Delaware Code

10 Del. C. § 6504 (2026)

Persons entitled to declaration of rights or legal relations in respect to trust or estate of decedent

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Any person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, fiduciary, adviser, or protector under § 3313(a) of Title 12, designated representative under § 3339 of Title 12, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next-of kin or cestui que trust, in the administration of a trust, or the administration of the estate of a decedent, an infant, or a person with a mental condition, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto:

(1) To ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next-of-kin or others; or

(2) To direct the executors, administrators or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or

(3) To determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.

63 Del. Laws, c. 63, § 1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 179, § 25; 81 Del. Laws, c. 320, § 2; 84 Del. Laws, c. 182, § 1;

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2014–2024 · leading case: In the Matter of the Helene Eicoff Barrington Living Trust U/A/D June 29, 2015, as amended (Del. Ch. 2024).

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In the Matter of the Helene Eicoff Barrington Living Trust U/A/D June 29, 2015, as amended (Del. Ch. 2024). · cites it 2× “21 The Trustees seek an instruction from the court pursuant to 10 Del. C. § 6504 that Leanne’s conduct violated the No- Contest Clause, that Leanne is no longer a beneficiary of the Barrington Trust, and that the Trustees should treat Leanne as having predeceased Helene under…”

IMO the Trust Under the Will of Elizabeth Williams Vale for the Benefit of Frederic B. Asche, Jr. (Del. Ch. 2015). · cites it 3× “The Delaware trustee petitioned this Court under 10 Del. C. § 6504(2) for an order directing it 1 to distribute the trust assets to the wife‟s estate or, in the alternative, to be authorized to hold and invest those assets in accordance with its asset preservation policies.”

IMO: The Niki & Darren Irrevocable Trust & the N & D Delaware Irrevocable Trust (Del. Ch. 2021). “Pursuant to 10 Del. C. Section 6504 (“Verified Pet.”), Ex.”

IMO The Niki & Darren Irrevocable Trust & The N & D Delaware Irrevocable Trust (Del. Ch. 2024). “Procedural History Comerica initiated this action on April 22, 2019, by filing a Verified Petition pursuant to 10 Del. C. § 6504 requesting instruction from this Court to determine whether the Decanting was void and whether the Court should order that the principal and income…”

IMO: The Est. of Paulina duPont Dean (Del. Ch. 2014). “37 When the parties could not resolve their dispute regarding reimbursement of Dean‟s children‟s educational expenses, Kem filed a petition under 10 Del. C. § 6504, asking this Court to provide instructions regarding reimbursement of the parties‟ educational expenses.”

In re Trust Under Will of Wallace B. Flint for the Benefit of Katherine F. Shadek (Del. Ch. 2015). “See generally 10 Del. C. § 6504; Rollins Int'l Inc. v. Int'l Hydronics Corp.”

— 10 Del. C. § 6504(2) — 1 case

IMO the Trust Under the Will of Elizabeth Williams Vale for the Benefit of Frederic B. Asche, Jr. (Del. Ch. 2015). “The Delaware trustee petitioned this Court under 10 Del. C. § 6504(2) for an order directing it 1 to distribute the trust assets to the wife‟s estate or, in the alternative, to be authorized to hold and invest those assets in accordance with its asset preservation policies.”

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