Source: https://delcode.delaware.gov/sessionlaws/ga150/chp171.shtml
Timestamp: 2020-08-07 19:26:29
Document Index: 759534587

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 903', '§ 903', '§\u2002904', '§ 904', '§ 951', '§ 951']

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO ADOPTION.
Section 1. Amend § 903, Title 13 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 903. Persons eligible to petition to adopt.
An unmarried person or a husband and wife jointly, who are not legally separated or who are not living apart from each other, or a divorced or legally separated person, being a resident of the State at the time of filing the petition or with whom a child has been placed for adoption under § 904 of this title, and being over 21 years of age, may petition the Family Court for an order authorizing the petitioner or petitioners to adopt a child not his, hers or theirs. Nothing herein shall in any way affect the right of any person to adopt a person who has reached age 18 as provided in subchapter II of this chapter.
To be eligible to petition the Family Court for an order authorizing the petitioner or petitioners to adopt a child not his, hers, or theirs, the petitioner or petitioners must satisfy the three following requirements:
a. Either be:
(1) A resident of Delaware at the time of filing the petition; or
(2) A person with whom a child has been placed for adoption under § 904 of this title; and
b. Either be:
(1) An unmarried person petitioning individually;
(2) A divorced or legally separated person petitioning individually;
(3) A married couple petitioning jointly, provided they are not legally separated or living apart from each other; or
(4) A non-married couple petitioning jointly, provided that they are cohabiting, as that term is defined in 13 Delaware Code Section 1512(g); and
c. Be over the age of 21 at the time of filing the petition
Nothing herein shall affect the right of any person to adopt a person who has reached age 18 as provided in subchapter II of this chapter.
Section 2. Amend § 951, Title 13 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 951. Who may adopt.
The following persons, who desire to adopt any person or persons over 18 years of age, shall file a petition in the Family Court of the county in which any of the petitioner(s) or the person(s) to be adopted resides:
(a) any person petitioning individually,
(b) a married couple petitioning jointly, or
(c) a non-married couple petitioning jointly, provided that they are cohabiting, as that term is defined in 13 Delaware Code Section 1512(g).
Approved July 30, 2019