Del. R. Ch. Ct. 89

As amended through November 14, 2024
Rule 89 - Bonds of Fiduciaries

Each bond filed in the Court of Chancery after December 1, 1969, shall be in the form and manner prescribed by the Court and submitted to the Register in Chancery or filed electronically.

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
IN AND FOR .......... COUNTY
Re: Action Number:.....
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, .........., Principal, and .........., Surety, are held and firmly bound unto the State of Delaware in the penal sum of ............... Dollars ($ ), lawful money of the United States of America, to be paid to the State, to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, jointly and severally, and our respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, firmly by these presents.SEALED with our seals and dated this ..... day of .......... of A.D. 19.....
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above named Principal who has been appointed by the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware..... * shall as often as the Delaware statutes, the Rules of Court or a Judge thereof shall direct, make before the Court a just and true account of allassets and income of the said Estate which shall come into the hands, custody or possession of said Principal, and shall carefully perform all dutiesimposed on said Principal by law, and shall do whatever is necessary for the care, preservation and investment of the said Estate, and shall in allrespects comply with the orders of the Court, then this obligation shall be null and void, otherwise it shall remain in full force and effect.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of
............ (SEAL)
(Principal)
............ (SEAL)
(Surety)
When the bond is given by the principal alone without surety, the form shallbe modified accordingly.
* as the case may be:
Guardian of the Estate of John Doe, an infirm person
.........
Trustee of the Estate of John Doe, a mentally ill person
.........
Trustee under the will of John Doe, deceased
.........
Trustee for the John Doe Company, a dissolved corporation of the State of Delaware
.........

Del. R. Ch. Ct. 89

Amended January 15, 2021, effective 1/29/2021.