In re the Last Will & Testament & Trust Agreement of Moor

OPINION

STRINE, Vice Chancellor.

In this opinion, I conclude that a testator is not forbidden by Delaware or Florida law from directing, in a personal property memorandum referenced in a valid will, that certain personal property be sold by her executors and that the sale proceeds be given to specific persons. The legislatures of Delaware and Florida have both enacted statutes that grant testators the broad power “to dispose of’ certain categories of personal property by separate writings. The testator’s actions in this case fell easily within the literal reach of the relevant statutes because…