DuPont v. DuPont

Seitz, Chancellor:

This is an action against defendant-husband for separate maintenance for his wife and children. The defendant’s income and assets are negligible except for his potentially large interests in certain trusts. Defendant has no present right to any income or corpus and will only take an interest if certain conditions come to pass.

The parties agreed to submit certain issues for determination before trial.

The first issue concerned the power of this court to award a lump sum to plaintiffs. The plaintiffs have now abandoned this prayer in their complaint and so it will be stricken.

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