Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 261 – Limitations
This subchapter shall not be construed to:
(1) Invalidate a declaration instrument or will, codicil, trust, power of appointment or power of attorney;
(2) Invalidate any act of an agent, guardian, or conservator;
(3) Affect any claim, right or remedy that accrued prior to June 30, 2004;
(4) Authorize or encourage acts that violate the constitution, statutes, rules, case law or public policy of Delaware or the United States;
(5) Abridge contracts;
(6) Modify the standards, ethics or protocols of the practice of medicine;
(7) Compel or authorize a health care provider or health care facility, to administer medical treatment that is medically inappropriate or contrary to federal or other Delaware law; or
(8) Permit or authorize euthanasia or an affirmative or deliberate act to end a person’s life.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 261
- Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
- Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
- Declaration instrument: means a written instrument, signed by a declarant, governing the disposition of the declarant's last remains and the ceremonies planned after a declarant's death, including a document governing the disposition of last remains under this title or a United States Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data Form (DD Form 93) or any successor form executed by the declarant. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 260
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302