{"data":{"id":"us-de/12-del.-c.-614","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"12 Del. C. § 614","heading":"When disclaimer barred or limited.","body":"(a) A disclaimer is barred by a written waiver of the right to disclaim.\n(b) A disclaimer of an interest in property is barred if any of the following events occur before the disclaimer becomes effective:\n(1) The disclaimant accepts the interest sought to be disclaimed;\n(2) The disclaimant voluntarily assigns, conveys, encumbers, pledges, or transfers the interest sought to be disclaimed or contracts to do so;\n(3) A judicial sale of the interest sought to be disclaimed occurs.\n(c) A disclaimer is barred or limited if so provided by law other than this chapter.\n(d) A disclaimer, in whole or part, of the future exercise of a power held in a fiduciary capacity is not barred by its previous exercise.\n(e) A disclaimer of a power over property which is barred by this section is ineffective. A disclaimer of an interest in property which is barred by this section takes effect as a transfer of the interest disclaimed to the persons who would have taken the interest under this chapter had the disclaimer not been barred.","path":["Title 12. Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Descent and Distribution; Escheat","CHAPTER 6. Disclaimer"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c006/index.html#614","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:15Z","sha256":"f39c6443e8fd69edf0b6bb2d346eee38fd6c3bbc36c28dec6512a0d0d6d00bd4","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/12-del.-c.-613","next":"us-de/12-del.-c.-615"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}