IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
DIVISION OF ST THOMAS AND ST JOHN
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
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PROBATE NO ST 2018 PB 00122
RACHEL CLOTHILDA RAIMER THOMAS
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a/k/a RACHEL RAIMER THOMAS a/k/a
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RACHEL C THOMAS
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Deceased
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ADJUDICATION
IN THIS MATTER THE COURT FINDS
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That RACHEL CLOTHILDA RAIMER THOMAS a/k/a RACHEL RAIMER
THOMAS a/k/a RACHEL C THOMAS
decedent herein
died on October 26
2015
in
Lithonia, Dekalb County, Georgia, and decedent was an adult resident and domicile death
Lithonia, Dekalb County, Georgia at the time of her death
2
That decedent died intestate
3
That, on September 20, 2018, Luanne M
Bonnie, Conservator and Ex Officio
Administrator, by and through counsel Marjorie Whalen, Esq of Kellerhals Ferguson Kroblin
PLLC, filed the Petition for Order of Administration and for Letters of Administration wherein
she petitioned for the admission ofdecedent’s estate to probate administration and for the issuance
of Letters of Administration to Aysha R Gregory, Esq
4
That, on October
3, 2018, the Court admitted decedent’s
estate
to probate
administration and issued Letters of Administration to Aysha R Gregory, Esq On August 9, 20
Subsequently, the Court granted the Administratrix’s substitution and appointed Stephen
Raimer as Administrator d b n on August 9, 2019
In the Matter of the Estate ofRACHEL CLOTHILDA RAIMER THOMAS a/k/a RACHEL RAIMER
THOMAS a/k/a RACHEL C THOMAS deceased
Probate No ST 2018 PB 00122
Adjudication
Page 2 of 5
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That pursuant to V I CODE ANN tit 15 § 84(5) (law of descent and distribution)
the names and capacities of decedent’s heirs at law, their relationship to decedent, and the portion
of decedent’s estate to which each such heir at law is entitled to inherit are as follows
NAME
RELATIONSHIP
CAPACITY
SHARE
Edith Clarke
Daughter
Adult
One half (1/2)
Dianne Thomas
Daughter
Adult
One ha1f(1/2)
6
That the property (real and personal) decedent died leaving and subject to
distribution in this Jurisdiction is as follows
PROPERTY
VALUE
REAL PROPERTY
Parcel 4J
Estate St Joseph & Rosendahl
No 4 Great Northside Quarter
St Thomas U S Virgin IslandsI
$286 900 00
TOTAL REAL PROPERTY
$286 900 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY
Appliances
New Stove
$ 300 00
TOTAL PERSONAL PROPERTY
$ 300 00
TOTAL PROPERTY
$287 200 00
' Decedent acquired title to Parcel 4J, Estate St Joseph & Rosendahl, No 4 Great Northside Quarter, St Thomas,
Virgin Islands by Partition Deed dated March 7, 1967, by and among Mary Augusta Audain, Roy Raimer, Alfred
Raimer, Doris Raimer Small, and Rachel Raimer Thomas as co owners of the remainder of Parcel No 4 Estate St
Joseph & Rosendahl Said Partition Deed was recorded at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, St Thomas St John
District on May4 1967 Book8 T P 481 Doc No 2332 Aux 17 P 317
Though Administrator d b n
avers that that Parcel 4], Estate St Joseph & Rosendahl was subsequently further
partitioned into Parcel 4] 2 and Parcel 4J Remainder (and provided a May 8, 2020, email communication between
West indies Tittle LLC and the Estate 3 counsel, said subsequent partition was not recorded at the Office of the
Recorder of Deeds and therefore the Court cannot recognize it
In the Matter of the Estate ofRACHEL CLOTHILDA RAIMER THOMAS a/k/a RACHEL RAIMER
THOMAS a/k/a RACHEL C THOMAS deceased
Probate N0 ST 2018 PB 00122
Adjudication
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That the Notice to Creditors was duly posted and was duly published on a
continuous daily bas1s beginning on November 5, 2018, and ending on November 27, 2018,
