Legal Opinion
In re Peierls Charitable Lead Unitrust
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided October 4, 2013No. 12, 2013PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEELE, Chief Justice:
This Opinion is one of a trilogy of opinions, issued concurrently, addressing issues arising out of Petitions, filed by members of the Peierls family, requesting the Court of Chancery to accept jurisdiction over, and then modify, thirteen (13) trusts created during the period 1953 through 2005. None of these trusts were created or settled under Delaware law, and none were ever administered in Delaware. The Petitioners sought relief under recently-adopted Court of Chancery Rules 100-103, inclusive, which were designed to create an orderly procedure for entertaining…
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