{"data":{"id":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1708","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"12 Del. C. § 1708","heading":"Duties of executor or administrator.","body":"The executor or administrator to whom letters have been issued upon the estate of a presumed decedent shall administer the estate in the same manner and with the same effect as the same would be administered under existing laws of this State if the presumed decedent were in fact dead.","path":["Title 12. Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Administration of Decedents’ Estates","CHAPTER 17. Absentees; Presumed Decedents"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c017/index.html#1708","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:15Z","sha256":"19faefa0dacbbf9bfcae3fbcc8cbde37f3a188e99cd5ebb7029f33bd5d15ab3e","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1707","next":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1709"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}