(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a determination of parentage may be made in a proceeding for adoption, termination of parental rights, child custody or visitation, child support, divorce, annulment, probate or administration of an estate, or other proceeding in which the parentage or nonparentage of the child is an element of the claim for relief or a defense, and such a determination is binding as provided in § 8-637 of this title. In a proceeding to establish child support, the court is deemed to have made an adjudication of parentage of a child if the court acts under circumstances that satisfy the jurisdictional requirements of § 610 of this title and the final order provides for the support of the child by the man.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this section, a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be joined with a proceeding for adoption, termination of parental rights, child custody or visitation, child support, divorce, annulment, probate or administration of an estate, or other appropriate proceeding.
(c) A respondent may not join a proceeding described in subsection (a) of this section with a proceeding to adjudicate parentage brought under Chapter 6 of this title.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 8. UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT
Subchapter VI. Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage
§ 8-601. Proceeding authorized.
§ 8-602. Standing to maintain proceeding.
§ 8-603. Parties to proceeding.
§ 8-604. Personal jurisdiction.
§ 8-606. Statute of limitations.
§ 8-607. Limitation: Child having presumed father.
§ 8-608. Authority to deny motion for genetic testing.
§ 8-609. Limitation: Child having acknowledged or adjudicated father.
§ 8-610. Proceedings in which parentage may be determined.
§ 8-611. Proceeding before birth.
§ 8-612. Child as party; representation.
§ 8-621. Admissibility of results of genetic testing; expenses.
§ 8-622. Consequences of declining genetic testing.
§ 8-623. Admission of paternity authorized.
§ 8-631. Rules for adjudication of paternity.
§ 8-633. Inspection of records.
§ 8-635. Dismissal for want of prosecution.
§ 8-636. Order adjudicating parentage.
§ 8-637. Binding effect of determination of parentage.