2017 Delaware Code
Title 13 - Domestic Relations
CHAPTER 23. GUARDIANSHIP OF A CHILD
Subchapter VI Standby Guardianships
§ 2363. Jurisdiction and venue.

Universal Citation: 13 DE Code § 2363 (2017)

(a) The Family Court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings under this chapter to grant, modify and/or terminate standby guardianship.

(b) A petition for standby guardianship under this chapter may be filed in the Family Court of any of the following counties:

(1) The county in which 1 natural parent resides;

(2) The county in which a legal guardian of the child resides; or

(3) The county in which 1 child resides.

76 Del. Laws, c. 222, § 1.;

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