Opinion
C. A. 2022-0614-SG
07-11-2023
IMO the Estate of George Wroten Cordray and Robert L. Lane, Administrator for the Estate of George Wroten Cordray
Gerald I. Street, Esquire Street & Ellis, P.A. Deirdre A. McCartney, Esquire, Sergovic Carmean Weidman McCartney & Owens
RE: IMO the Estate of George Wroten Cordray and Robert L. Lane, Administrator for the Estate of George Wroten Cordray, C. A. No. 2022-0614-SG
Gerald I. Street, Esquire Street & Ellis, P.A.
Deirdre A. McCartney, Esquire, Sergovic Carmean Weidman McCartney & Owens
Cynthia L. Maxwell Masters Diane Elaine Maxwell Tori Beverly Anne Maxwell Miller
Accordingly, I have appended an order, consistent with my Opinion of May 19, 2023, identifying that the appropriate heirs are those descended from George Wroten Cordray's grandparents who were alive as of the date of his death, but I have done so without identifying individuals. If the estate needs further instruction as to the current individuals entitled to distribution, it should so inform me by 4:30 PM on July 20, 2023. After that date, my order accompanying this letter order shall be entered as a final order of the Court and the matter closed.
To the extent the foregoing requires an order to take effect, it is SO ORDERED.
Sincerely,
Sam Glasscock III Vice Chancellor
ORDER
WHEREAS, George Wroten Cordray (the "Decedent") died intestate on June 23, 1988; WHEREAS, the Decedent without spouse or issue;
WHEREAS, the Decedent's parents, Norris Johnson Cordray and Emma Leroy Wroten Cordray, predeceased the Decedent on August 4, 1955;
WHEREAS, the Decedent's only sibling, Norris Johnson Cordray Jr., was adjudicated deceased on January 31, 2022, with a presumed date of death of January 1, 2014, WHEREAS, Decedent's only sibling, Norris Johnson Cordray Jr., repudiated the Decedent's estate and died intestate without spouse or issue;
WHEREAS, the Decedent's grandparents, George Cordray, Mary Rebecca Hayes, Viola E. Graham, and Roy Earl Wroten, all predeceased Decedent;
WHEREAS, descendants of Decedent's grandparents survived Decedent;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. That Robert L. Lane, administrator of the Estate of George Wroten Cordray, distribute the estate of George Wroten Cordray, to the descendants of Decedent's grandparents per stirpes in accordance with 12 Del. C. §§ 501 et seq.