Any act done by an executor or administrator in the due course of administration, and any payment made by the executor or administrator on account of a legacy or distributive share shall be valid, until it appears to have been erroneously or unlawfully done or made although the executor or administrator shall be removed from office or shall die before closing the estate.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 15. LETTERS TESTAMENTARY AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Subchapter III. Death, Removal or Discharge of Executor or Administrator
§ 1541. Removal for neglect of duties.
§ 1542. Removal of executor or administrator upon subsequent probate of will.
§ 1543. Rights of coexecutor, coadministrator or successor upon death or removal.
§ 1544. Commissions; allowance and apportionment.
§ 1545. Validity of acts of removed or deceased executor or administrator.
§ 1546. Refusal to deliver unadministered assets.
§ 1547. Discharge of executor or administrator upon petition; procedure; appeal.