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31 DE Code § 301. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 301. Definitions.

§ 301. Definitions. As used in this subchapter:  (1) “Abuse” or “abused child” is as defined in § 901 of Title 10. (2) “Child” means a person who has not yet attained the child's eighteenth birthday. (3) “Delinquent child” means a child who commits an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a crime. (4) “Dependency” or “dependent child” is as defined in § 901 of Title 10. (5) “Maternal death” means the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes. (6) “Near death” means a child in serious or critical condition as a result of child abuse or neglect as certified by a physician. (7) “Neglect” or “neglected child” is as defined in § 901 of Title 10. (8) “Truancy” or “truant” shall refer to a pupil enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12 inclusive who has been absent from school without a valid excuse, as defined in the rules and regulations of the district board of education of the school district in which the pupil is or should be enrolled pursuant to the provisions of Title 14, or in the case of a pupil enrolled in a charter school, by the board of directors of the charter school, for more than 3 days or the equivalent thereof during a given school year.41 Del. Laws, c. 98, §  1;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  301;  56 Del. Laws, c. 317, §§  3, 4;  58 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  60 Del. Laws, c. 449, §  6;  61 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  5;  63 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  9;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  4;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  74 Del. Laws, c. 175, §  14;  74 Del. Laws, c. 376, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 136, §§  21-23;  76 Del. Laws, c. 373, §  1;
31 DE Code § 302. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 302. Intent and purpose of chapter.

§ 302. Intent and purpose of chapter. The intent and purpose of this chapter are to:  (1) Provide humane and scientific treatment, care and highest attainable degree of individual development for the dependent wards of this State; (2) Provide for the delinquent such wise conditions of modern education and training as will restore the largest possible portion of such delinquents to useful citizenship; (3) Promote the study of the causes of dependency and delinquency and of mental and physical disabilities, with a view to cure and ultimate prevention; and (4) Secure, by uniform and systematic management, the highest attainable degree of economy in the administration of the state institutions under supervision of the Division of Child Protective Services consistent with the objects in view.Code 1915, §  1005B;  30 Del. Laws, c. 64;  Code 1935, §  1124;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  302;  58 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  4;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  323;
31 DE Code § 303. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 303. General powers and duties of Division in respect to children.

§ 303. General powers and duties of Division in respect to children. In order that the State may more effectively exercise the duty and obligation which it owes to minor children, who for any cause are in need of care and protection, the Division of Child Protective Services may:  (1) Search out through investigation, complaints from citizens, or otherwise, the minor children in the State who are in need of its care and protection and shall as far as possible, through existing agencies, public or private, its own welfare workers or through such other resources, aid such children to a fair opportunity in life; (2) Make surveys and in other ways ascertain the facts and conditions which cause or contribute to the need for state care and protection of children and the extent of such need; (3) Present the facts so ascertained to the people through conventions, conferences and addresses to the end that a statewide program may be effected for the elimination and suppression of the causes which bring the necessity for such care; (4) Establish and maintain homes or other agencies for the care of dependent or neglected minor children or contract with any approved agency or home for the care of such children, receive and care for dependent or neglected children committed to its care and, if possible, to arrange for a thorough physical and mental examination of every such child, investigate in detail the personal and family history of a child and its environment, place such children in family homes or in approved suitable institutions and supervise such children however placed; and (5) Solicit, obtain and hold gifts, devises and bequests of money, real estate and other things of value to be used in support of the development and carrying on of child welfare work.38 Del. Laws, c. 54, §§  1, 2;  Code 1935, §  1130;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  303;  58 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  4;
31 DE Code § 305. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 305. Use of other child welfare agencies.

§ 305. Use of other child welfare agencies. The Division of Child Protective Services may utilize services of other child welfare agencies and allocate and turn over unto such agencies, operating within this State and rendering child welfare services, any portion of funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter and as may from time to time be deemed necessary, proper and expedient for the supervision, care, custody, board and placement of dependent and neglected children. If in the judgment of the Division such payments are necessary, proper and expedient for the care of the child, these allocations and payments may be continued to the said agency for children who were dependent or neglected, but who have been legally adopted. 41 Del. Laws, c. 98, §  3;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  305;  58 Del. Laws, c. 64, §§  1, 3;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  4;
31 DE Code § 306. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 306. Binding minors prohibited.

