(a) Family Court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings under this chapter.
(b) A petition for adoption shall be filed either in the Family Court of the county in which the licensed or authorized agency placing the child is located, or the Family Court of the county in which the petitioner resides.
(c) In any case in which, before the proposed adoption has been finally approved or disapproved, the petitioner or petitioners move into a county other than the county in which the original petition was filed, or into another jurisdiction, the Family Court of the county in which the petition was originally filed may continue to exercise jurisdiction over the proceeding until a final decision has been rendered on the petition.
(d) Whenever the Family Court shall assume jurisdiction for the purposes of terminating parental rights over a child, it shall be deemed to have retained jurisdiction for the purposes of proceeding under this chapter for the adoption.
Structure Delaware Code
§ 902. Jurisdiction and venue; removal of petitioner from county.
§ 903. Persons eligible to petition to adopt.
§ 904. Placement and supervision for adoption.
§ 905. Appeal from decision of the Department or licensed agency.
§ 906. Contents of petition for adoption.
§ 910. Withdrawal of petition.
§ 912. Social study and report.
§ 913. Time for filing the adoption petition.
§ 914. Death, divorce, annulment, separation of petitioner pending proceeding.
§ 918. Finality of decree of adoption.
§ 919. General effect of adoption.
§ 920. Effect of adoption on inheritance.
§ 921. Report of vital statistics data.
§ 923. Confidential nature of information; old and new birth certificates.
§ 924. Confidential nature of Court records.
§ 925. Inspection of Court records.
§ 926. Receiving child into State for adoption.
§ 927. Foreign adoptions; validity.
§ 928. Contributions and fees.
§ 929. Exchange of identifying information.