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Del. Ch. Ct. R. 207
Petitions Regarding Estates and Trusts
Petitions for an elective share pursuant to 12 Del. C. Ch. 9,
petitions for a decree of distribution pursuant to 12 Del. C.
§ 2332, petitions to sell real property to pay debts,
petitions for instructions, petitions to determine the order
of preference of creditors pursuant to 12 Del. C. § 2105,
petitions for a rule to show cause to compel return of assets
to an estate, petitions for admission of a copy of a
decedent’s will to probate, petitions for adjudication of
presumed death, petitions for review of proof of will,
petitions for partition, caveats against allowance of
instrument as will, petitions for removal of personal
representatives, and other similar petitions concerning the
estates of decedents that require judicial action by the
Court of Chancery shall be filed as civil actions with the
Register in Chancery. Petitions to modify a trust and
petitions to appoint a successor trustee shall be filed as
civil actions with the Register in Chancery, even if all
interested parties consent to the petition.
History
Added, effective Feb. 26, 1982; amended, effective Jan. 1, 2002; Aug. 23, 2002, effective Sept. 1, 2002; Dec. 15, 2014, effective Jan. 1, 2015.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- 2026-09-23
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