Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 1302 – Proving will
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(a) A will shall be proved before the Register of Wills of the county in which the testator was domiciled at the time of death. If the testator was not domiciled in this State, it may be proved before the Register of any county in this State wherein there are any goods or chattels, rights or credits, or lands or tenements of the deceased.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 1302
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Probate: Proving a will
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
(b) To be effective to prove a transfer of any property or to nominate an executor, a will must be declared to be valid by admission to probate.
Code 1852, §§ ?1767, 1768; 18 Del. Laws, c. 674; Code 1915, § ?3334; 35 Del. Laws, c. 203, § ?1; Code 1935, § ?3799; 12 Del. C. 1953, § ?1303; 59 Del. Laws, c. 384, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;