2016 Delaware Code
Title 31 - Welfare
CHAPTER 36. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM [EFFECTIVE UNTIL MAR. 5, 2017]
§ 3604. Court-Appointed Special Advocates — Qualifications [Effective until Mar. 5, 2017].

(a) Court-Appointed Special Advocates shall be individuals who have demonstrated an interest in children and their welfare. Court-Appointed Special Advocates must be willing to participate in a training course conducted by the Family Court and in ongoing training and supervision throughout their involvement in the program. Additionally, applicants to become Court-Appointed Special Advocates must submit to background checks and participate in interviews to determine their fitness for these responsibilities. Upon recommendation of the Court-Appointed Special Advocate Coordinator, the Chief Judge of the Family Court will make a final determination regarding a person's participation in the program.

(b) The Court-Appointed Special Advocate must be willing to commit to the Court for 1 year of service. At the end of each year of service, the Court-Appointed Special Advocate with the approval of the Coordinator may recommit for another year.

(c) Court-Appointed Special Advocates will have no associations which create a conflict of interest with their duties as Court-Appointed Special Advocates.

(d) Qualified adults shall not be discriminated against based upon sex, socioeconomic, religious, racial, ethnic or age factors.

65 Del. Laws, c. 95, § 1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 451, § 15.;