Legal Opinion
Schlaeppi v. Delaware Trust Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided September 17, 1986No. Civ. A. No. 7898PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTNETT, Vice Chancellor.
This is the latest, and hopefully final, legal proceeding arising out of an inter vivos Trust created by Mrs. Marion duPont Scott in 1960 — long before she died in 1983. Plaintiffs are descendants by adoption of William duPont, Jr., the brother of Mrs. Scott. As such they are a grandnephew, grandniece or great grandniece by adoption of the deceased. They are not, however, blood relatives of Mrs. Scott. They brought this action seeking to be included as beneficiaries under the Trust. The defendant, Delaware Trust Company, the trustee, moved to dismiss the amended…
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