Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Chapter 5. SUPERIOR COURT

Subchapter I. Organization and Operation

§ 501. Places of holding Court. - The Superior Court shall be held: (1) In New Castle...

§ 502. Terms of Court. - The designation and the duration of the terms of the...

§ 503. Salaries of Superior Court Judges. - The President Judge and each Judge of the Superior Court...

§ 504. Expenses of Court. - All necessary expenses connected with the sitting of the Superior...

§ 506. Deposit or investment of money paid into Court. - The Superior Court may deposit, in the name of the...

§ 507. Purchase of supplies. - The Superior Court may from time to time purchase for...

§ 508. Payment of expenses. - The payment of the compensation of all persons appointed or...

§ 509. Additional judges. - There shall be at least 14 judges and no more...

§ 511. Commissioners of the Superior Court; appointment; terms of office; removal. - (a) The Governor may appoint, with the consent of a...

§ 512. Jurisdiction and powers of Commissioners of the Superior Court. - (a) Each Commissioner serving under this chapter shall have: (1)...

§ 513. . . Assignment of retired Commissioners to active duty. - (a) The President Judge, with the approval of the Chief...

Subchapter II. Officers and Employees

§ 521. Prothonotary as Clerk. - The prothonotary of each county shall be the clerk of...

§ 522. Bailiffs, criers and pages; compensation; duties. - (a) The Superior Court may appoint and remove at pleasure...

§ 523. Law clerks. - Law clerks hold major, nontenured advisory positions for the Judges...

§ 524. Crier's fees, costs and allowances; collection and payment. - (a) All fees, costs, allowances and other perquisites collected by...

§ 525. Court reporters. - The Superior Court may from time to time employ such...

§ 526. Office secretaries. - Each Judge of the Superior Court may appoint and remove...

§ 527. Temporary appointments. - If for any reason any of the court reporters or...

§ 528. Court reporters' charges. - The Superior Court may regulate the charges to be made...

§ 529. Certification of appointments. - The Superior Court shall certify to the State Auditor and...

§ 530. Budgetary powers of Supreme Court. - Nothing contained in this subchapter shall affect the powers of...

Subchapter III. General Jurisdiction and Powers

§ 541. Jurisdiction generally. - The Superior Court shall have such jurisdiction as the Constitution...

§ 542. Powers generally. - (a) The Superior Court shall have full power and authority...

§ 543. Unavailability of Resident Judge. - During the illness, absence from the county or unavailability for...

§ 544. Power to take recognizances. - The Judges of the Superior Court may severally in or...

§ 545. Power to receive appeals involving personnel administration of the Delaware court system. - (a) Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon Superior Court to hear...

§ 546. Mediation and arbitration proceedings for business disputes. - (a) Without limiting the jurisdiction of any court of this...

Subchapter IV. Procedure

§ 561. Rules of Court in civil actions. - (a) The Judges of the Superior Court, or a majority...

§ 562. Writs. - The Superior Court may frame and issue all remedial writs,...

§ 563. Default judgments; jury trial. - A party entitled to a judgment by default shall be...

§ 564. Mandamus. - Proceedings in mandamus shall be begun by the filing of...

§ 565. Forfeiture of recognizance; satisfaction of judgment upon forfeited recognizance. - In case any person forfeits recognizance of the peace, behavior,...

§ 566. Health care malpractice litigation. - (a) All health care malpractice claims shall be brought in...

§ 567. Power to appoint Masters. - The Superior Court may appoint Masters who shall exercise such...

§ 568. Security of appeals. - (a) In all civil actions in which an appeal is...