COURT COUNTY .OF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... .. : Index No. Barbara G. Reilly Calendar No. : Register of Wills of Bucks County, Pennsylvania : Plaintiff(s) JUDICIAL SUBPOENA -against: CERTIFICATION OF NOTICE UNDER RULE 5.6 (a) : Name of Decedent: : Date of Death: Date Letters Granted: Defendant(s) : File No.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To the Register: I certifyTHEnotice of estate administration required by YORK (a) of the Orphans' Court Rules was served on or mailed to the following that PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW Rule 5.6 beneficiaries of the above-captioned estate on TO Name Address GREETINGS: 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 or adjourned date, to testify and give evidence as a witness in this action on the part of the Notice has now been given to all persons entitled thereto under Rule 5.6(a) except: 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 result of your failure to comply. Court in Date: Witness, Honorable County, , one of the Justices of the day of , 20 Signature: Name: (Attorney must sign above and type name below) Address: Attorney(s) for Telephone: Capacity: ( ) Office and P.O. Address ( ) Personal Representative ( ) Counsel for Personal Representative Telephone No.: Facsimile No.: E-Mail Address: Mobile Tel. No.: RW 14 Revised 9/02 American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com RULE 5.6 NOTICE TO BENEFICIARIES AND INTESTATE HEIRS (a) Requirement of Notice. Within three (3) months after the grant of letters, the personal representative to whom original letters have been granted or the personal representative's counsel shall send a written notice of estate administration in the form set forth in Rule 5.7. (1) every person, corporation, association, entity or other party named in decedent's will as an outright beneficiary whether individually or as a class member; (2) the decedent's spouse and children, whether or not they are named in, or have an interest under, the will; (3) where there is an intestacy in whole or in part, to every person entitled to inherit as an intestate heir under Chapter 21 of the Probate, Estate and Fiduciaries Code; (4) the appointed guardian of the estate, parent or legal custodian of any beneficiary who is a minor child under the age of eighteen (18) years; (5) the appointed guardian of the estate or, in the absence of such appointment, the institution or person with custody of any beneficiary who is an adjudicated incapacitated person; (6) the Attorney General on behalf of any charitable beneficiary whose interest exceeds $25,000 or which will not be paid in full; (7) the Attorney General on behalf of any governmental beneficiary; (8) the trustee of any trust which is a beneficiary; and (9) such other persons and in such manner as may be required by any local rule of court. (b) Definition of Beneficiary. ''Beneficiary'' shall be deemed to include any person who may have an interest by virtue of the Pennsylvania anti-lapse statute, 20 Pa.C.S. § 2514. (c) Manner of Notice. Notice shall be given by personal service or by first-class, prepaid mail to each person and entity entitled to notice under subdivision (a) (1) - (9) whose address is known or reasonably available to the personal representative. (d) Certification of Notice. Within ten (10) days after giving the notice required by subdivision (a) of this Rule, the personal representative or the personal representative's counsel shall file with the Register or Clerk a certification in the form set forth in Rule 5.7(b) that notice has been given as required by this Rule. No fee shall be charged by the Register or Clerk for filing the certification required by this subdivision. (e) Failure to File Certification. Upon the failure by the personal representative or the personal representative's counsel to file the certification on a timely basis, the Register shall, after ten (10) days prior written notice to the delinquent personal representative and his counsel, notify the Court of such delinquency. Note: The 1998 amendment to subdivision (e) is not intended to limit the inherent power of the Court to impose sanctions upon a delinquent personal representative or counsel. (f) Effect of Notice. This Rule shall not alter, diminish or confer existing rights. (g) Copies of rule. The Register shall deliver a copy of Rules 5.6 and 5.7 to each personal representative and counsel at the time letters are granted. Note: It is not the intention of the Rule to require notice beyond the degree of consanguinity entitling a person to inherit under Chapter 21 of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code.