Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 14 > Chapter 31A - Infants and Toddlers Early Intervention Program

• Abandoned: means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• 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
• Child custody proceeding: means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child is an issue. 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
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Court: means the Family Court of the State. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902
• 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
• Infant: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Initial determination: means the first child custody determination concerning a particular child. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902
• Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Modification: means a child custody determination that changes, replaces, supersedes or is otherwise made after a previous determination concerning the same child, whether or not it is made by the court that made the previous determination. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes affirmation in all cases where an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and "sworn" includes affirmed; and the forms shall be varied accordingly. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• 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
• Physical custody: means the physical care and supervision of a child. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 1902
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• 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
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.