Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 13 > Chapter 11 - Termination and Transfer of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings

• Alleged father: means as defined in § 8-102 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Child: means as defined in § 302 of Title 1. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Court: means the Family Court of the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Delinquent child: means as defined in § 901 of Title 10. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• DSCYF: means the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families of this State. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Father: means an individual who has established a father-child relationship under § 8-201(b) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Individual: means a human being. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Infant: means a child who is less than 6 months old. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Licensed agency: means an agency to which the Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing has granted a license to place children for adoption. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Marital deduction: The deduction(s) that can be taken in the determination of gift and estate tax liabilities because of the existence of a marriage or marital relationship.
• Mother: means an individual who has established a mother-child relationship under § 8-201(a) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• neglected child: means as defined in § 901 of Title 10. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Parent: means as defined in § 8-102 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Parental responsibilities: means the care or support of a child in a manner that does both of the following:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101

• Party: means the respondent, petitioner, guardian, conservator, or any other person allowed by the Court to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
• Party: means a party in a termination of parental rights proceeding under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Petitioner: means a petitioner in a termination of parental rights proceeding under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Presumed father: means as defined in § 8-102 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Relative: means as defined in § 901 of Title 10. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101
• Respondent: means a respondent in a termination of parental rights proceeding under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1101