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2019 Delaware Code
Title 13 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 5. Desertion and Support
Subchapter II Civil Enforcement
§ 514 Determination of amount of support.
Universal Citation: 13 DE Code § 514 (2019)
In determining the amount of support due to one to whom the duty of support has been found to be owing, the court, among other things, shall consider:
(1) The health, relative economic condition, financial circumstance, income, including the wages, and earning capacity of the parties, including the children;
(2) The manner of living to which the parties have been accustomed when they were living under the same roof;
(3) The general equities inherent in the situation.
59 Del. Laws, c. 567, ยง 1.
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