{"data":{"id":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1308","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"12 Del. C. § 1308","heading":"Caveat against allowance of instrument as will; procedure.","body":"(a) A caveat against the allowance of an instrument as a will shall be received by the Court of Chancery at any time prior to the entry of an order of probate. The caveat having been received, the Court shall appoint a time for hearing and award citations for the parties interested, and order service or publication of notice to the parties not within the State in accordance with § 1303 of this title. If, when a caveat is received, a time be appointed and process issued, it shall not be necessary to adjourn the taking of the proof and hearing; but an adjournment may be decreed, and other process awarded, or order made.\n(b) The Court of Chancery may determine the costs occasioned by such caveat and decree the payment thereof.","path":["Title 12. Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Administration of Decedents’ Estates","CHAPTER 13. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c013/index.html#1308","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:15Z","sha256":"c89b2f27f272ed0225b3b53f41c4cb18312a0cbd19910cfdf2234acf8f7ee4d8","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1307","next":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1309"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}