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Sep 10, 2026GuideDelawareSupport Guide25 min read

Delaware Probate Bond Rules

Delaware requires no executor bond by default. 12 Del. C. § 1522 excepts a will that demands one and a Court of Chancery order under § 1524.

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Sep 10, 2026GuideDelawarePillar Guide33 min read

Delaware probate runs through the county Register of Wills, not a probate court. The two routes, the 8-month creditor bar, and the cost.

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Sep 10, 2026GuideDelawareSupport Guide30 min read

A full Delaware administration runs 12 to 18 months, floored by the eight-month creditor bar counted from the death rather than notice.

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Sep 10, 2026GuideDelawareSupport Guide31 min read

Delaware probate without a lawyer runs through a county Register of Wills. Each county sets its own fees, and Rule 190 helps you.

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Sep 10, 2026GuideDelawareSupport Guide28 min read

Delaware voids a trust signed without a witness. What 12 Del. C. § 3545 asks for, how funding works, and what a revocable trust here cannot do.

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Sep 10, 2026GuideDelawareSupport Guide19 min read

Delaware moves personal property up to $50,000 on a small estate affidavit. Any Delaware real estate the decedent owned closes the route entirely.

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Sep 10, 2026GuideDelawareSupport Guide11 min read

Delaware gives a surviving spouse up to $7,500 under 12 Del. C. § 2308, but only on a written demand made inside the shorter of two deadlines.

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Sep 10, 2026GuideDelawareSupport Guide31 min read

Delaware step-up in basis: inherited property resets to its date-of-death value under IRC 1014. Delaware taxes no estate and no inheritance.

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Sep 10, 2026GuideDelawarePillar Guide29 min read

Delaware gives a surviving spouse a third of the elective estate and a $7,500 allowance, and both are lost by silence.

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Sep 10, 2026GuideDelawareSupport Guide27 min read

A Delaware transfer on death deed only works if it is recorded before the owner dies, and it needs 2 witnesses, at least 1 of them not a beneficiary.

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