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Dutra De Amorim v. Norment

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided April 14, 1983PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOORE, Justice:

This is an appeal by Michelle Dutra de Amorim (Michelle) and a cross-appeal by Phaedra Hanson (Phaedra) from the judgment of the Court of Chancery on a petition for instructions regarding a trust created in 1972 for Donner Hanson (Donner) by his mother, Elizabeth Donner Norment. The trustees had requested resolution of several questions: whether Stephanie Hanson (Stephanie) and certain unname.d illegitimate children were “issue” as defined in the trust; whether Donner had effectively exercised a special testamentary power of appointment; whether specific trust conditions had…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Levitt v. BouvierSupreme Court of Delaware · 1972
  2. Fiduciary Trust Co. v. Fiduciary Trust Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1982
  3. Bird v. Wilmington Society of the Fine ArtsSupreme Court of Delaware · 1945
  4. Application of Delaware Racing Ass'nCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1965
  5. In re the Accounting of the Bank of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  2. Bershad v. Curtiss-Wright Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1987
  3. Klair v. ReeseSupreme Court of Delaware · 1987
  4. Annan v. Wilmington Trust Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1989
  5. Otto v. GoreSupreme Court of Delaware · 2012

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