§ 202 — Requisites and execution of will

(a) Every will, whether of personal or real estate, must be:

(1) In writing and signed by the testator or by some person subscribing the testator’s name in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s express direction; and

(2) Subject to § 1306 of this title, attested and subscribed in testator’s presence by 2 or more credible witnesses.

(b) Any will not complying with subsection (a) of this section shall be void.

Legislative History

Code 1852, § 1645; Code 1915, § 3241; Code 1935, § 3705; 12 Del. C. 1953, § 102; 59 Del. Laws, c. 384, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1