Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 511 – Responsibility of relatives
(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any person from the liability of maintaining and supporting the person’s parent or parents or child or spouse, as provided by the laws of this State. However, the provisions of § 501(a) of Title 13 shall not be considered by the Department in determining eligibility for assistance of any applicant or recipient of such assistance, but the Department shall encourage persons to seek and relatives to provide support that will eliminate or reduce the need for public assistance.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 511
- Applicant: means any person or family who applies for assistance or welfare services or on whose behalf such application is made under the terms of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 502
- Assistance: means assistance to or on behalf of eligible needy persons or eligible families to enable them to improve their standard of living, including money payments, child care, job training, education, other support services, medical or surgical care, dental care, nursing, burial, board and care in a private institution, adult foster care, rest residential facility for adults, public medical institution as a patient, or such other aid as may be deemed necessary. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 502
- Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Medical care: means payment of all or part of the costs on behalf of eligible recipients; provided, that such payments are within the limitations of the funds appropriated by the General Assembly and the United States Congress for this purpose, for:
- Recipient: means any person or family to whom or for whom assistance is paid under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 502
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other provision of law, the financial responsibility of an individual for any applicant or recipient of medical care shall be disregarded unless such applicant is such individual’s spouse or child who is under the age of 18 years or who is blind or permanently and totally disabled.
31 Del. C. 1953, § ?510; 50 Del. Laws, c. 278, § ?5; 53 Del. Laws, c. 155; 54 Del. Laws, c. 80; 55 Del. Laws, c. 367, § ?8; 59 Del. Laws, c. 48, § ?7; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;