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13 DE Code § 515. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5. Desertion and Support|Subchapter II. Civil Enforcement|§ 515. Procedural rights of parties.

§ 515. Procedural rights of parties. (a) All parties to a civil action brought pursuant to this chapter shall possess all procedural rights which such parties would have heretofore possessed in an action for support or separate maintenance in the Court of Chancery of the State, including but not limited to the following:  (1) Right to institute and retain complete control of the suit; (2) Right to select counsel; (3) Right to appeal to the Supreme Court of the State, on the record, from interlocutory or final orders or judgments. Such appeal shall be in the form and manner provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court. (b) For purposes of this section, a child born out of wedlock shall possess the same procedural rights as a child born in wedlock and the mother of a child born out of wedlock shall possess the same procedural rights as the mother of a child born in wedlock. (c) A complete record shall be made of all proceedings in which testimony is taken under this section, by court stenographer, tape recorder, or other device, the method to be at the discretion of the Court. (d) The Family Court shall by rule provide for expedited procedures for the determination and enforcement of support obligations established under this chapter, Chapter 4 and Chapter 6 of this title. These procedures shall include, except in appropriate cases and on a showing of good cause as herein provided, the mandatory use of such expedited process before a hearing can be held before a judge. The Court shall by rule adopt procedures to provide, in appropriate cases, for the determination that there is good cause to proceed directly to a hearing before a judge. 59 Del. Laws, c. 567, §  1;  65 Del. Laws, c. 228, §  4;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
13 DE Code § 517. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5. Desertion and Support|Subchapter II. Civil Enforcement|§ 517. Termination of child support.

§ 517. Termination of child support. (a) An order of current child support entered by this Court or a court of competent jurisdiction in this State shall terminate by operation of law when all minor children subject to said order have reached 18 years; provided, however, that if a child over 18 is still enrolled in high school current support shall terminate by operation of law when the child receives a high school diploma or attains the age of 19, whichever event first occurs. (b) An order of current child support entered by this Court or a court of competent jurisdiction in this State shall terminate if custody of all children who are the subject of said order is transferred to the obligated parent pursuant to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or the written voluntary agreement of the parents. (c) Notwithstanding the above, the obligation for payment of arrears or past due support shall terminate by operation of law when all arrears or past due support have been paid. 66 Del. Laws, c. 7, §  3;
13 DE Code § 518. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5. Desertion and Support|Subchapter II. Civil Enforcement|§ 518. Accounting.

§ 518. Accounting. A person who receives funds from another person for the support of a child in his or her care is a fiduciary with respect to such funds and may be ordered by the Court to account for the expenditure and management of such funds on application by any payer of such funds for good cause shown. Any application filed for such an accounting shall state with particularity the reasons why it is being sought and the basis for believing that such an accounting is necessary. The Court may dismiss any application for an accounting if the application does not show good cause why such an accounting should be ordered, and the Court shall order that all costs and reasonable counsel fees incurred by the fiduciary in his or her defense be paid by the unsuccessful applicant. If an accounting is granted by the Court, it may equitably apportion the costs, including reasonable counsel fees, of the action among the parties to the proceeding after taking into account the legal and factual basis for the action, the results obtained, the financial resources of the parties, and such other factors as the Court deems just and equitable. 67 Del. Laws, c. 446, §  6;  70 Del. C. c. 186, §  1;
13 DE Code § 6-101. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 6-101. Short title.

§ 6-101. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.” 69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;
13 DE Code § 6-103. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 6-103. State tribunal and support enforcement agency.

§ 6-103. State tribunal and support enforcement agency. (a) The Family Court of the State of Delaware is the tribunal of this State. (b) The Division of Child Support Services is the support enforcement agency of this State. 69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 216, §  113;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 234, § 10;
13 DE Code § 6-104. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 6-104. Remedies cumulative.

§ 6-104. Remedies cumulative. (a) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity. (b) This chapter does not:  (1) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this State; or (2) Grant a tribunal of this State jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this chapter.69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  1;
13 DE Code § 6-105. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 6-105. Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.

§ 6-105. Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. (a) A tribunal of this State shall apply subchapters I through VI of this chapter and, as applicable, subchapter VII of this chapter, to a support proceeding involving:  (1) A foreign support order; (2) A foreign tribunal; or (3) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country. (b) A tribunal of this State that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provision of subchapters I through VI of this chapter. (c) Subchapter VII of this chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of subchapter VII of this chapter is inconsistent with subchapters I through VI of this chapter, subchapter VII controls. 80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  1;
13 DE Code § 6-201. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter II. Jurisdiction|§ 6-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.

