Delaware Household Paperwork Bundle: 4 Kits in One Download (DE Executor and Estate Kit, Delaware Small Claims Kit, Delaware POA Signing Kit, Delaware Will Signing Kit)

Who it is for

Families in Delaware getting papers in order: signing a power of attorney or will, settling an estate, or taking a money dispute to small claims.

Not the right fit if

You only need one of these papers (buy that kit on its own), or nothing is in Delaware. Not a form preparation or legal service.

Why it is different

• 4 kits for 30% less than buying them one by one; each keeps its own folder in the download.
• The Delaware kits are built only from our Delaware data files: Sources, checked November 2026: New Castle County Register of Wills: Small estates; New Castle County Register of Wills: Small estate affidavit pamphlet (PDF); Nolo (secondary source): Probate Shortcuts in Delaware (Nolo, updated 4/24/2024); Kent County (Delaware) Register of Wills: Request for Small Estate Affidavit by Mail (revised July 2024); Delaware Code Title 12 (Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations), Chapter 2, Wills; Delaware Code Title 12, Chapter 13, Probate of Wills (section 1305, self-proved wills); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Delaware (Nolo, updated September 2025); Delaware small claims data file, checked November 2026 against Delaware Courts: How to Start a Civil Action in the Justice of the Peace Court; Delaware Courts: Justice of the Peace Court civil proceedings; Delaware Courts: Justice of the Peace Court FAQs; Delaware Courts: Justice of the Peace Court Civil Fees (updated 11/05/2021); Delaware Courts: Justice of the Peace Court Appeals of Civil Cases to the Court of Common Pleas; Delaware power of attorney data file, checked November 2026 against 12 Del. C. ch. 49A, Durable Personal Powers of Attorney Act (Delaware Code); 12 Del. C. ch. 49A, subchapter III, Statutory forms (Delaware Code); Who witnesses the signing of an advance directive? (Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities); Delaware will signing data file, checked November 2026 against Delaware Code Title 12 (Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations), Chapter 2, Wills; Delaware Code Title 12, Chapter 13, Probate of Wills (section 1305, self-proved wills); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Delaware (Nolo, updated September 2025).
• Every kit in the set is written for Delaware.

What is inside

• Delaware Executor and Estate Kit. $50,000 for deaths on or after June 11, 2026; $30,000 before. Only when there's no real estate in the person's name alone. The affidavit can also transfer motor vehicles, trailers and boats. Real estate in the person's name alone takes the estate out of this procedure. 30 days. Wait 30 days from the date of death. A restricted affidavit lets out-of-state next of kin transfer a vehicle title sooner. Signed before a notary. Signed before a notary: Kent County's Register of Wills says that once you receive the affidavit by mail you take it to a notary and sign it in front of them (revised July 2024). Through a court office. The affidavit is issued by the county Register of Wills office ($10 for the first, $5 for each additional one at the same time). Small Estate Affidavit (Register of Wills mail-in request form). Requested from the Register of Wills in person or by mail. Small estate administration (Register of Wills): The small estate procedure itself: the affidavit goes through the Register of Wills and, as Nolo's summary puts it, lets inheritors skip probate altogether. Two or more credible witnesses, who sign in the testator's presence. Allowed at signing or any later date, before an officer authorized to administer oaths in the state, under official seal. Not recognized. A will that isn't written, signed and witnessed as the statute says is void. A separate handwritten list can cover only certain personal items. A witness who gets something under the will doesn't make the will or any part of it invalid. Assets, debts, payments and distributions; it compares the countable assets with $50,000, picking the figure for the date of death, dates day 30 after the death and flags real estate in the person's name alone, which rules the route out.
• Delaware Small Claims Court Kit. In Delaware, small claims (Justice of the Peace Court (civil)) cover claims up to $25,000. From the official page: The Justice of the Peace Court may not award more than $25,000. Where and how to file, from the official pages: To recover court costs against a Delaware resident, the county where the defendant resides. Summary possession (landlord-tenant): the court nearest the rental property, in its county. Fees: Debt or trespass claim under $1,000: $35; Debt or trespass claim, $1,000 to $5,000: $40; Debt or trespass claim over $5,000: $45; Replevin action: $55; Subpoena, each witness: $10. From the Justice of the Peace Court civil fee schedule (10 Del. C. 9801; page updated 11/05/2021). Service by the court is included in the filing fee unless you use a special process server or sue an out-of-state defendant. Entities appearing without a lawyer pay a $20 annual registration for the Certificate of Representation. Online filing: https://courts.delaware.gov/jpcourt/efiling.aspx Service: The court attempts service, and its cost is included in the filing fee. The court does not serve out-of-state defendants; special process servers are listed by the court. Lawyers are allowed. Appeal: To the Court of Common Pleas in the same county within 15 days of the Justice of the Peace Court decision; the case is tried again from the start (de novo). The filing fee is $135 (including the Court Security Assessment), plus $30 sheriff service per address, and a copy of the notice of appeal goes to the JP Court within 10 calendar days. Landlord/tenant possession cases go to a three-judge JP panel instead. A claim calculator that adds up your items and compares the total with $25,000, a costs sheet with the Delaware fee list, a deadline sheet in business days that skips weekends and federal holidays, and a collection tracker with the balance owed.
• Delaware Power of Attorney Signing Kit. Get your Delaware power of attorney signed the way the state's own law describes. The statutory form has one witness line; the witness swears not to be related to the principal or entitled to the estate. Step by step in signing order: statutory form: Start from the official form: Durable Personal Power of Attorney Form (12 Del; witnesses: One witness signs too; agent's acknowledgment: Complete the agent's section of the official form; durable after incapacity: The form's notice says the agent's authority continues after incapacity unless the principal says otherwise; a springing option is offered. Healthcare: Two people witness the signing of an advance health-care directive. In a long-term residential care facility, one witness must be a patient advocate or ombudsperson designated by the Department of Health and Social Services. The page doesn't mention a notary. Witnesses: "I am not related to the Principal by blood, marriage, or adoption" Agent's acknowledgment: "have read the attached durable personal power of attorney" Durable after incapacity: "This power of attorney is effective immediately, and shall not be effected by my subsequent incapacity." Healthcare power of attorney: "Two people must witness the signing of your advance directive form." Agent: The statutory form includes an Agent's Certification the agent signs and dates, accepting duties such as keeping accurate records. Plus a copies log.
• Delaware Will Signing Day Kit. Bring 2 witnesses. The rule: Two or more credible witnesses, who sign in the testator's presence. Pick witnesses who get nothing under the will and aren't married to someone who does. Have a notary or another officer who can administer oaths there for the self-proving affidavit. The statute names that officer rather than notaries by name. Allowed at signing or any later date, before an officer authorized to administer oaths in the state, under official seal. If no notary is available on the day, the affidavit can be added later, while the witnesses can still be reached. The rule here: A witness who gets something under the will doesn't make the will or any part of it invalid. The testator signs (or acknowledges the signature) while the witnesses watch, then each witness signs. Steps, ID, copies and review dates. Remote witnessing in Delaware: Not provided for: no Delaware law we found lets witnesses appear by video, and e-wills aren't authorized (Nolo's Delaware page, updated September 2025). Electronic wills: Not authorized: Nolo's Delaware page (updated September 2025) says the will must be on paper, not audio, video or a digital file. Where the original is and who has copies. Handwritten wills in Delaware: Not recognized. A will that isn't written, signed and witnessed as the statute says is void. A separate handwritten list can cover only certain personal items.