inclusive, in the Vzrgm Islands Source, an intemet newspaper of general circulation in U S Virgin
Islands, and that the debts and claims to the estate were limited to the two items listed herein Both
were paid, settled, 0r resolved by heir Edith Clarke, and proof of such was filed with the Court
a
Approximately Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000 00) for nursing home bills
b
Property taxes in the amount of Ten Thousand One Hundred Eighty Dollars and One
Cent($10180 01)
8
That the Notice of Hearing on Final Account was duly posted and was duly on a
continuous daily basis beginning on June 27, 2022, and ending on July 25, 2022, inclusive, in the
Vzrgzn Islands Source, an intemet newspaper ofgeneral circulation in the U S Virgin Islands The
hearing on the final account was held September 12, 2022, and no objections were made to the
final account prior to or at the hearing, and the Court accepted the final accountz, and
9
That decedent having died alter the enactment of 33 V I C
§ 5 (the inheritance tax
exemption) on September 18, 1984, no inheritance tax is due from decedent’s estate
WHEREFORE
it appearing to the Court that the estate of RACHEL CLOTHILDA
RAIMER THOMAS a/k/a RACHEL RAIMER THOMAS a/k/a RACHEL C THOMAS
deceased, is ready to be closed, it is hereby,
ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that pursuant to the law of descent and
distribution (15 V I C § 84(5)) all the rights, title and interest of decedent in and t0 the real
2 Initially, the Court reserved ruling on the Final Account, but accepted
it On March 22, 2023, after further
documentation was filed by the Administrator d b n
In the Matter of the Estate ofRACHEL CLOTHILDA RAIMER THOMAS a/k/a RACHEL RAIMER
THOMAS a/k/a RACHEL C THOMAS deceased
Probate No ST 2018 PB 00122
Adjudication
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property described, to wit, as
PARCEL 4J
ESTATE ST JOSEPH & ROSENDAHL
NO 4 NORTHSIDE QUARTER
ST THOMAS U S VIRGIN ISLANDS
shall be, and the same are, vested in EDITH CLARKE and DIANE THOMAS
:11 equal shares
as tenants In common; and it is further,
ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that all of decedent 3 right
title
and
interest in and to the personal property described as
APPLIANCES
NEW STOVE
shall be distributed to EDITH CLARKE and DIANE THOMAS m equal shares and it is
further,
ORDERED that, upon the entry of this Adjudication, the actions of the Administrator
d b 11 shall be limited to the distribution of decedent’s estate; and it is
ORDERED that pursuant to Rules 19 and 20 of the Virgin Islands Rules for Probate and
Fiduciary Proceedings, within
thirty
(30) days afier the entry of this Adjudication,
the
Administrator d b n
shall file proof of the recording of this Adjudication at the Office of the
Recorder of Deeds, St Thomas St
John District, U S
Virgin Islands and the receipt(s) of
distribution of the personal property; and it is further,
ORDERED that immediately upon the expiration of thirty (30) days after the entry of this
Adjudication, the Letters ofAdministration dated August 9, 2019, as issued to Stephen Raimer shall
have NO FORCE OR EFFECT OF LAW and it is further
ORDERED that, in accordance with VI R PROB
21, upon the filing of proof of the
recording of this Adjudication and the receipt(s) of distribution, the Administrator d b 11 shall be
In the Matter of the Estate ofRACHEL CLOTHILDA RAIMER THOMAS a/k/a RACHEL RAIMER
THOMAS a/k/a RACHEL C THOMAS deceased
Probate No ST 2018 PB 00122
Adjudication
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discharged from the obligations of his trust and the Clerk of the Court shall register these
proceedings as closed
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Dated April /% 2023
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MONE VAN HOLTEN TURNBULL
Magistrate Judge of the Superior Court
of the Virgin Islands
ATTEST
TAMARA CHARLES
Clerk ofthe Court
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