2016 Delaware Code
Title 31 - Welfare
CHAPTER 36. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM [EFFECTIVE UNTIL MAR. 5, 2017]
§ 3603. Established; composition [Effective until Mar. 5, 2017].
(a) There is hereby established a Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program (CASA) within the Family Court.
(b) The program will include coordinators who will be members of the staff of the Family Court. The number and qualifications of coordinators will be established by the Chief Judge of the Family Court. The coordinators will be part of the Merit System. The coordinators will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the program and will provide direct supervision to the Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).
(c) The program will include contract attorneys who will provide legal representation and advice for the Court-Appointed Special Advocates and for the CASA Program. The program attorneys will be selected by the Chief Judge of the Family Court.
(d) The program will include volunteers to serve as Court-Appointed Special Advocates at the pleasure of the Chief Judge of the Family Court. The Court-Appointed Special Advocate may be appointed in child welfare proceedings or any other proceeding, as deemed appropriate by a Family Court judge.
65 Del. Laws, c. 95, § 1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 451, § 14.;
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