Hi, I PA I have also found that Letters of Administration also pertain to the oversight of a minor. My gggrandfather was a child when his grandfather died. Child was in IL, grandfather in PA. The child was left the estate of his father as he was also deceased--lucky for me, the father was alive one month before the writing of the will, and so is listed--that was close!! Unfortunately--I have not found anyone able to get copies of the actual documents in Luzerne Co,(any volunteers??), so I only have the book extracts.(I would love to know the exact dates and times etc of the giving of the money, as I know Richard went back to PA for schooling, at least according to stories written by his grandchildren. He supposedly studied law, but there is a 15 year period blank in his life, and I believe some of it is in PA, and cannot find him. >From: jrinscheid@lucent.com >To: <HBGood@aol.com>, >Subject: RE: who does inventories and witnesses wills? > >I had a similar query - mine was "what does 'Letter of Administration >granted to' mean?" > >A cousin of mine who is a retired judge clarified: > >" In Pennsylvania, letters of administration are >issued to the person who will be the administrator of a deceased's >estate. However, there is normally not a will involved. If a person >dies with a will and names an executor, then the executor is issued >"letters testamentary" to carry out his or her duties. One can normally >think of an aministrator as a person who is administering the estate of >a person who died without a will while an executor does the same task >for a person who died with a will. Sometimes you will see the term >"administrator(trix) d.b.n." or "adminstrator(trix) d.b.n.c.t.a.". This >occurs when the named executor in a will either does not take out >letters testamentary or has taken them out but either resigned, was >removed, or died during the course of the administration of the estate. >Then the replacement administrator is issued the letters previously >mentioned and assumes that title in administering the estate." > >This doesn't directly answer your question, but it may help a bit. I've >seen a lot of cases where a child or a son-in-law are given the letters >of administration and a child tends to be the one named as an executor >as well. (OK, I don't have a lot of data, only several dozen examples, >so maybe I am extrapolating...) > > - Jeff R > ---------- Sincerely Carolyn Leverich Atkinson / email: catkinsn@ecity.net 1602 York /In replying send copy of our correspondence. Des Moines, IA 50316 Provider has occasional bouncing problems, please resend later/next day. __________________________________________________ To join the JACKSON/CLAY/OVERTON CO, TN List, email catkinsn@ecity.net with JACKSON/CLAY/OVERTON CO, TN in subject. ___________________________________________________