Prothonotary’s report

A total of 352 cases were started in May in the office of Carbon County Prothonotary Joann M. Behrens, according to a monthly statistical report released by the officeholder. A breakdown of cases is as follows:

Civil actions, 35; custody complaints, 17; complaints to modify custody, 16; district justice appeals, 5; divorce complaints, 15; complaints in ejectment, 3; license appeals, 3; mortgage foreclosure complaints, 8; name change petitions, 1; protection from abuse petitions, 36; protection from sexually violent individual petition, 1; quiet title actions, 3; judgments, 162; stipulations/waivers of liens, 12; and writs of executions, 35. The office also processed 89 applications for U.S. passports and assisted the public in the processing of 64 passport renewals.

Behrens’ financial report for May shows $29,623.05 was generated as follows: prothonotary’s fees, $24,613.24; interest income, $4.87; custody/divorce fees, $1,200; PFA Surcharge, Sheriff, $50; PFA Surcharge, Courts, $70; data processing fees, $3,484.94; stenographer fees, $200; and remote access fees, $2,100.

The prothonotary also remitted $4,144.44 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Revenue, representing state fees collected locally, and $47.60 to the Administrative Offices of the Pennsylvania Courts, this being surcharges on new custody cases in accordance with Act 119 of 1996. Another $962.33 was deposited in the Prothonotary’s Automation Fund for future use in automating the office.

Deeds recorded

Penn Forest Township

LSF10 Master Participation Trust to John Beighley, Levittown, property at 1250 Cummings Way, aka 14 Cummings Way, Albrightsville, $45,200.

Kimberly Danene Batchlett to Ronald S. Loftis, Chalfont, property at 917 Tennyson Circle, Albrightsville, $189,000.

Agatha Kershner to Alexa Cruz, P.O. Box 513, Albrightsville, property at 75 Thomas Lane, Albrightsville, $119,680.

William P. Doyle to Daniel D. Eun, Radnor, property at 58 Lindsay Mews, Albrightsville, $585,000.

Norman E. Ellis to Norman A. Ellis, 7 Shadblue Lane, Jim Thorpe, property at 7 Shadblue Lane, $1.

Tax Claim Bureau of Carbon County to Paul Donnelly, Mickleton, New Jersey, four transactions in Towamensing Trails development, including property at Lindbergh and Guest Circles, $681, property on Lindbergh Circle, $701; property on Johnson Lane, $801; and property on Gay Mews, $708.

Emil G. Atanassov to Robert Touchtone, Bethlehem, property at 41 Clubhouse Drive, Albrightsville, $50,000.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, to BMR Management Group LLC, Hatboro, property at 106 Pawnee Trail, Albrightsville, $63,000.

Kathryn S. Kaufman to Eamon Cunningham, Havertown, property at 344 Behrens Road, $360,000.

Paul Donnelly to Michael Deacy, Bartonsville, lots 138 and 139, Section A, Marty Axman in the Poconos, $8,979.

Darlene E. Wettig to Robert C. Trimble, Conestoga, Lot V222, Section V, Towamensing Trails, $1.

David Keller to Richard Scutt, Beverly, New Jersey, Lot 20, Section A, Bear Creek Lakes, $18,000.

Vincent Conte to Pawel Sarzynski, Rego Park, New York, property at 179 Stone Ridge Road, Albrightsville, $277,500.

Christine Layne to Jacob Sampson, 25 Cypress Drive, Jim Thorpe, property at 25 Cypress Drive, $125,000.

Sheriff of Carbon County to PA Rehabs Inc., 1933 Route 903, Jim Thorpe, property at 15 Mountain View Drive, $100,590.50.

Rick Apple & Sons Construction Co. to Thomas J. Kauffman Sr., Monroe Township, New Jersey, property at 46 Wylie Circle, Albrightsville, $216,500.

Joseph Ritzel to Jeffrey W. Lucas, Collegeville, Lot V48, Section V, Towamensing Trails, $6,500.

Terry J. Bisbing to Jacek Wasielak, Bensalem, Lot 182, Mountain View Area, Bear Creek Lakes, $14,500.