(a) Effective September 7, 1971, the Family Court of the State in and for New Castle County and the Family Court for Kent and Sussex Counties are merged into 1 Family Court and shall not thereafter function as separate Courts.
(b) All employees of the Family Courts at the time of the merger are employees of the merged court, without diminution of rank, position, authority, or compensation by reason of enactment of this chapter.
(c) Any case within the jurisdiction of the Family Court previously adjudicated in any court active at the time of the merger was transferred to and continued in the merged court, and the records therein are the records of the merged court, which shall carry out such orders as were previously made in the case.
(d) No offense committed and no penalty or judgment incurred under the provisions of any law existing prior to the merger shall be affected by this chapter.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Chapter 9. THE FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
§ 1002. Delinquent child not criminal; prosecution limited [Effective until Apr. 3, 2023].
§ 1002. Delinquent child not criminal; prosecution limited [Effective Apr. 3, 2023].
§ 1003. Commencement; parties.
§ 1004. Duties of officer having child in custody.
§ 1004A. Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program.
§ 1005. Other courts; issuance of warrants; powers and duties.
§ 1006. Process; service; return; interim order; investigation.
§ 1007. Disposition of child pending adjudication; payment for care [Effective until Apr. 3, 2023].
§ 1007. Disposition of child pending adjudication; payment for care [Effective Apr. 3, 2023].
§ 1007A. Determination of competency of child.
§ 1007B. Use of restraints on a child.
§ 1007C. Appointment of counsel for juveniles [Effective until Apr. 3, 2023].
§ 1007C. Appointment of counsel for juveniles [Effective Apr. 3, 2023].
§ 1008. Committee on Dispositional Guidelines for Juveniles.
§ 1009A. Probation before adjudication of delinquency.
§ 1010. Proceeding against child as an adult; amenability proceeding; referral to another court.
§ 1011. Transfer of cases from Superior Court to Family Court.
§ 1013. Automatic expungement of juvenile record by effect of a Delaware gubernatorial pardon.
§ 1014. Juvenile expungement; statement of policy.
§ 1015. Filing an expungement petition.
§ 1016. Definitions applicable to juvenile expungements.
§ 1017. Mandatory expungement.
§ 1017A. Mandatory expungement; automatic.
§ 1018. Discretionary expungement.
§ 1019. Effect of expungement; disclosure of expunged records.
§ 1021. Prosecution of adults; process; bail.
§ 1022. Duties of other courts.
§ 1024. First offenders domestic violence diversion program.
§ 1025. Expungement of adult police and court records.
§ 1042. Commencement of action; procedure.
§ 1043. Ex parte orders and emergency hearings.
§ 1044. Nonemergency hearings.
§ 1045. Relief available; duration of orders, modification and termination.
§ 1046. Enforcement; sanctions for violation of order.
§ 1047. Nonpreclusion of remedies.
§ 1049B. Judicial enforcement of order.
§ 1049C. Nonjudicial enforcement of order.
§ 1049D. Registration of order.
§ 1049I. Enforcement of Canadian domestic-violence protection order by law-enforcement officer.
§ 1049J. Enforcement of Canadian domestic-violence protection order by the Court.
§ 1049K. Registration of Canadian domestic-violence protection order.
§ 1049N. Uniformity of application and construction.
§ 1049O. Relation to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
§ 1052. Appeals from custody orders.
§ 1053. Appeals by the State in Family Court cases.
§ 1061. Examination; treatment; payment.
§ 1062. Assignment of prosecutors and public defenders.
§ 1063. Proceedings; privacy, informality.
§ 1064. Merger; effect on Judges; employees; cases; records; prior offenses.
§ 1065. Obtaining personal jurisdiction.
§ 1066. Subpoenas and warrants in criminal cases and juvenile delinquency proceedings; enforcement.