Legal Opinion
Alison E. Glassie v. Paul Doucette, in his capacity as of the Estate of Donelson C. Glassie, Jr.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 20, 2017No. 2014-108-Appeal (NC 12-262)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice Goldberg,
for the Court.
This appeal came before the Supreme Court on February 10, 2017, and requires the Court to determine whether the law of contracts or the law of trusts governs the resolution of this dispute. An allegedly underfunded trust that was created by the decedent, Donelson C. Glassie, Jr. (Donel-son), for the benefit of his daughter, the late Jacquelin Caffrey Glassie (Jacquelin), 1 in accordance with a property settlement agreement between her divorcing parents, Donelson and Jacquelin’s mother, Marcia Sallum Glassie (Marcia), is the genesis of this dispute.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Putnam Resources v. Ronald M. Pateman, Ronald M. Pateman v. Frenkel & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Lynch v. Spirit Rent-A-Car, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2009
- Plunkett v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2005
- Campione v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Sola v. LeightonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2012
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- Alison Glassie, in her capacity as of the Estate of Jacquelin C. Glassie and as Assignee of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee of the Jacquelin Caffrey Glassie Trust II v. Paul Doucette, in his capacity as of the Estate of Donelson C. Glassie, Jr.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2025
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