Delaware Code Title 19. Labor § 1106. Deceased employees

(a) In the event of the death of an employee the wages due the employee by an employer not in excess of $300 may, upon proper demand, be paid in the absence of actual notice of the pendency of probate proceedings without requiring letters testamentary or of administration in the following order of preference to decedent's:

(b) Payments under this section shall be a release and discharge of the employer to the amount of such payment.