Weiss v. Weiss

OPINION

LAMB, Vice Chancellor.

A disinherited son brings an action challenging the validity of his mother’s express delegation of her statutorily created power to nominate a custodian of certain property transferred to her grandchildren upon her death. Although the relevant provision of the Delaware Uniform Transfers to Minors Act does not expressly address such a delegation, the court holds that a proper reading of the statute necessarily provides the right to delegate a power of nomination. Such a reading both effectuates the legislative intent in enacting the statute and accords with…