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Subchapter I. Tenets and Principles
§ 201. Who may make a will. - Any person of the age of 18 years, or upwards,...
§ 202. Requisites and execution of will. - (a) Every will, whether of personal or real estate, must...
§ 203. Witnesses; persons competent. - (a) Any person generally competent to be a witness may...
§ 204. Devise of real estate generally. - Lands, tenements and hereditaments are devisable by last will and...
§ 205. Devise of real estate without limitation. - A devise of real estate, without words of limitation, shall...
§ 206. After-acquired real estate. - Any estate, right or interest in lands, acquired by a...
§ 207. Power of sale of executor or trustee; liability of purchaser. - (a) Where, by the terms of a will or trust...
§ 208. Revocation of wills generally. - A last will and testament, or any clause thereof, shall...
§ 209. Revocation by divorce; no revocation by other changes or circumstances. - If after executing a will, the testator is divorced or...
§ 210. Alteration, theft or destruction of will; class E felony. - Whoever wilfully adds to, alters, defaces, erases, obliterates, mutilates, blots,...
§ 211. Testamentary additions to trusts. - (a) A will may validly devise or bequeath property to...
§ 212. Bequest of tangible personal property by separate writing. - A will may refer to a written statement or list...
§ 213. Rules for construction or interpretation of will [For application of this section, see 81 Del. Laws, c. 320, § 8]. - In the construction or interpretation of any will the rules...
§ 214. Devolution of property; administration of decedents' estates. - Solely for the purposes of determining the rights of any...
Subchapter II. Delaware Uniform International Wills Act
§ 251. Definitions. - In this subchapter: (1) “Authorized person” and “person authorized to...
§ 252. International will — validity. - (a) A will is valid as regards form, irrespective particularly...
§ 253. International will — requirements. - (a) The will must be made in writing. It need...
§ 254. International wills — other points of form. - (a) The signatures must be placed at the end of...
§ 255. International will — certificate. - The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate...
§ 256. International will — effect of certificate. - In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the certificate...
§ 257. International will — revocation. - An international will is subject to the rules of revocation...
§ 258. Source and construction. - Sections 251 through 257 of this title derive from Annex...
§ 259. Persons authorized to act in relation to international will; eligibility; recognition by authorizing agency. - Individuals who have been admitted to practice law before the...
Subchapter III. Disposition of a Person’s Last Remains
§ 260. Definitions. - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 261. Limitations. - This subchapter shall not be construed to: (1) Invalidate a...
§ 262. Declaration of disposition of last remains. - The declarant may specify, in a declaration instrument, any 1...
§ 263. Reliance upon declaration instruments. - (a) A third party who acts in good faith reliance...
§ 264. Right to dispose of remains. - (a) The right to control disposition of the last remains...
§ 265. Declaration of disposition of last remains; form. - The following declaration of disposition of last remains must be...
§ 266. Declaration — other points of form. - (a) The form set forth in § 265 of this...
§ 267. Declaration — revocation generally. - A declaration may be revoked by the declarant in writing...
§ 268. Declaration — revocation by divorce. - Unless otherwise expressly provided in a declaration instrument, a subsequent...
§ 269. Declaration — revocation of designee. - Unless otherwise specified in the declaration instrument, if a declarant...
§ 270. Interstate effect of declaration. - (a) Unless otherwise stated in a declaration instrument, it shall...