2016 Delaware Code
Title 31 - Welfare
CHAPTER 36. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM [EFFECTIVE UNTIL MAR. 5, 2017]
§ 3605. Court-appointed special advocates — Appointment [Effective until Mar. 5, 2017].

(a) All court-appointed special advocates must be sworn in by the Chief Judge or a judge of the Family Court before beginning their duties.

(b) In the event that the Family Court judge determines, pursuant to the conditions set forth in § 701(c) of Title 13 [repealed], that a Court-Appointed Special Advocate should be appointed, the Family Court judge shall sign an order appointing the Court-Appointed Special Advocate as guardian ad litem. That order shall impose on the Court-Appointed Special Advocate all the duties, rights and responsibilities set forth in this section. Upon entry of the order, the Court-Appointed Special Advocate shall have the authority to review all documents and interview all pertinent persons having significant information relating to the child and the child's life circumstances.

(c) The appointment shall last until the Court-Appointed Special Advocate is released from responsibility by order of the Court, or until the Court-Appointed Special Advocate's commitment to the Court ends.

(d) The Court-Appointed Special Advocate shall be a party to any child welfare proceeding or any other proceeding in which the Court-Appointed Special Advocate has been appointed in which the child is the subject, and shall possess all the procedural and substantive rights of a party including but not limited to those set forth in § 732 of Title 13.

65 Del. Laws, c. 95, § 1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 451, § 16; 76 Del. Laws, c. 213, § 58.;