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12 DE Code § 255. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter II. Delaware Uniform International Wills Act|§ 255. International will — certificate.

§ 255. International will — certificate. The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate to be signed by the authorized person establishing that the requirements of this subchapter for valid execution of an international will have been fulfilled. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another to the testator. The certificate must be substantially in the following form:   CERTIFICATE  I, ________________________________ (name, address and capacity), a person authorized to act in connection with international wills, certify that on ________________________________ (date) at ________________________________ (place) (testator) ________________________________________________________________ (name, address, date and place of birth) in my presence and that of the witness (a) ________________________________ (name, address, date and place of birth) and (b) ________________________________________________________________ (name, address, date and place of birth) has declared that the attached document is his or her will and that he or she knows the contents thereof. I furthermore certify that:  (a) In my presence and in that of the witnesses:  (1) The testator has signed the will or has acknowledged his or her signature previously affixed. (2) * Following a declaration of the testator stating that he or she was unable to sign the will for the following reason ________________________________, I have mentioned this declaration on the will, * and the signature has been affixed by ________________________________________________________________ (name and address); (b) The witnesses and I have signed the will; (c) * Each page of the will has been signed by ________________________________ and numbered; (d) I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the testator and of the witnesses as designated above; (e) The witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as such according to the law under which I am acting; (f) * The testator has requested me to include the following statement concerning the safekeeping of the will:  ________________ PLACE OF EXECUTION ________________________________________________________________   DATE ________ ________________________________________________________________   SIGNATURE and, if necessary, SEAL * to be completed if appropriate 71 Del. Laws, c. 81, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
12 DE Code § 256. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter II. Delaware Uniform International Wills Act|§ 256. International will — effect of certificate.

§ 256. International will — effect of certificate. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the certificate of the authorized person is conclusive of the formal validity of the instrument as a will under this subchapter. The absence or irregularity of a certificate does not affect the formal validity of a will under this subchapter. 71 Del. Laws, c. 81, §  2;
12 DE Code § 257. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter II. Delaware Uniform International Wills Act|§ 257. International will — revocation.

§ 257. International will — revocation. An international will is subject to the rules of revocation of wills appearing at §§ 208 and 209 of this title. 71 Del. Laws, c. 81, §  2;
12 DE Code § 258. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter II. Delaware Uniform International Wills Act|§ 258. Source and construction.

§ 258. Source and construction. Sections 251 through 257 of this title derive from Annex to Convention of October 26, 1973, Providing a Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will. In interpreting and applying this subchapter, regard shall be had to its international origin and to the need for uniformity in its interpretation. 71 Del. Laws, c. 81, §  2;
12 DE Code § 259. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter II. Delaware Uniform International Wills Act|§ 259. Persons authorized to act in relation to international will; eligibility; recognition by authorizing agency.

§ 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 courts of this State and who are in good standing as active law practitioners in this State, are hereby declared to be authorized persons in relation to international wills. 71 Del. Laws, c. 81, §  2;
12 DE Code § 260. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter III. Disposition of a Person’s Last Remains|§ 260. Definitions.

§ 260. Definitions. As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  (1) “Adult” means a natural person 18 years of age or older. (2) “Declarant” means a competent adult who signs a declaration pursuant to the provisions of this article. (3) “Declaration instrument” means a written instrument, signed by a declarant, governing the disposition of the declarant's last remains and the ceremonies planned after a declarant's death, including a document governing the disposition of last remains under this title or a United States Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data Form (DD Form 93) or any successor form executed by the declarant. Such a declaration may be made within a prepaid funeral, burial, or cremation contract with a mortuary or crematorium. (4) “Interested person” means the deceased's spouse, parent, adult child, sibling, grandchild, and other person designated in a declaration instrument. (5) “Last remains” means the deceased's body or cremains after death. (6) “Reasonable under the circumstances,” applied to the declarant's instructions, means appropriate in relation to the declarant's finances, cultural or family customs, and religious or spiritual beliefs. “Reasonable under the circumstances” implies consideration of factors that include, but are not limited to, a prepaid funeral, burial or cremation plan of the declarant; the size of the declarant's estate; the declarant's cultural or family customs; the declarant's religious or spiritual beliefs; and the known or reasonably ascertainable creditors of the declarant. (7) a. “Third party” means a person:  1. Who is requested by a declaration instrument to act in good faith in reliance upon such instrument; 2. Who is delegated discretion over ceremonial or dispositional arrangements in a declaration instrument under § 264 of this title; or 3. Who is delegated discretion over ceremonial or dispositional arrangements in a declaration instrument. b. “Third party” includes, but is not limited to, a funeral director, mortician, mortuary, crematorium, or cemetery. (8) “Unreasonable” means an act that is clearly unreasonable, pursuant to the definition of “reasonable under the circumstances” under paragraph (6) of this section.74 Del. Laws, c. 295, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 296, §  1;
12 DE Code § 261. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter III. Disposition of a Person’s Last Remains|§ 261. Limitations.

