This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are:
(1) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes that have arisen between parties to a marriage;
(2) To mitigate the potential harm to spouses and their children caused by the process of legal dissolution of marriage;
(3) To make the law of divorce more effective for dealing with the realities of matrimonial experience by making irretrievable breakdown of the marriage relationship the sole basis for divorce;
(4) To permit dissolution of a marriage where the marriage is irretrievably broken despite the objections of an unwilling spouse;
(5) To award alimony under this chapter to a dependent party but only during the continuance of such dependency;
(6) To award alimony in appropriate cases so as to encourage parties to become self-supporting;
(7) [Repealed.]
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 15. DIVORCE AND ANNULMENT
§ 1502. Purpose; construction.
§ 1504. Jurisdiction; residence; procedure.
§ 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.
§ 1516. Hearings; use of masters; impoundment; assignment of counsel.
§ 1520. Independence of provisions of decree or temporary order.