Blog: Trusts and Estates

In re the Trust f/b/o Samuel Francis duPont under Trust Agreement dated August 4, 1936, 2018 WL 4610766, 2018 Del. Ch. LEXIS 315 (Del. Ch. Sept. 25, 2018)

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In | On November 12, 2019

The donee of a power of appointment over a trust tried to bargain away his exercise of the power as part of a Nevada divorce settlement in 1962—although in later years he came to understand that he lacked the legal power to do so, and therefore exercised the power in a different manner under his […]

In the Matter of the Trust under Will of Florence H. Brown dated Feb. 17, 1953, Del. Ch., T/U/W BROF0440S (Del. Ch. May 18, 2018)

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In | On November 11, 2019

Upon petition by Connolly Gallagher attorneys, the Delaware Court of Chancery exercised its equitable power of deviation to modify a trust’s provisions regarding the selection of members of a committee playing a role in the trust’s governance.

In the Matter of the Elsie B. Moore Scholarship Foundation, Del. Ch., C.A. No. 2017-0921-SG (Del. Ch. Feb. 23, 2018)

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In | On November 10, 2019

Upon petition by Connolly Gallagher attorneys, the Delaware Court of Chancery exercised its equitable power of deviation to modify a trust’s provisions regarding the selection of members of a committee playing a role in the trust’s governance.

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