2019 Delaware Code
Title 13 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 25. DSCYF Custody
Subchapter I General Provisions
§ 2503 Jurisdiction and venue.

Universal Citation:
13 DE Code § 2503 (2019)
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(a) The Family Court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings under this chapter to grant, modify and/or terminate DSCYF custody orders.

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

(1) The county in which the organization or persons, having legal or physical care, custody, or control of the child is located; or

(2) The county in which the child resides.

(c) The provisions of §§ 722, 724, 728(d)-(f) of this title and Chapters 7A and 24 of this title shall be applicable to proceedings filed under this chapter.

77 Del. Laws, c. 43, § 10.

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