§ 6-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:  (1) The individual is personally served with notice within this State; (2) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this State by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction; (3) The individual resided with the child in this State; (4) The individual resided in this State and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child; (5) The child resides in this State as a result of the acts or directives of the individual; (6) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this State and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; (7) The individual asserted parentage of a child in the registry of paternity maintained in this State by the Office of Vital Statistics; or (8) There is any other basis consistent with the Constitutions of this State and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction. (b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) of this section or in any other law of this State may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this State to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of § 6-611 of this title are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of § 6-615 of this title are met. 69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  2;
13 DE Code § 6-202. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter II. Jurisdiction|§ 6-202. Duration of personal jurisdiction.

§ 6-202. Duration of personal jurisdiction. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this State relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by § 6-205, § 6-206, and § 6-211 of this title. 75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;
13 DE Code § 6-203. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter II. Jurisdiction|§ 6-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of State.

§ 6-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of State. Under this chapter, a tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country. 69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 216, §  116;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  2;
13 DE Code § 6-204. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter II. Jurisdiction|§ 6-204. Simultaneous proceedings.

§ 6-204. Simultaneous proceedings. (a) A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:  (1) The petition or comparable pleading in this State is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country; (2) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and (3) If relevant, this State is the home state of the child. (b) A tribunal of this State may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:  (1) The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this State for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this State; (2) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this State; and (3) If relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  2;
13 DE Code § 6-205. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter II. Jurisdiction|§ 6-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support order.

§ 6-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support order. (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this State has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order and:  (1) At the time of the filing of a request for modification this State is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or (2) Even if this State is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this State may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order. (b) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this State may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:  (1) All of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this State that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or (2) Its order is not the controlling order. (c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child-support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that Act which modifies a child-support order of a tribunal of this State, tribunals of this State shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state. (d) A tribunal of this State that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child-support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state. (e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal. 69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 216, §§  117-121;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;
13 DE Code § 6-206. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter II. Jurisdiction|§ 6-206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order.

§ 6-206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order. (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:  (1) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or (2) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order. (b) A tribunal of this State having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order. 69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 216, §  122;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  2;
13 DE Code § 6-208. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter II. Jurisdiction|§ 6-208. Child-support orders for 2 or more obligees.

§ 6-208. Child-support orders for 2 or more obligees. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of 2 or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least 1 of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this State shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this State. 69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 216, §§  125, 126;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  2;
13 DE Code § 6-209. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter II. Jurisdiction|§ 6-209. Credit for payments.

§ 6-209. Credit for payments. A tribunal of this State shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this State, another state, or a foreign country. 69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  2;
13 DE Code § 6-210. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter II. Jurisdiction|§ 6-210. Application of this chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.

§ 6-210. Application of this chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law of this State relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this State pursuant to § 6-316 of this title, communicate with a tribunal outside this State pursuant to § 6-317 of this title, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this State pursuant to § 6-318 of this title. In all other respects subchapters III through VI of this chapter do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this State. 69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  2;
13 DE Code § 6-211. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter II. Jurisdiction|§ 6-211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order.

§ 6-211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order. (a) A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation. (b) A tribunal of this State may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country. (c) A tribunal of this State that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as:  (1) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this State; or (2) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 216, §§  117-121;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  2;
13 DE Code § 6-301. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter III. Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 6-301. Proceedings under this chapter.

§ 6-301. Proceedings under this chapter. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of this subchapter apply to all proceedings under this chapter. (b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent. 69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 216, §§  127-129;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  3;
13 DE Code § 6-302. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter III. Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 6-302. Proceeding by minor parent.

§ 6-302. Proceeding by minor parent. A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child. 69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;
13 DE Code § 6-303. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter III. Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 6-303. Application of law of State.

§ 6-303. Application of law of State. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this State shall:  (1) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this State and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and (2) Determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this State.69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 216, §  130;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;
13 DE Code § 6-304. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 13 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Subchapter III. Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 6-304. Duties of initiating tribunal.

§ 6-304. Duties of initiating tribunal. (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this State shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:  (1) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or (2) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged. (b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this State shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this State shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal. 69 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 216, §  131;  75 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  3;