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Delaware Advance Directive
Delaware replaced its advance directive chapter in September 2025. One adult witness signs it, no notary, and nine classes may speak.
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Delaware Ancillary Probate
Delaware grants ancillary letters in any county, and 12 Del. C. § 1562 can release a nonresident's personal property with no local estate.
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Delaware Creditor Claims
Delaware bars claims 8 months after the death, whether or not notice was published, and each Register of Wills charges its own fee.
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Delaware Debt Payment Priority
Delaware pays the spouse's $7,500 allowance before the funeral bill, and administration costs before both. The full order of preference.
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Delaware Digital Assets After Death
Delaware never adopted the revised uniform act. 12 Del. C. ch. 50 gives a fiduciary the same access the account holder had.
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Delaware Estate Planning Basics
Delaware estate planning runs on four documents. The will takes two witnesses, the power of attorney a notary and a witness.
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Delaware Estate Tax Rules
Delaware repealed its estate tax for deaths after 2017. A $10 affidavit outlived it, and the federal return starts above $15,000,000.
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Delaware Executor Duties
Delaware executor duties on the statute's clocks: qualify with the Register of Wills, file the inventory in 3 months, then the 8-month bar.
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Delaware Guardianship Planning
Delaware runs guardianship through two courts. What the Court of Chancery must find, the papers that avoid a petition, and what a case costs.
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Delaware Intestate Succession
Who inherits without a will in Delaware: the 12 Del. C. § 502 spouse share, the life estate in the real estate, and the 120-hour rule in § 504.
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