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Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 2301. Rendering of accounts; extension of time; appeal; authority of Register of Wills and Court of Chancery. - (a) Every executor or administrator shall render an account of...
§ 2302. Notice of filing of account; waiver; exceptions. - (a) Every account filed by an executor or administrator shall...
§ 2303. Recording of account; fees; evidence. - (a) All accounts and settlements of executors and administrators as...
§ 2304. Estate tax returns or affidavits. - (a) Whenever a return required under Chapter 15 of Title...
§ 2305. Allowance of commissions and attorneys' fees. - (a) Commissions and attorneys' fees shall be allowed as provided...
§ 2306. Distribution of decedent's property without grant of letters where estate assets do not exceed $30,000. - (a) The spouse of a decedent or any person who...
§ 2307. Effect of distribution without letters. - (a) The person making payment, delivery, transfer or issuance pursuant...
§ 2308. Surviving spouse's allowance. - (a) The surviving spouse of any decedent shall be entitled...
§ 2309. Recordation of death certificates. - In all cases where there is an interest in real...
Subchapter II. Payment of Legacies or Distributive Shares
§ 2311. Time for settling estate; accounting for interest or earnings pending settlement. - Except where circumstances justify a longer period, an executor or...
§ 2312. Payment of legacies; refusal to pay or deliver; bond; interest. - (a) Any legacy, if no time is appointed, shall be...
§ 2313. Anti-lapse; deceased devisee; class gifts. - (a) (1) If a devisee or legatee who is a...
§ 2313A. Failure of share of residuary. - (a) Except as provided in § 2313 of this title,...
§ 2314. Legacy to creditor of testator. - A legacy shall not be deemed to be in satisfaction...
§ 2315. Payment of legacies or distributive shares to minors or persons absent from the State. - (a) If an executor or administrator cannot pay over money...
§ 2316. Payment of legacy, distributive share or trust fund where person entitled is out of State, unknown, etc.; proceedings. - (a) If an executor, administrator or trustee cannot pay over...
§ 2317. Abatement. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section...
§ 2318. Proportional contribution of legatees. - If there are several legacies, and a return of part...
§ 2319. Transfer of investments or other property to guardian or trustee in payment of specific legacy or distributive share; receipt. - Whenever an executor or administrator makes an assignment of any...
§ 2320. Release, acquittance or receipt to executor or administrator; form, execution, recording and evidence. - (a) Any release, acquittance or receipt, being executed under hand...
§ 2321. Distributions by fiduciaries in satisfaction of pecuniary bequests. - (a) Where a will or a trust agreement authorizes the...
§ 2322. Effect of manslaughter or murder on intestate succession, wills, joint assets, life insurance and beneficiary designations. - (a) Definitions. — (1) “Decedent” shall mean any person whose...
Subchapter III. Decree of Distribution
§ 2331. Jurisdiction of Court of Chancery. - The jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery shall extend to...
§ 2332. Petition for decree of distribution; notice required by Constitution. - (a) An executor or administrator or any person claiming to...
§ 2333. Order fixing hearing date and providing for notice. - (a) Upon the filing of the petition provided for under...
§ 2334. Hearing and evidence. - At the hearing of the application or any adjournment thereof,...
§ 2335. Decree of distribution; reservation for contingent liabilities. - If, upon the hearing, the Court of Chancery shall be...
§ 2336. Distribution of assets in kind. - Whenever it appears in any proceeding under this subchapter that...
§ 2337. Appointment of master; exceptions to master's report. - The Court of Chancery, instead of hearing in the first...
§ 2338. Finality of decree; appeal to Supreme Court; record on appeal. - (a) Every decree of distribution made by the Court of...
§ 2339. Rule-making power of Court of Chancery. - The Court of Chancery may make all necessary rules of...
Subchapter IV. Nondomiciliary Decedents’ Estates
§ 2351. Definitions. - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Death tax” and “death...
§ 2352. Proof of payment of domiciliary death taxes. - At any time before the expiration of 18 months after...
§ 2353. Notice to domiciliary state. - If the proof required by § 2352 of this title...
§ 2354. Accounting and decree of Court of Chancery upon petition of domiciliary state. - Within 60 days after the mailing of the notice required...
§ 2355. Prerequisites of approval of final account. - No final account of an executor or administrator of a...
§ 2356. Applicability of subchapter. - This subchapter shall apply to the estate of a nondomiciliary...
§ 2357. Construction of subchapter. - This subchapter shall be liberally construed in order to ensure...