Delaware Code
Chapter 15. DIVORCE AND ANNULMENT
§ 1519. Modification or termination of decree or order; termination of alimony; enforcement of alimony order.

(a) A decree or separate order entered under § 1518 of this title may be modified or terminated only as follows:

(1) Support for a child, only as provided in Chapter 5 of this title, or otherwise;
(2) Custody and/or visitation of a child, only as provided in Chapter 7 of this title, or otherwise;
(3) Property disposition, only upon a showing of circumstances that would justify the opening or vacation of a judgment under the Rules of the Superior Court of this State;
(4) Alimony or any other relief awarded, only upon a showing of real and substantial change of circumstances.
(b) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in writing and expressly provided in the decree, the obligation to pay future alimony is terminated upon the death of either party or the remarriage of the party receiving alimony.
(c) Any alimony order entered pursuant to § 1512 of this title shall be enforced in this State exclusively by the Family Court in the county wherein the respondent resides or is found, or in the county where petitioner resides if respondent does not reside and cannot be found in this State, regardless of whether such petitioner was the petitioner or the respondent in the divorce action, and such Family Court, on proper showing of either of such petitioner or such respondent or on its own motion, may modify or terminate support obligations formerly decreed by the Superior Court.

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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.