Judge Marcus C. Rehnquist, presiding over the Chancery Court’s probate docket, has ordered a "dual-tracking" approach. A forensic genealogist will attempt to establish Mrs. Volkov-Morrison’s legal nationality at the time of the USSR’s dissolution, while a separate master will review the validity of the 2021 Will under Delaware’s Uniform Probate Code.

“This is not about politics,” Judge Rehnquist stated from the bench. “It is about determining what set of laws—Delaware’s, the defunct USSR’s, or modern Belarus’s—governs the distribution of a deceased person’s property. We are in uncharted waters.”

The Soviet citizen at the center of this historic case is [Name], a [age]-year-old native of [City, USSR]. According to sources, [Name] traveled to the United States on a [type of visa/travel document] and was residing in [State/City] at the time of their passing.

Cold War Jurisprudence: The Historic Legal Precedents of Soviet Wills in U.S. Probate Courts