Legal Opinion

In re the Trust for the Benefit of Duke

New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division

Decided April 16, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

Appellant, Chandi Duke Heffner, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing her claim to be declared a “lineal descendant” of Doris Duke, and therefore the current beneficiary of Doris Duke’s share of a trust established in 1924 by her father, the late James B. Duke. Heffner also appeals from certain ancillary orders relating to the Trustees and their counsel.

*408After considering the record on appeal and the briefs and arguments of counsel, we affirm both the summary judgment and the orders relating to the Trustees and their counsel entered in the Law Division substantially for the reasons stated…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re the Trust for the Benefit of DukeNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1995

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. IN THE MATTER OF THE TRUST OF RAY D. POST (P-000817-2012, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2018
  2. In re E.M.M., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County2011
  3. In re the Estate of FentonNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2006
  4. Steiger v. Steiger CA4/1California Court of Appeal · 2016

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