Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 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;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 302
- Child: means a person who has not yet attained the child's eighteenth birthday. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 301
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- 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