrogate’s Court SUBPOENA JUDICIAL Plaintiff(s) -against- : : In the matter of the Inter Vivos Trust: : _______________________________________________, Grantor(s) Inter Vivos Trust Dated: _________________________ : } TRUSTEE’S BOND INTER VIVOS TRUST Defendant(s) : ...................................................... KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I (We) ___________________________________________, Trustee(s)THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKthe above-named Grantor(s) (hereinafter referred to as named in the Trust Agreement/Instrument of Principal) TO _____________________________, a corporation of the State of _________________________ and as Surety are held and firmly bound unto the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey in the sum of ________________________________________________________________________, lawful money of the GREETINGS: United States of America, to be paid to the said Superior Court, its successors or assigns, to which payment well WE COMMAND YOU, that all business and administrators, successors and assigns, jointly and and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors,excuses being laid aside, you and each of you attend before the Honorable at the Court located at severally, County by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated __________________________________; firmly of in room , on the day of , 20 , at o'clock in the noon, and at any recessed 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, that if the above-bounden Trustee(s) shall perform every one of the duties described in the numbered paragraphs which immediately follow this paragraph, then Your failure to comply with this subpoena is punishable as a contempt of court and will make you liable to the above the party onshall bebehalfand of no effect, or else shall remain in full force and virtue. damages sustained as a obligation whose void this subpoena was issued for a maximum penalty of $50 and all 1. Toresult of your Trust Agreement/Instrument of the above named Grantor(s) execute the failure to comply. 2. To faithfully discharge all of the duties imposed upon them according to law. of the Justices of the Witness, Honorable , one day administration 20 the trust, and, if required by the Court, to , of 3. ToCourt in just and trueCounty, of their of make a account settle their account therein within the time so required. 4. To deliver and pay to the distributes entitled thereto by law the property of the Agreement/Instrument as (Attorney must sign above and type name below) may remain pursuant to the account; and 5. To comply in all respects with the Statutes pertaining thereto.Attorney(s) for Office and P.O. Address IVTB.DOC Telephone No.: Facsimile No.: E-Mail Address: Mobile Tel. No.: Page 2 of 4 American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com , COURT COUNTY .OF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... .. : : Docket Index No. No.: ________________ Calendar No. The Principal and Surety hereby submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court and do hereby : JUDICIAL SUBPOENA Plaintiff(s) irrevocably appoint the Clerk of the-against- Court/Surrogate of Essex as their agent upon whom papers Superior : 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 be enforced by motion in the action, if one is : pending, without the necessity of any independent action and said motion may be served-upon the Principal and Defendant(s) Surety by mailing it, by ordinary mail, to the Clerk of the Superior Court/ Surrogate of Essex County, as named : ...................................................... above, who shall forthwith, in accordance with R1:13-3 (b), mail copies thereof to: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Principal at: TO _________________________________________________________________________________________ Surety at: _________________________________________________________________________________________ GREETINGS: WE COMMAND YOU, that all business and excuses being laid aside, you and each of you attend before , at the Court located at County of in room , on the day of , at o'clock in the noon, and at any recessed ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ , 20 Witness to testify or adjourned date,asto Principal and give evidence as a witness in this action onTrusteeNew_Name the the part of Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of: the Honorable (Seal) 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 ___________________________________________ Surety Signature result of your failure to comply. The within bond is hereby approved as to form and sufficiency. Witness, Honorable Court in County, day of Dated: ____________________________________ , one of the Justices of the , 20 ___________________________________________ J.S.C. or Surrogate Signature (Attorney must sign above and type name below) Attorney(s) for Office and P.O. Address IVTB.DOC Telephone No.: Facsimile No.: E-Mail Address: Mobile Tel. No.: Page 3 of 4 American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com COURT COUNTY .OF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... .. : Docket Index No. No.: Docket_Number : : Plaintiff(s) -against- Calendar No. JUDICIAL SUBPOENA : : ESSEX COUNTY SURROGATE’S COURT : Defendant(s) : ...................................................... In the matter of the Inter Vivos Trust: _____________________________________________________, Grantor(s) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Inter Vivos Trust Dated: _______________________________ TO Acknowledgement GREETINGS: I (We), ___________________________________________, acknowledge that I (We) have received a copy of WE COMMAND YOU, that all business and excuses being laid aside, you and each of you attend before , at the Court located at County of in room , on the day of , 20 , at o'clock in the noon, and at any recessed or adjourned date,Surrogate requires a bond but that selection of the bonding company is my option. I to testify and give evidence as a witness in this action on the part of the I (We) understand that the the Honorable “Important Information Regarding Bonds”. /we further understand that the price, terms and conditions are a private contractual matter between me/us and the bonding company and that to comply with is not a party is punishable as a contempt of court and will make you liable to Your failure the Surrogate this subpoena to that contract. the party on whose behalf this subpoena was issued for a maximum penalty of $50 and all damages sustained as a result of your failure to comply. Court in Witness, Honorable County, , one of the Justices of the day of , 20 ________________________________________________________ (Attorney must sign above and type name below) Date: ______/______/______ Attorney(s) for Office and P.O. Address IVTB.DOC Telephone No.: Facsimile No.: E-Mail Address: Mobile Tel. No.: Page 4 of 4 American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com