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Title 6 - COMMERCE AND TRADESubtitle II - OTHER LAWS RELATING TO COMMERCE AND TRADEChapter 27 - CONTRACTS
Subchapter II - STATUTE OF FRAUDS AND PERJURIES
Section 2715 - Promise of decedent respecting testamentary disposition of property

Del. Code tit. 6 § 2715

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Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531
Section 2715 - Promise of decedent respecting testamentary disposition of property

No action shall be brought to charge the personal representatives or heirs of any deceased person upon any agreement to make a will of real or personal property, or to give a legacy or make a devise, unless such agreement is reduced to writing, or some memorandum or note thereof is signed by the person whose personal representatives or heirs are sought to be charged, or some other person lawfully authorized in writing, by the decedent, to sign for in the decedent's absence. This section shall not apply to any agreement made prior to May 1, 1933.

6 Del. C. § 2715

Code 1852, § 1167; 13 Del. Laws, c. 451; Code 1915, §2626; 38 Del. Laws, c. 157; Code 1935, § 3106; 48 Del. Laws, c. 224, § 1; 6 Del. C. 1953, §2715; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;