Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 5310 – Commitments to School
The Board, in assenting thereto, may receive into its charge, custody or guardianship, any girl not over 18 nor under 11 years of age when committed thereto in any 1 of the following modes:
(1) The Family Court and the Superior Court may each commit to the custody of the Board any girl who is subject to the jurisdiction of such court and who is a delinquent child, as that term is defined in § 901 of Title 10.
(2) Whenever it appears to the Family Court that the best interests of a girl who is living in circumstances of manifest danger of falling into habits of vice or immorality will be served by temporary care and further study of her case, pending a final disposition thereof, the court may commit such girl to the custody of the Board for a temporary period not exceeding 3 months. At the end of the temporary period of commitment, the Court shall make final disposition of such case.
19 Del. Laws, c. 637, §§ ?3-5; 22 Del. Laws, c. 363, § ?2; 24 Del. Laws, c. 121, § ?3; 26 Del. Laws, c. 262, § ?10; 27 Del. Laws, c. 126, § ?1; Code 1915, § ?2204; 40 Del. Laws, c. 183, §§ ?1, 2; Code 1935, § ?2515; 48 Del. Laws, c. 302; 31 Del. C. 1953, § ?5310; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 5310
- Board: means the Board of Managers of the Woods Haven School for Girls. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 5301
- Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.