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- 12 Del. C. § 1541 · Removal for neglect of duties.
- 12 Del. C. § 1542 · Removal of executor or administrator upon subsequent probate of will.
- 12 Del. C. § 1543 · Rights of coexecutor, coadministrator or successor upon death or removal.
- 12 Del. C. § 1544 · Commissions; allowance and apportionment.
- 12 Del. C. § 1545 · Validity of acts of removed or deceased executor or administrator.
- 12 Del. C. § 1546 · Refusal to deliver unadministered assets.
- 12 Del. C. § 1547 · Discharge of executor or administrator upon petition; procedure; appeal.
- 12 Del. C. § 1551 · Appointment of trustee upon petition of executor or administrator; bond, duties and release of trustee.
- 12 Del. C. § 1552 · Receipt of trustee.
- 12 Del. C. § 1553 · Personalty in possession of life tenant; discharge of executor or administrator with will annexed; liability of life tenant.
- 12 Del. C. § 1561 · Definitions.
- 12 Del. C. § 1562 · Payment of debt and delivery of property to domiciliary foreign personal representative without local administration.
- 12 Del. C. § 1563 · Payment or delivery discharges.
- 12 Del. C. § 1564 · Resident creditor notice.
- 12 Del. C. § 1565 · Proof of authority and bond.
- 12 Del. C. § 1566 · Powers.
- 12 Del. C. § 1567 · Power of representatives in transition.
- 12 Del. C. § 1568 · Ancillary and other local administrations; provisions governing.
- 12 Del. C. § 1569 · Jurisdiction by act of foreign personal representative.
- 12 Del. C. § 1570 · Jurisdiction by act of decedent.
- 12 Del. C. § 1571 · Service on foreign personal representative.
- 12 Del. C. § 1572 · Effect of adjudication for or against personal representative.
- 12 Del. C. § 1573 · Authentication and recognition of acknowledgements.
- 12 Del. C. § 1701 · Presumption of death.
- 12 Del. C. § 1702 · Petition for adjudication of presumed death; notice of hearing.
- 12 Del. C. § 1703 · Petition for ancillary letters on estate of nondomiciliary presumed decedent; notice of hearing.
- 12 Del. C. § 1704 · Hearing; competency of witnesses.
- 12 Del. C. § 1705 · Search for absentee.
- 12 Del. C. § 1706 · Decree of presumed death; admission of will to probate and grant of letters.
- 12 Del. C. § 1707 · Title to real estate of presumed decedent; recording of decree.
- 12 Del. C. § 1708 · Duties of executor or administrator.
- 12 Del. C. § 1709 · Security given by beneficiaries.
- 12 Del. C. § 1710 · Revocation of letters and vacation of decree of presumed death — Effect generally.
- 12 Del. C. § 1711 · Revocation of letters and vacation of decree of presumed death — Effect upon pending actions and upon judgments rendered.
- 12 Del. C. § 1712 · Probate of will produced after issuance of letters; effect upon prior administration.
- 12 Del. C. § 1713 · Costs.
- 12 Del. C. § 1901 · Personal property constituting assets of estate; exceptions; employee death benefit plans and insurance policies.
- 12 Del. C. § 1902 · Rents and profits of deceased’s real estate as estate assets; possession and repair of real estate.
- 12 Del. C. § 1903 · Growing crops.
- 12 Del. C. § 1904 · Appraisers; appointment.
- 12 Del. C. § 1905 · Inventory and appraisal; filing requirements, form, contents and supporting affidavits; notice of action affecting title.
- 12 Del. C. § 1906 · Failure to file inventory; civil and criminal penalties.
- 12 Del. C. § 1907 · Refusal of a coexecutor or coadministrator to file inventory.
- 12 Del. C. § 1908 · Affidavit of diligent inquiry.
- 12 Del. C. § 1909 · Executor’s debt to decedent.
- 12 Del. C. § 1910 · Additional inventory; after discovered assets.
- 12 Del. C. § 1911 · Power of Court to suppress, reject and order another inventory or list.
- 12 Del. C. § 1912 · Recording inventory and notation of inheritance tax status in Inheritance and Succession Docket.
- 12 Del. C. § 2101 · Notice to creditors to present claims; publication.