§ 261. Limitations. This subchapter shall not be construed to:  (1) Invalidate a declaration instrument or will, codicil, trust, power of appointment or power of attorney; (2) Invalidate any act of an agent, guardian, or conservator; (3) Affect any claim, right or remedy that accrued prior to June 30, 2004; (4) Authorize or encourage acts that violate the constitution, statutes, rules, case law or public policy of Delaware or the United States; (5) Abridge contracts; (6) Modify the standards, ethics or protocols of the practice of medicine; (7) Compel or authorize a health care provider or health care facility, to administer medical treatment that is medically inappropriate or contrary to federal or other Delaware law; or (8) Permit or authorize euthanasia or an affirmative or deliberate act to end a person's life.74 Del. Laws, c. 295, §  1;
12 DE Code § 262. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter III. Disposition of a Person’s Last Remains|§ 262. Declaration of disposition of last remains.

§ 262. Declaration of disposition of last remains. The declarant may specify, in a declaration instrument, any 1 or more of the following:  (1) The disposition to be made of the declarant's last remains; (2) Who may direct the disposition of the declarant's last remains; (3) The ceremonial arrangements to be performed after the declarant's death; (4) Who may direct the ceremonial arrangement after the declarant's death; or (5) The rights, limitations, immunities, and other terms of third parties dealing with the declaration instrument.74 Del. Laws, c. 295, §  1;
12 DE Code § 263. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter III. Disposition of a Person’s Last Remains|§ 263. Reliance upon declaration instruments.

§ 263. Reliance upon declaration instruments. (a) A third party who acts in good faith reliance on a declaration instrument that is legally executed shall not be subject to civil liability to any greater extent than if the third party were dealing directly with the declarant as a fully competent and living person. Such third party shall not be subject to criminal liability or regulatory sanction for such reliance. (b) A third party who deals with a declaration instrument may presume in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary:  (1) That the declaration instrument was validly executed; and (2) That the declarant was competent at the time the instrument was executed. (c) A third party who reasonably relies on a declaration instrument shall not be civilly or criminally liable for the proper application of property delivered or surrendered to comply with the declarant's instructions in the declaration instrument. (d) The directions of a declarant expressed in a declaration instrument shall be binding on all persons as if the declarant were alive and competent. (e) A third party who has reasonable cause to question the authenticity or validity of a declaration instrument may promptly and reasonably seek additional information from the person proffering such declaration or from other involved persons. A third party may require exhibition of the original declaration instrument or a notarized copy. (f) A third party seeking to fulfill a declarant's intent regarding disposition of last remains or ceremonial arrangements may disregard such intent if such intent is unreasonable under the circumstances. 74 Del. Laws, c. 295, §  1;
12 DE Code § 264. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter III. Disposition of a Person’s Last Remains|§ 264. Right to dispose of remains.

