Delaware Code
Chapter 15. DIVORCE AND ANNULMENT
§ 1511. Response; counterclaim; prayers; reply to counterclaim.

(a) Respondent may file a verified response, move or otherwise plead in answer to the petition, and may counterclaim for divorce or annulment against petitioner, within 20 days after personal service, receipt of service by mail, appearance personally or by counsel, or the date of publication of notice.
(b) Respondent may seek an award of interim relief under § 1509 of this title, alimony where appropriate under § 1512 of this title, disposition of property, attorney's fees, resumption of former name or any other relief available to a petitioner.
(c) Petitioner may reply, move or otherwise plead in response to a counterclaim for divorce or annulment within 20 days after service of the counterclaim.
(d) For good cause shown, the Court may extend the time stipulated for responding to the petition or a counterclaim.
(e) In any case where there are living children of the marriage, the respondent shall submit with the response, or other responsive pleading, an affidavit signed by the respondent showing that the respondent has read or been advised of the children's rights set forth in § 1507(g) of this title, which rights shall be set forth in full in said affidavit.

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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.