Legal Opinion
Chichester v. Wilmington Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided July 29, 1977PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McNEILLY, Justice.
In this appeal from the Court of Chancery, we are asked to decide, under our adoption and inheritance laws, whether adult adoptees may take by right of representation through adoptive parents (there being no question of the right to take from adoptive parents). The Vice-Chancellor decided in the affirmative, Wilmington Trust Company v. Chichester, Del.Ch., 369 A.2d 701 (1976), and we agree.
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Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as trustee under an inter vivos trust created by Philip D. Laird on April 23,1932, as trustee under a testamentary trust created by the will of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Tafel EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Donaghy v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1917
- Haskell v. Wilmington Trust CompanySupreme Court of Delaware · 1973
- In Re Estate of GriswoldNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1976
- Hall v. CrandallCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1941
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