Delaware Code § 12-214

Devolution of property; administration of decedents' estates
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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.

Delaware Uniform International Wills Act

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