§ 264. Right to dispose of remains. (a) The right to control disposition of the last remains or ceremonial arrangements of a decedent vests in and devolves upon the following persons, at the time of the decedent's death, in the following order:  (1) The decedent if acting through a declaration instrument; (2) The surviving spouse of the decedent, if not legally separated from the decedent; (3) Either the appointed personal representative or administrator of the decedent's estate if such person has been appointed; or the nominee for appointment as personal representative under the decedent's will if a personal representative or administrator has not been appointed; (4) A majority of the surviving adult children of the decedent whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertainable; (5) The surviving parents or legal guardians of the decent whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertainable; (6) A majority of the surviving adult siblings of the decedent whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertainable; (7) The person in the classes of the next degree of kinship, in descending order, under the laws of descent and distribution to inherit the estate of the decedent. If there is more than 1 person of the same degree, any person of that degree may exercise the right of disposition; (8) In the absence of any person under paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(6) of this section, any other person willing to assume the responsibilities to act and arrange the final disposition of the decedent's remains, including the personal representative of the decedent's estate or the funeral director with the custody of the body, after attesting in writing that a good faith effort has been made to no avail to contact the individuals under paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(6) of this section; (9) The public administrator for the decedent's estate. (b) To exercise the right to control final disposition pursuant to paragraph (a)(5) of this section, the majority of parents and guardians shall act in writing. (c) If the assent of multiple persons under paragraph (a)(4), (a)(5), or (a)(6) of this section cannot be obtained, a final judgment of the Chancery Court of the county of the decedent's residence shall be required to exercise the right to control final disposition. Such final judgment shall be consistent with the decedent's last wishes to the extent they are reasonable under the circumstances. (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter to the contrary, a United States Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data Form (DD Form 93) executed by a declarant who thereafter dies while serving in any branch of in the United States Military, as defined 10 U.S.C. § 1481, shall constitute a valid form of declaration instrument and shall govern the disposition of such declarant's last remains, unless a subsequent declaration instrument has been executed by the declarant. 74 Del. Laws, c. 295, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 112, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 296, §  2;
12 DE Code § 266. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter III. Disposition of a Person’s Last Remains|§ 266. Declaration — other points of form.

§ 266. Declaration — other points of form. (a) The form set forth in § 265 of this title is not exclusive, and a person may use another form of declaration instrument if the wording of the form complies substantially with § 265 of this title, the form is properly completed, and the form is in writing, dated, and signed by the declarant. (b) A declaration instrument may be acknowledged, but lack of acknowledgment shall not render the declaration ineffective. (c) This subchapter shall apply to declaration instruments executed or exercised in Delaware and to declaration instruments signed or exercised by a person who is a resident of Delaware when such instrument is signed or exercised. (d) The provisions of the most recent declaration instrument shall control over any other document regarding the disposition of the last remains. 74 Del. Laws, c. 295, §  1;
12 DE Code § 267. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter III. Disposition of a Person’s Last Remains|§ 267. Declaration — revocation generally.

§ 267. Declaration — revocation generally. A declaration may be revoked by the declarant in writing or by burning, tearing, canceling, obliterating, or destroying the declaration instrument with the intent to revoke such instrument. 74 Del. Laws, c. 295, §  1;
12 DE Code § 268. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter III. Disposition of a Person’s Last Remains|§ 268. Declaration — revocation by divorce.

§ 268. Declaration — revocation by divorce. Unless otherwise expressly provided in a declaration instrument, a subsequent divorce, dissolution of marriage, annulment of marriage, or legal separation between the declarant and spouse automatically revokes a delegation to the declarant's spouse to direct the disposition of the declarant's last remains or ceremonies after the declarant's death. This section shall not be construed to revoke the remaining provisions of the declaration instrument. 74 Del. Laws, c. 295, §  1;
12 DE Code § 269. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter III. Disposition of a Person’s Last Remains|§ 269. Declaration — revocation of designee.

§ 269. Declaration — revocation of designee. Unless otherwise specified in the declaration instrument, if a declarant revokes a delegation to a person to direct the disposition of the declarant's last remains or ceremonies after the declarant's death, or if such person is unable or unwilling to serve, the nomination of such person shall be ineffective as to such person. If an alternate designee is not nominated by the declarant, § 264 of this title shall govern. This section shall not be construed to revoke the remaining provisions of the declaration instruments. 74 Del. Laws, c. 295, §  1;
12 DE Code § 270. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 2. General Provisions|Subchapter III. Disposition of a Person’s Last Remains|§ 270. Interstate effect of declaration.

§ 270. Interstate effect of declaration. (a) Unless otherwise stated in a declaration instrument, it shall be presumed that the declarant intends to have that declarant's own declaration instrument executed pursuant to this subchapter and recognized to the fullest extent possible by other states. (b) Unless otherwise provided in the declaration instrument, a declaration instrument or similar instrument executed in another state that complies with the requirements of this subchapter may, in good faith, be relied upon by a third party in this State if an action requested by such declarant does not violate any law of the federal government, Delaware, or a political subdivision. 74 Del. Laws, c. 295, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
12 DE Code § 301. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 3. After-Born Children; Marriage After Will|Subchapter I. After-Born Children|§ 301. Shares of after-born children.