§ 306. Binding minors prohibited. No court, organization, institution, individual or corporation may bind any minor to any organization, institution, individual or corporation in any manner whatsoever. Nothing contained in this section shall in any manner interfere with the power and authority of any court to commit any minor to the custody and care of any organization, institution, individual or corporation. Code 1852, §  1501;  Code 1915, §  3101;  32 Del. Laws, c. 185;  Code 1935, §  3591;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  306;
31 DE Code § 307. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 307. Bringing or sending nonresident children into State regulated; penalty.

§ 307. Bringing or sending nonresident children into State regulated; penalty. (a) No person or corporation of this State or any child placement agency or association operating within this State or any bureau, board or commission of this State or any person, institution, agency, association, corporation, bureau, board or commission without this State shall bring or send into this State or in any way assist in the bringing or sending into this State of any dependent child who is a resident of another state, United States territory or country for the purpose of placing or procuring placement of such child in any way free, wage or boarding home or for adoption without the written consent of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families having first been obtained, and such person, agency, institution, association, corporation, board or commission shall abide by all rules laid down by the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families. (b) Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $100; and Whoever continues to so violate for a period of 10 days after notification from the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families shall be guilty of a new, separate and distinct offense and shall be fined for each offense not less than $100 nor more than $1,000. Code 1915, §§  1005E, 1005G;  32 Del. Laws, c. 50;  38 Del. Laws, c. 64, §§  2, 5;  Code 1935, §§  1126, 1129;  41 Del. Laws, c. 97, §  1;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  307;  50 Del. Laws, c. 187, §  1;  58 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  4;  68 Del. Laws, c. 380, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 223, §  1;
31 DE Code § 308. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 308. Vaccinations.

§ 308. Vaccinations. Every person who is unable to pay for vaccination and every child whose parents or guardians are unable to pay for the same, not residing in the City of Wilmington, may be vaccinated by any physician or physicians who may be designated for that purpose by the Division of Child Protective Services. For each person or child so vaccinated, the physician or physicians shall be paid by the Division of Child Protective Services the sum of 50 cents. Every such physician shall give a certificate of vaccination to the person or child so applying. 17 Del. Laws, c. 68, §  4;  Code 1915, §  768;  37 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  15;  Code 1935, §  774;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  308;  58 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  4;
31 DE Code § 310. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 310. Breast-feeding.

§ 310. Breast-feeding. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, a mother shall be entitled to breast-feed her child in any location of a place of public accommodation wherein the mother is otherwise permitted. 71 Del. Laws, c. 10, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
31 DE Code § 311. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 311. Penalties regarding background checks for child-serving entities and personal information disclosure.

§ 311. Penalties regarding background checks for child-serving entities and personal information disclosure. (a) Any child-serving entity which fails to comply with the requirements of § 309 of this title, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor and shall be punished according to Chapter 42 of Title 11. The Court of Common Pleas shall have exclusive jurisdiction for any offense under this subsection. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, if the misdemeanor offense may be joined properly with a felony, such offense shall be within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court. (b) Any child-serving entity which fails to comply with the requirements of § 309 of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000 for each violation. (c) Any person seeking employment with a child-serving entity or any person seeking a license under Chapter 12 of Title 14 who knowingly provides false, incomplete or inaccurate criminal history information, Child Protection Registry information, or child sex abuser information or who otherwise knowingly violates § 309 of this title shall be guilty of a class G felony and shall be punished according to Chapter 42 of Title 11. The Superior Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction for any offense under this subsection. (d) The failure of an individual to disclose any relevant criminal history or Child Protection Registry information shall be grounds for immediate termination or for removal of a placement. (e) Sanctions shall be promulgated via DSCYF regulation for employees, volunteers, or contractors who fail to inform their employer of any criminal conviction or entrance on the Child Protection Registry and for employers who wilfully hire or retain individuals in violation of this section or in violation of the regulations promulgated hereunder. 80 Del. Laws, c. 154, §  1;
31 DE Code § 320. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter II. Child Death Review Commission|§ 320. Declaration of legislative intent.

