Delaware § 2311 Time for settling estate; accounting for interest or earnings pending settlement

Delaware Statutes

§ 2311 — Time for settling estate; accounting for interest or earnings pending settlement

Delaware § 2311

JurisdictionDelaware

Title12

PartAdministration of Decedents’ Estates

Ch. 23ACCOUNTING AND DISTRIBUTION

Subch.Payment of Legacies or Distributive Shares

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 12, § 2311 (2026).

Text

Except where circumstances justify a longer period, an executor or administrator shall have 1 year from the date of letters for settling the estate of the decedent; and until the expiration of that time, the executor or administrator shall not be required to make distribution, nor be chargeable with interest upon the assets in the executor’s or administrator’s hands; but if any part of the estate carry interest or be productive the executor or administrator shall account for the interest or produce.

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Except where circumstances justify a longer period, an executor or administrator shall have 1 year from the date of letters for settling the estate of the decedent; and until the expiration of that time, the executor or administrator shall not be required to make distribution, nor be chargeable with interest upon the assets in the executor’s or administrator’s hands; but if any part of the estate carry interest or be productive the executor or administrator shall account for the interest or produce.