§ 301. Shares of after-born children. A child born after its parent has made a last will and testament and for which such parent made no provision, vested or contingent, specifically or as member of a class, by will or otherwise, shall take the same portion of its parent's estate, both real and personal, that the child would have been entitled to if such parent had died intestate. This section shall not apply and no intestacy shall be created as to any child or children born after the date of the execution of a will in any case where the testator has provided in the last will and testament that the birth of any child or children subsequently shall not affect the will. Code 1852, §  1654;  Code 1915, §  3252;  Code 1935, §  3716;  46 Del. Laws, c. 204, §  1;  12 Del. C. 1953, §  301;  70 Del Laws, c. 186,, §  1;
12 DE Code § 302. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 3. After-Born Children; Marriage After Will|Subchapter I. After-Born Children|§ 302. Raising share of after-born child.

§ 302. Raising share of after-born child. Towards the raising of the portion of an after-born child, any intestate estate of the deceased, real or personal, shall be first applied and the residue of such portion, if there be a deficiency of such intestate estate to make up the same, or the whole of the portion if there be no such intestate estate, shall be contributed proportionable by the devisees and legatees, taking under the last will and testament, out of the estate or parts devised or bequeathed to them respectively. Code 1852, §  1655;  Code 1915, §  3253;  Code 1935, §  3717;  12 Del. C. 1953, §  302;
12 DE Code § 304. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 3. After-Born Children; Marriage After Will|Subchapter I. After-Born Children|§ 304. Oath of freeholders and surveyor; action by majority.

§ 304. Oath of freeholders and surveyor; action by majority. The freeholders and surveyor and all persons employed in the premises shall, before entering upon their respective duties under the order of the Court of Chancery, be severally sworn or affirmed faithfully and impartially according to the best of their skill and judgment to perform the duties assigned them by the order under which they act. A majority of the freeholders may act in the premises. Code 1852, §  1659;  Code 1915, §  3256;  Code 1935, §  3720;  12 Del. C. 1953, §  304;  57 Del. Laws, c. 402, §  3;
12 DE Code § 305. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 3. After-Born Children; Marriage After Will|Subchapter I. After-Born Children|§ 305. Vacancies among freeholders.

§ 305. Vacancies among freeholders. The Court of Chancery may fill any vacancy occurring among the freeholders. Code 1852, §  1661;  Code 1915, §  3258;  Code 1935, §  3722;  12 Del. C. 1953, §  305;  57 Del. Laws, c. 402, §  3;
12 DE Code § 306. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 3. After-Born Children; Marriage After Will|Subchapter I. After-Born Children|§ 306. Return of freeholders; conclusiveness.

§ 306. Return of freeholders; conclusiveness. The freeholders shall return their proceedings in the premises, under their hands, to the Court of Chancery at the next stated term thereof and the same, being confirmed by the Court, shall be conclusive. Code 1852, §  1660;  Code 1915, §  3257;  Code 1935, §  3721;  12 Del. C. 1953, §  306;  57 Del. Laws, c. 402, §  3;
12 DE Code § 307. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 3. After-Born Children; Marriage After Will|Subchapter I. After-Born Children|§ 307. Contribution from devisees or legatees.

§ 307. Contribution from devisees or legatees. If the intestate real estate, allotted under the foregoing provisions, shall not, at the appraisement thereof, be equal in value to what would have been the share of the after-born child or children of the entire estate of the deceased parent, had such parent died intestate, the deficiency shall be made up from the intestate personal estate, if any, of such parent. If there shall be no intestate personal estate or not sufficient to make up such deficiency the devisees and legatees, taking under the will of the deceased parent, shall proportionately contribute such sum or sums of money as, added to the intestate estate, will be sufficient to raise the portion of such after-born child or children. Code 1852, §  1662;  Code 1915, §  3259;  Code 1935, §  3723;  12 Del. C. 1953, §  307;
12 DE Code § 308. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 3. After-Born Children; Marriage After Will|Subchapter I. After-Born Children|§ 308. Disposition of residue of intestate real or personal estate.

§ 308. Disposition of residue of intestate real or personal estate. Any residue of intestate estate, real or personal, remaining after an allotment is made to an after-born child or children, under the foregoing provisions, shall belong to the person as by law would have been entitled to the same if no child had been born after the making of the parent's will. Code 1852, §  1663;  Code 1915, §  3260;  Code 1935, §  3724;  12 Del. C. 1953, §  308;