§ 320. Declaration of legislative intent. The General Assembly hereby declares that the health and safety of the children and pregnant women of the State will be safeguarded if deaths of children under the age of 18 and stillbirths occurring after at least 20 weeks of gestation and maternal death are reviewed, in order to provide its findings or recommendations to alleviate those practices or conditions which impact the mortality of children and pregnant women. This subchapter establishes the Child Death Review Commission. For the purposes of this subchapter, “Commission” means the Child Death Review Commission. Stillbirths occurring after at least 20 weeks of gestation do not include stillbirths which occur as a result of an elective medical procedure. 70 Del. Laws, c. 256, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 331, §§  2, 3;  74 Del. Laws, c. 376, §  3;  75 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 373, §  2;  80 Del. Laws, c. 187, §  17;  81 Del. Laws, c. 142, § 1;
31 DE Code § 322. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter II. Child Death Review Commission|§ 322. Voting.

§ 322. Voting. Except as expressly provided in this subchapter, an affirmative vote of 60% of all members of the Commission, any regional panel, Case Review Team or Community Action Team is required to adopt any findings or recommendations of the Commission or such regional panel or team. 70 Del. Laws, c. 256, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  7;  81 Del. Laws, c. 142, § 3;
31 DE Code § 352. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter IV. Placement of Dependent Children|§ 352. Regulation of placement system and of homes where children are placed.

§ 352. Regulation of placement system and of homes where children are placed. The Division of Child Protective Services may examine the circumstances and system relating to the placement of any dependent child in any home and may inspect and investigate the particular home to which such dependent child is to be or has been assigned, and, whenever satisfied that a child has been placed by any person, institution, agency, association, corporation or organization in an improper home, it may order its transfer to a proper one or its removal from the State, and, if the order is not obeyed within 30 days, it shall itself take charge of the child, returning it to the person, agency, institution, association, corporation or organization responsible or otherwise providing for it. Any such person, agency, institution, association, corporation or organization failing to remove such child after such notice shall at once pay the State such sum as the State may have expended in the care, maintenance or transportation of such child. Code 1915, §  1005F;  32 Del. Laws, c. 50;  38 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  3;  Code 1935, §  1127;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  352;  58 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  4;
31 DE Code § 353. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter IV. Placement of Dependent Children|§ 353. Duty of placement agencies to comply with Division's rules.

§ 353. Duty of placement agencies to comply with Division's rules. Any person, agency, institution, association, corporation or organization placing any child, under this subchapter, shall abide by all rules made by the Division of Child Protective Services pertaining to the rejection, importation, placement, supervision, education, health, removal and general welfare of all such children. Code 1915, §  1005G;  32 Del. Laws, c. 50;  38 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  4;  Code 1935, §  1128;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  353;  58 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  4;
31 DE Code § 354. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter IV. Placement of Dependent Children|§ 354. Power of placement agencies to remove dependent children; penalty for refusal to comply.

§ 354. Power of placement agencies to remove dependent children; penalty for refusal to comply. (a) All agencies or organizations, engaged in the placement of dependent children within this State, may remove any child so placed when, in the judgment of such agency, the welfare and best interests of the child require such action, whether such right was received or not at the time the child was placed. (b) Whenever any person with whom a dependent child has been placed refuses to give up such child on the demand of the representative of such agency, the agency, through its duly recognized representative, may give written notice to such person to deliver the child to the nearest railroad station or some other equally convenient place at a day and hour to be fixed in the notice, not less than 1 nor more than 3 days after the date of the notice. Whoever wilfully refuses or neglects to comply with the requirements of the notice shall be fined in such amount or imprisoned for such term, or both, as the court in its discretion may determine. 30 Del. Laws, c. 201;  Code 1935, §§  2621, 2622;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  354;
31 DE Code § 355. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter IV. Placement of Dependent Children|§ 355. Penalties.

