Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 14 > Chapter 30B - Parents' Right to Know Act

• Child: means an individual who has not attained 18 years of age. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902
• Child custody determination: means a judgment, decree or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902
• Commencement: means the filing of the first pleading in a proceeding. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902
• Court: means the Family Court of the State. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Home State: means the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least 6 consecutive months immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902
• Initial determination: means the first child custody determination concerning a particular child. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902
• Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902
• Person acting as a parent: means a person, other than a parent, who:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902

• State: means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United State Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902