DU PONT v. DU PONT

Civ. A. No. 1168.

160 A.2d 586 (1960)

Deborah Eldredge DU PONT, Deborah Eldredge duPont, next friend of Deborah Helen duPont, a minor child, Henry Laurence duPont, a minor child, and Harriet Nicole duPont, a minor child, Plaintiffs, v. William Henry DU PONT, Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

March 31, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Herrmann and William Duffy, Jr., of Herrmann & Duffy, Wilmington, and Laurence H. Eldredge, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

William S. Potter and James Latchum, of Berl, Potter & Anderson, Wilmington, for defendant.


SEITZ, Chancellor.

This is the decision after trial of the separate issue as to whether the defendant-husband's remainder interests under the three spendthrift trusts involved would be available either through action by the defendant or by judicial process to meet any separate maintenance order which might be entered for the plaintiffs. The basis for this trial is found in the earlier opinion in this case, DuPont v. DuPont, Del. Ch., 157 A.2d 250<...

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