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Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)

25 Del. C. § 104

Trustee for wife with a mental disability; barring of dower

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Any married man, seized of any real estate, whose wife has a mental disability, and who desires to sell and convey or to mortgage any such real estate, or any part thereof, may present his petition to the Court of Chancery, stating the facts. The Court may, if it considers it a proper case, make an order appointing a trustee for such married woman with a mental disability to join in any deed or mortgage on her behalf with her husband, and to sign, seal and acknowledge the deed or mortgage as such trustee in the same manner as deeds and mortgages are by law acknowledged.

Amendment history

17 Del. Laws, c. 616, § 1; 49 Del. Laws, c. 57, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 371, § 25

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In this title (40 sections)
  1. 25-81-405 · Time shares
  2. 25-81-406 · Common interest communities containing conversion buildings
  3. 25-81-407 · Common interest community securities
  4. 25-81-408 · Purchaser’s right to cancel
  5. 25-81-409 · Resales of units
  6. 25-81-410 · Escrow of deposits
  7. 25-81-411 · Release of liens
  8. 25-81-412 · Conversion buildings
  9. 25-81-413 · Express warranties of quality
  10. 25-81-414 · Implied warranties of quality
  11. 25-81-415 · Exclusion or modification of implied warranties of quality
  12. 25-81-416 · Statute of limitations for warranties
  13. 25-81-417 · Effect of violations on rights of action; attorneys’ fees
  14. 25-81-418 · Labeling of promotional material
  15. 25-81-419 · Declarant’s obligation to complete and restore
  16. 25-81-420 · Substantial completion of units
  17. 25-81-421 · Amendment to public offering statement
  18. 25-101 · Transfer of title to real estate by deed
  19. 25-102 · Effect of deeds by married women
  20. 25-103 · Circumstances under which wife may bar her dower without…
  21. 25-104 · Trustee for wife with a mental disability; barring of dower
  22. 25-105 · Trustee for husband with a mental disability; barring of…
  23. 25-106 · Effect of deed executed by trustee for spouse with a mental…
  24. 25-107 · Conveyance of real estate by married woman deserted without…
  25. 25-108 · Deeds and other instruments executed by the Home Owners’ Loan…
  26. 25-109 · Defeasance or contract for reconveyance; recording;…
  27. 25-110 · Certificates of notaries public; validity
  28. 25-121 · Form of deed; legal effect; other forms as valid
  29. 25-122 · Acknowledgment and proof of deeds
  30. 25-123 · Certification of acknowledgment or proof
  31. 25-124 · Acknowledgment and execution of deed by married woman deserted…
  32. 25-125 · Place for taking acknowledgment or proof
  33. 25-126 · Certification of acknowledgments by justices of the peace; form
  34. 25-127 · Acknowledgment of corporate deeds or other instruments
  35. 25-128 · Certification of acknowledgments by Mayor of Wilmington; fee
  36. 25-129 · Acknowledgment or proof outside State
  37. 25-130 · Notarial acts by members of the armed forces
  38. 25-131 · Validation of certain instruments as deeds
  39. 25-132 · Validity of legal instruments having defective…
  40. 25-133 · Address of grantee on deed
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