Legal Statutes: Delaware
UPDATED December 2, 2012
- Delaware Code (select sections)
- Title 10. Courts and Judicial Procedures
- Part 1. Organization, Powers, Jurisdiction and Operation of Courts
- Chapter 9. THE FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
- Subchapter I. Organization, Administration and Operation
- Subchapter II. Jurisdiction and Powers
- Subchapter III. Procedure
- Part C. Adult Proceedings
- Part D. Protection From Abuse Proceedings.
- § 1041. Definitions
- § 1042. Commencement of action; procedure
- § 1043. Ex parte orders and emergency hearings
- § 1044. Nonemergency hearings
- § 1045. Relief available; duration of orders, modification and termination
- § 1046. Enforcement; sanctions for violation of order
- § 1047. Nonpreclusion of remedies
- § 1048. Jurisdiction
- Part E. Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders
- Chapter 9. THE FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
- Part 1. Organization, Powers, Jurisdiction and Operation of Courts
- Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure
- Part I. Delaware Criminal Code
- Chapter 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING OFFENSES
- Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES
- Subchapter II. Offenses Against the Person
- Subpart A. Assaults and Related Offenses
- § 601. Offensive touching; unclassified misdemeanor; class A misdemeanor
- § 602. Menacing; unclassified misdemeanor
- § 603. Reckless endangering in the second degree; class A misdemeanor
- § 604. Reckless endangering in the first degree; class E felony
- § 605. Abuse of a pregnant female in the second degree; class C felony
- § 606. Abuse of a pregnant female in the first degree; class B felony
- § 611. Assault in the third degree; class A misdemeanor
- § 612. Assault in the second degree; class D felony
- § 613. Assault in the first degree; class B felony
- § 614. Abuse of a sports official; class G felony; class A misdemeanor
- § 621. Terroristic threatening
- § 625. Unlawfully administering drugs; class A misdemeanor
- § 628. Vehicular assault in the second degree; class B misdemeanor
- Subpart D. Sexual Offenses
- § 761. Definitions generally applicable to sexual offenses
- § 762. Provisions generally applicable to sexual offenses
- § 763. Sexual harassment; unclassified misdemeanor
- § 764. Indecent exposure in the second degree; unclassified misdemeanor
- § 765. Indecent exposure in the first degree; class A misdemeanor
- § 767. Unlawful sexual contact in the third degree; class A misdemeanor
- § 768. Unlawful sexual contact in the second degree; class F felony
- § 769. Unlawful sexual contact in the first degree; class D felony
- § 770. Rape in the fourth degree; class C felony
- § 771. Rape in the third degree; class B felony
- § 772. Rape in the second degree; class B felony
- § 773. Rape in the first degree; class A felony
- Subpart E. Kidnapping and Related Offenses
- § 781. Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree; class A misdemeanor
- § 782. Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree; class G felony
- § 783. Kidnapping in the second degree; class C felony
- § 783A. Kidnapping in the first degree; class B felony
- § 785. Interference with custody; class G felony; class A misdemeanor
- Subpart F. Coercion
- Subpart A. Assaults and Related Offenses
- Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property
- Subpart B. Criminal Trespass and Burglary
- § 820. Trespassing with intent to peer or peep into a window or door of another; class B misdemeanor
- § 821. Criminal trespass in the third degree; a violation
- § 822. Criminal trespass in the second degree; unclassified misdemeanor
- § 823. Criminal trespass in the first degree; class A misdemeanor
- § 824. Burglary in the third degree; class F felony
- § 825. Burglary in the second degree; class D felony
- § 826. Burglary in the first degree; class C felony
- Subpart B. Criminal Trespass and Burglary
- Subchapter VII. Offenses Against Public Health, Order and Decency
- Subpart A. Riot, Disorderly Conduct and Related Offenses
- Subpart E. Offenses Involving Deadly Weapons and Dangerous Instruments
- Subchapter II. Offenses Against the Person
- Part I. Delaware Criminal Code
- Title 13. Domestic Relations
- Chapter 1. MARRIAGE
- Chapter 5. DESERTION AND SUPPORT
- Subchapter I. Duty to Support
- Chapter 7. PARENTS AND CHILDREN
- Subchapter I. General Provisions
- Subchapter II. Custody Proceedings
- § 721. Commencement of proceedings; venue; notice; pleadings; attorney for child; removal from jurisdiction; considerations
- § 722. Best interests of child
- § 723. Temporary orders
- § 724. Interviews
- § 726. Hearings
- § 727. Custody
- § 728. Residence; visitation; sanctions
- § 729. Modification of prior orders
- § 730. Petition to modify custody
- § 731. Attorney's fees
- § 732. Procedural rights
- § 733. Stepparent custody in certain circumstances
- Chapter 7A. CHILD PROTECTION FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEX OFFENDERS ACT
- Subchapter I. Child Protection from Domestic Violence Act
- § 701A. Title
- § 702A. Purpose
- § 703A. Definitions
- § 704A. Fleeing from domestic violence
- § 705A. Rebuttable presumption against custody or residence of minor child to perpetrator of domestic violence
- § 706A. Evidence of domestic violence
- § 707A. Counseling
- § 708A. Visitation
- § 709A. Modification of orders
- § 711A. Ordered mediation prohibited
- Subchapter I. Child Protection from Domestic Violence Act
- Chapter 8. UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT
- Subchapter II. Parent-Child Relationship
- Chapter 15. DIVORCE AND ANNULMENT
- § 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
- § 1509. Preliminary injunction; interim orders pending final hearing
- § 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
- § 1519. Modification or termination of decree or order; termination of alimony; enforcement of alimony order
- § 1520. Independence of provisions of decree or temporary order
- CHAPTER 19. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
- Subchapter II. Jurisdiction
- Chapter 23. GUARDIANSHIP OF A CHILD
- Subchapter I. Definitions and Jurisdiction
- Subchapter II. General Procedures for Appointment of Guardians
- Subchapter III. Guardian of the Child
- Subchapter V. Permanent Guardianships for Children
- Chapter 24. THIRD PARTY VISITATION
- Subchapter I. General Provisions
- Subchapter II. Third Party Visitation Proceedings
- Chapter 25. DSCYF CUSTODY
- Subchapter II. Dscyf Custody Proceedings
- Title 10. Courts and Judicial Procedures
Subchapter I. Child Protection from Domestic Violence Act
back to top§ 709A. Modification of orders
Notwithstanding other provisions of this title:(1) An order concerning visitation may be modified at any time if necessary to protect the safety of the child or the child's parent in light of acts of domestic violence that have occurred since the entry of the most recent visitation order.
(2) A custody order may be modified at any time if a parent who has sole or joint custody has committed acts of domestic violence since the entry of the most recent custody order.
(3) In determining whether a custody award should be modified, the court shall not consider noncompliance with an existing custody or visitation order or noncompliance with the duties and responsibilities under § 727 of this title if such noncompliance was caused by the parent's attempt at self-protection or protection of the child from acts of domestic violence committed since the entry of the court's most recent custody or visitation order.
69 Laws 1994, ch. 309, § 4; 70 Laws 1995, ch. 186, § 1, eff. July 10, 1995.