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2022 Delaware Code
Title 13 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 15. DIVORCE AND ANNULMENT
- § 1501. Short title.
- § 1502. Purpose; construction.
- § 1503. Definitions.
- § 1504. Jurisdiction; residence; procedure.
- § 1505. Divorce; marriage irretrievably broken and reconciliation improbable; defenses; efforts at reconciliation.
- § 1506. Annulment.
- § 1507. Petition for divorce or annulment.
- § 1508. Obtaining jurisdiction over respondent.
- § 1509. Preliminary injunction; interim orders pending final hearing.
- § 1510. Enforcement of interim orders.
- § 1511. Response; counterclaim; prayers; reply to counterclaim.
- § 1512. Alimony in divorce and annulment actions; award; limitations.
- § 1513. Disposition of marital property; imposition of lien; insurance policies.
- § 1514. Resumption of maiden or former name.
- § 1515. Attorneys' fees.
- § 1516. Hearings; use of masters; impoundment; assignment of counsel.
- § 1517. Contested and noncontested petitions; opportunity for counseling; review of record; disposition of prayers for relief.
- § 1518. Decree in divorce or annulment proceedings; costs; notice of entry; effect on mentally incompetent spouse; effect on subsequent petitions; temporary alimony.
- § 1519. Modification or termination of decree or order; termination of alimony; enforcement of alimony order.
- § 1520. Independence of provisions of decree or temporary order.
- § 1521. Decrees of courts of other states and countries.
- § 1522. Procedural rights.
- § 1523. Time for appeal.
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