In re Bohnstedt

Seitz, Chancellor:

This is a complaint by the trustee for a deceased mentally ill person seeking instructions as to how he should distribute certain funds in his possession.

Many years ago, Henrik Wilhelm Ludvig Bohnstedt, (“Bohn-stedt”) a mentally ill person, was committed to the Delaware State Hospital (“Hospital”). He was then an indigent person with no known relatives. No payments were ever made to the Hospital for his care and treatment. Shortly before his death he inherited approximately $8,100 and a trustee was appointed to receive and did receive such money.1 The Hospital then submitted…