Delaware Statutes

§ 214 — Devolution of property; administration of decedents’ estates

Delaware·Title 12·Part Wills·Ch. 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS·Subch. Tenets and Principles

Solely for the purposes of determining the rights of any person to property of a decedent, it shall be presumed that tangible personal property acquired

(1)By a decedent through gift or inheritance, or
(2)Solely with the funds of the decedent, or
(3)Acquired by the decedent before marriage to the surviving spouse, is the sole property of the decedent notwithstanding that such property consists of household goods or that any such property was subject to joint possession and use by a decedent and the surviving spouse.

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Legislative History

66 Del. Laws, c. 372, § 1 ; 70 Del Laws, c. 186,, § 1

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