Source: http://www.delcode.delaware.gov/sessionlaws/ga148/chp373.shtml
Timestamp: 2018-01-24 09:40:57
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1049', '§ 1049', '§ 1049', '§ 1049', '§ 1049', '§ 1049', '§ 1049', '§ 1049', '§ 7001', '§ 7001', '§ 7003', '§ 1049', '§ 1271', '§ 1271', '§ 1904']

Part F. Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic-Violence Protection Orders Act.
§ 1049G. Short Title.
This part may be cited as “the Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic-Violence Protection Orders Act.”
§ 1049H. Definitions.
(1) “Canadian domestic-violence protection order” means a judgment or part of a judgment or order issued in a civil proceeding by a court of Canada under law of the issuing jurisdiction which relates to domestic violence and prohibits a respondent from doing one or more of the following.
§ 1049I. Enforcement of Canadian domestic-violence protection order by law-enforcement officer.
§ 1049J. Enforcement of Canadian domestic-violence protection order by the Court.
(a) The Court may issue an order enforcing or refusing to enforce a Canadian domestic-violence protection order on application of one of the following:
(4) The order was issued after one of the following:
1049K. Registration of Canadian domestic-violence protection order.
§ 1049L. Immunity.
§ 1049M. Other remedies.
§ 1049N. Uniformity of application and construction.
§ 1049O. Relation to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
This part modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7003(b).
§ 1049P. Transition.
This part applies to a Canadian domestic-violence protection order issued before, on, or after [the effective date of this part] and to a continuing action for enforcement of a Canadian domestic-violence protection order commenced before, on, or after [the effective date of this part]. A request for enforcement of a Canadian domestic- violence protection order made on or after [the effective date of this part] for a violation of the order occurring before, on, or after [the effective date of this part] is governed by this part.
Section 2. Amend § 1271A, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 1271A. Criminal contempt of a domestic violence protective order; class A misdemeanor; class F felony.
(a) A person is guilty of criminal contempt of a domestic violence protective order when the person knowingly violates or fails to obey any provision of a protective order issued by the Family Court or Court; a court of any state, territory territory, or Indian nation in the United States, as long as such violation or failure to obey occurred in Delaware Delaware; or a court of Canada, as long as such violation or failure to obey occurred in Delaware.
Section 3. Amend § 1904, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
(5) Out of the officer’s presence and within the State for a violation of a protective order issued by Family Court or Court; a court of any state, territory, or Indian nation in the United States States; or a court of Canada; or
Section 4. Effective date. This Act takes effect on January 1, 2017.