Delaware § 5310 Commitments to School

Delaware Statutes

§ 5310 — Commitments to School

Delaware § 5310

Title31

PartServices and Facilities for Youth Adjudicated Delinquent or Criminally Prosecuted

Ch. 53WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 31, § 5310 (2026).

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The Board, in assenting thereto, may receive into its charge, custody or guardianship, any girl not over 18 nor under 11 years of age when committed thereto in any 1 of the following modes:

(1)The Family Court and the Superior Court may each commit to the custody of the Board any girl who is subject to the jurisdiction of such court and who is a delinquent child, as that term is defined in § 901 of Title 10.

(2)Whenever it appears to the Family Court that the best interests of a girl who is living in circumstances of manifest danger of falling into habits of vice or immorality will be served by temporary care and further study of her case, pending a final disposition thereof, the court may commit such girl to the custody of the Board for a temporary period not exceeding 3 months. At th

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The Board, in assenting thereto, may receive into its charge, custody or guardianship, any girl not over 18 nor under 11 years of age when committed thereto in any 1 of the following modes:

(1) The Family Court and the Superior Court may each commit to the custody of the Board any girl who is subject to the jurisdiction of such court and who is a delinquent child, as that term is defined in § 901 of Title 10.

(2) Whenever it appears to the Family Court that the best interests of a girl who is living in circumstances of manifest danger of falling into habits of vice or immorality will be served by temporary care and further study of her case, pending a final disposition thereof, the court may commit such girl to the custody of the Board for a temporary period not exceeding 3 months. At the end of the temporary period of commitment, the Court shall make final disposition of such case.

Legislative History

19 Del. Laws, c. 637, §§ 3-5 ; 22 Del. Laws, c. 363, § 2 ; 24 Del. Laws, c. 121, § 3 ; 26 Del. Laws, c. 262, § 10 ; 27 Del. Laws, c. 126, § 1 ; Code 1915, § 2204; 40 Del. Laws, c. 183, §§ 1, 2 ; Code 1935, § 2515; 48 Del. Laws, c. 302 ; 31 Del. C. 1953, § 5310; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1