2016 Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedures
CHAPTER 9. THE FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
Subchapter III Procedure
§ 1003. Commencement; parties.

Any person having knowledge of a child within the State who appears to be neglected, dependent or delinquent may file with the Clerk of the Court a petition in writing setting forth the facts verified by affidavit. Neither the Attorney General nor any Deputy Attorneys are required to appear in any proceeding before a Master involving a petition alleging an act of delinquency, but, at the Attorney General's sole discretion, may appear in any such proceeding.

10 Del. C. 1953, § 932; 58 Del. Laws, c. 114, § 1; 66 Del. Laws, c. 413, § 1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 335, § 1.;