Delaware General Assembly

Out of Committee 4/24/24

Legislation has been voted out of Committee; now placed on the Ready List

1/18/24

Poore

Rep. Cooke

Sen. Hansen, Hoffner, Huxtable, Pinkney, Wilson
Reps. Baumbach, Dorsey Walker, Morrison, Parker Selby

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF FORENSIC SCIENCE AND THE DEFINITION OF NEXT OF KIN.

This act adds adult sibling of a decedent to the definition of next of kin in Chapter 47 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code relating to the Division of Forensic Science. This expansion of the definition of next of kin will, for example, allow the Medical Examiner to release the personal property of a decedent to an adult sibling of a decedent, when there is no other next of kin. It will also allow the Medical Examiner to provide a copy of a post mortem examination report to an adult sibling, upon written request, when there is no other next of kin.

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