§ 355. Penalties. Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, whoever violates this subchapter shall be fined not more than $100 and whoever continues to disregard this subchapter for a period of 10 days after notification from the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families shall be guilty of a new, separate and distinct offense and shall be fined for each offense not less than $100 nor more than $1,000. Code 1915, §  1005I;  32 Del. Laws, c. 50;  38 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  5;  Code 1935, §  1129;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  355;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  5;
31 DE Code § 356. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter IV. Placement of Dependent Children|§ 356. Kinship Care Program.

§ 356. Kinship Care Program. (a) The Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF) and the Department of Health and Social Services shall establish and operate the Kinship Care Program that promotes the placement of children with relatives when a child needs out-of-home placement, when such placement is in the best interest of the child, and when the child is not in the custody or care of the State. (b) The Kinship Care Program shall establish eligibility guidelines for kinship caregivers to qualify for kinship care benefits and services, including the following criteria:  (1) The caregiver must be related to the child by blood or marriage within the fifth degree of consanguinity; (2) The caregiver must have guardianship of the child or actively pursue guardianship; (3) The child must reside in the home of the caregiver; (4) The caregiver must have income of no more than 200% of the federal poverty level; and (5) The parent or parents of a child in the kinship care program may not reside in the home of the kinship caregiver. (c) The Kinship Care Program shall partner with the Delaware Helpline to maintain a toll-free telephone line that kinship caregivers and other interested persons may call as a centralized source of information about services provided by the kinship care program and other related services and resources for relatives caring for children. (d) The Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families, in cooperation with the Department of Health and Social Services, shall establish and administer an emergency fund for eligible kinship caregivers, who may receive a 1-time emergency financial subsidy, within the limits of available funding, to assist in purchasing clothes, furniture and other items necessary to prepare the household to accommodate the child or children. (e) The Department of Health and Social Services and the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families shall promulgate rules and regulations that are reasonable and necessary to establish or administer a kinship care program and that are consistent with the laws of the State and in harmony with the recommendations of the Kinship Care Taskforce Report of January, 2001. 73 Del. Laws, c. 270, §  2;
31 DE Code § 361. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter V. Private Child Welfare Agencies|§ 361. Children's Home, Inc.

§ 361. Children's Home, Inc. (a) The Children's Home, Inc., a corporation of this State, may take under its guardianship all children who may be placed under its care and management in either of the following modes:  (1) Children under 14 years of age who shall be voluntarily surrendered by their fathers, or, in case of their death or absence, by their mothers or by their guardians to the care of Children's Home, Inc.; and (2) Children under 14 years of age who shall be committed to the care of Children's Home, Inc., by the Family Court on account of vagrancy or for the exposure, neglect or abandonment of the children by their parent or parents, guardian or other person having custody of the children. (b) The corporation shall have the guardianship of the children so placed under its care and management during their minority, shall cause them to be educated and instructed in a proper manner and to learn such trades and employments as in the judgment of the corporation will be most conducive to the benefit and advantage of the children. The power and charge of the corporation over and upon the children shall not extend in the case of children beyond the age of 18 years, but the corporation may return the children to their parents or surviving parent or guardian. Code 1852, §  1501;  12 Del. Laws, c. 297, §§  4, 5;  12 Del. Laws, c. 552;  32 Del. Laws, c. 185;  Code 1915, §§  2253, 2254, 3101;  Code 1935, §§  2578, 2579;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  361;  58 Del. Laws, c. 511, §  64;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
31 DE Code § 362. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 3. Child Welfare|Subchapter V. Private Child Welfare Agencies|§ 362. The Elizabeth W. Murphey School, Inc. — Admission to School.

§ 362. The Elizabeth W. Murphey School, Inc. — Admission to School. Either parent or, if there are no parents, the guardian or, if there is also no guardian, any relative or the Division of Social Services may place any poor and dependent white child, resident in Kent County, between the ages of 2 and 10 years, in and under the charge and control of The Elizabeth W. Murphey School, Inc., and may surrender and deliver such child to The Elizabeth W. Murphey School, Inc., provided that the School is willing to receive such child; and, when such child is surrendered, delivered to and accepted by the School, it shall be subject to all the rules, regulations and discipline thereof as the same may have been or may hereafter be established by the directors of the School. 34 Del. Laws, c. 156, §  1;  37 Del. Laws, c. 85;  Code 1935, §  2598;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  362;  58 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;