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10 Del. C. § 6502 (2026)

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Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status or other legal relations thereunder.

63 Del. Laws, c. 63, §  1; 
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1967–2024 · leading case: City of Wilmington v. Delaware Coach Co., 230 A.2d 762 (Del. Ch. 1967).
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City of Wilmington v. Delaware Coach Co., 230 A.2d 762 (Del. Ch. 1967). · cites it 2× “Thus, 10 Del.C. § 6502 says: “Further relief based on a declaratory judgment or decree may be granted whenever necessary or proper.”
Olson Bros., Inc. v. Englehart, 245 A.2d 166 (Del. 1968). · cites it 3× “The Vice-Chancellor properly treated it as an application for further relief under 10 Del.C. § 6502, and granted the application to amend.”
In re Nat'l Collegiate Student Loan Trusts Litig. (Del. Ch. 2020). · cites it 2× “334 If a dispute arises between the parties over the propriety of an Owner direction, as long as other jurisdictional requirements are met, then the affected parties could seek declaratory relief under 10 Del. C. § 6502, which allows courts of this state to construe “a contract…”
Sofregen Med., Inc. v. Allergan Sales, LLC (Del. Super. Ct. 2024). · cites it 2× “”347 The parties previously agreed that Counterclaim I was justiciable.”
Ryan Thomas Bechard v. Rosa G. Rios & Rick Bell (Del. Ch. 2016). “You are seeking the following relief from this Court: (1) individual decrees for you and your family members declaring that they are released as trustees from the above business entities under 10 Del. C. §§ 6502 and 6504; (2) an order of discovery compelling the Registrar of…”
Hilaire Lankford (Del. Super. Ct. 2018). “have not presented argument to the Court that there is an issue of fact . . . the Court shall deem the motion to be the equivalent of a stipulation for decision on the merits based on the record submitted with the motion.”
BRP Hold Ox, LLC v. Chilian (Del. Super. Ct. 2018). “47 10 Del. C. § 6502. 17 BRP points to CompoSecure, L.”
Vazquez v. Est. of Keith Orzechowski (Del. Super. Ct. 2020). “3-10 Del. C. § 6502. because the Defendants declared the contract null and void before the date set forth in the contract; (5) declaratory judgment would “permit the parties to understand their rights under the Contract and allow the Court to better craft a resolution to this…”
Carlos Eduardo Lorefice Lynch v. R. Angel Gonzalex Gonzalex (Del. Ch. 2020). “14 The Declaratory Judgment Act further memorializes this principle by stating who shall be named as a party to a declaratory judgment action: “When declaratory relief is sought, all persons shall be made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the…”
Todd Moscowitz v. Theory Ent. LLC (Del. Ch. 2020). “The party seeking a declaratory judgment must 29 Drawing all reasonable inferences that logically flow from well-pled facts in the plaintiff’s favor, this Court can properly determine the validity and effect of consideration at the motion to dismiss stage.”
Villages of Five Points Ventures, LLC v. The Villages of Five Points Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc. (Del. Ch. 2020). “”42 A claim is not ripe “if the action requires the occurrence of some future event before the action’s factual predicate is complete,” unless “the probability of that future event occurring is real and substantial, of sufficient immediacy and reality.”
Obsidian Fin. Grp., LLC v. Identity Theft Guard Solutions, Inc., d/b/a ID Experts (Del. Ch. 2021). “” 83 This manifests the parties’ clear intent that the OPM Earnout would be triggered only if the Company was awarded a single extension of the OPM Contract (or new or replacement contract) of at least six years.”
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