- 12 Del. C. § 2102 · Limitations on claims against estate.
- 12 Del. C. § 2103 · Debts of which notice is presumed.
- 12 Del. C. § 2104 · Manner of presentation of claims.
- 12 Del. C. § 2105 · Order of preference of claims against estate.
- 12 Del. C. § 2106 · Petition to Court of Chancery to determine order of preference.
- 12 Del. C. § 2107 · Payment of claims after 3 months without notice of claim of higher priority.
- 12 Del. C. § 2108 · [Reserved.]
- 12 Del. C. § 2109 · Barring of claims against estates when no letters have been granted within 10 years from death.
- 12 Del. C. § 2301 · Rendering of accounts; extension of time; appeal; authority of Register of Wills and Court of Chancery.
- 12 Del. C. § 2302 · Notice of filing of account; waiver; exceptions.
- 12 Del. C. § 2303 · Recording of account; fees; evidence.
- 12 Del. C. § 2304 · Estate tax returns or affidavits.
- 12 Del. C. § 2305 · Allowance of commissions and attorneys’ fees.
- 12 Del. C. § 2306 · Distribution of decedent’s property without grant of letters where estate assets do not exceed $50,000.
- 12 Del. C. § 2307 · Effect of distribution without letters.
- 12 Del. C. § 2308 · Surviving spouse’s allowance.
- 12 Del. C. § 2309 · Recordation of death certificates.
- 12 Del. C. § 2311 · Time for settling estate; accounting for interest or earnings pending settlement.
- 12 Del. C. § 2312 · Payment of legacies; refusal to pay or deliver; bond; interest.
- 12 Del. C. § 2313 · Anti-lapse; deceased devisee; class gifts.
- 12 Del. C. § 2313A · Failure of share of residuary.
- 12 Del. C. § 2314 · Legacy to creditor of testator.
- 12 Del. C. § 2315 · Payment of legacies or distributive shares to minors or persons absent from the State.
- 12 Del. C. § 2316 · Payment of legacy, distributive share or trust fund where person entitled is out of State, unknown, etc.; proceedings.
- 12 Del. C. § 2317 · Abatement.
- 12 Del. C. § 2318 · Proportional contribution of legatees.
- 12 Del. C. § 2319 · Transfer of investments or other property to guardian or trustee in payment of specific legacy or distributive share; receipt.
- 12 Del. C. § 2320 · Release, acquittance or receipt to executor or administrator; form, execution, recording and evidence.
- 12 Del. C. § 2321 · Distributions by fiduciaries in satisfaction of pecuniary bequests.
- 12 Del. C. § 2322 · Effect of manslaughter or murder on intestate succession, wills, joint assets, life insurance and beneficiary designations.
- 12 Del. C. § 2331 · Jurisdiction of Court of Chancery.
- 12 Del. C. § 2332 · Petition for decree of distribution; notice required by Constitution.
- 12 Del. C. § 2333 · Order fixing hearing date and providing for notice.
- 12 Del. C. § 2334 · Hearing and evidence.
- 12 Del. C. § 2335 · Decree of distribution; reservation for contingent liabilities.
- 12 Del. C. § 2336 · Distribution of assets in kind.
- 12 Del. C. § 2337 · Appointment of Magistrate; exceptions to Magistrate’s report.
- 12 Del. C. § 2338 · Finality of decree; appeal to Supreme Court; record on appeal.
- 12 Del. C. § 2339 · Rule-making power of Court of Chancery.
- 12 Del. C. § 2351 · Definitions.
- 12 Del. C. § 2352 · Proof of payment of domiciliary death taxes.
- 12 Del. C. § 2353 · Notice to domiciliary state.
- 12 Del. C. § 2354 · Accounting and decree of Court of Chancery upon petition of domiciliary state.
- 12 Del. C. § 2355 · Prerequisites of approval of final account.
- 12 Del. C. § 2356 · Applicability of subchapter.
- 12 Del. C. § 2357 · Construction of subchapter.
- 12 Del. C. § 2501 · Register of Wills is a Clerk of Court of Chancery.
- 12 Del. C. § 2502 · Powers.
- 12 Del. C. § 2503 · Commission to take deposition.
- 12 Del. C. § 2504 · Compensation.
- 12 Del. C. § 2505 · Bond.