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.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 17. ABSENTEES; PRESUMED DECEDENTS
§ 1702. Petition for adjudication of presumed death; notice of hearing.
§ 1704. Hearing; competency of witnesses.
§ 1706. Decree of presumed death; admission of will to probate and grant of letters.
§ 1707. Title to real estate of presumed decedent; recording of decree.
§ 1708. Duties of executor or administrator.
§ 1709. Security given by beneficiaries.
§ 1710. Revocation of letters and vacation of decree of presumed death — Effect generally.
§ 1712. Probate of will produced after issuance of letters; effect upon prior administration.