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Delaware Court Decisions

A diagram of the state court system (called a “Court Structure Chart” and including a summary of each court’s jurisdiction) is available on the web site of the National Center for State Courts.


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Delaware Constitution and Legislation

See also a database of statewide ballot measures maintained by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
  1. Constitution (Del. Const.)

  2. Bills

    See also the Delaware General Assembly web site.
  3. Laws of Delaware (Del. Laws)
    Each volume of Laws of Delaware is a compilation of the official acts of a session of the General Assembly. Each session spans two years. After a bill passes both houses of the General Assembly and is signed by the Governor, it is assigned a chapter number unique to the current volume of Laws of Delaware.

  4. Delaware Code (Del. Code)
    See also uniform laws.


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Delaware Rules of Procedure and Practice

  1. Court Rules • Rules of Procedure

    See also links to Delaware state court rules amendments and additional rules.
  2. Rules of Practice
  3. Additional Resources
    Delaware Appellate Handbook


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Delaware Administrative Law Sources

See also a page of links to sources of rules, maintained by the Administrative Codes and Registers Section of the National Association of Secretaries of State.
  1. Regulations
  2. Opinions • Decisions • Orders • Rulings
  3. Attorney General Opinions (Ops. Del. Att’y Gen.)


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Delaware Ordinances and Home-Rule Charters

Ordinances are local laws, commonly organized into codes, that have been enacted by municipalities — cities, towns, etc. — and counties. Charters are organic laws (similar in function to a constitution) of those local government entities for which “home rule” is authorized by state law. For local laws not found through the links given here, try the county web sites and municipality web sites at “State and Local Government on the Net” by Piper Resources, or a publisher’s web site:
  • General Code, LLC
  • Municipal Code Corp.
    1. Charters
      Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible. See also links to city and town charters maintained on a state web site.
    2. County Ordinances
         
      Click on the button keyed to the name of the county. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
    3. Municipal Ordinances
         
      Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.


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    Delaware Law-Related Periodicals

    Periodicals providing on-line articles are linked here. See also links to all Delaware law-review web sites as well as links to web sites of all U.S.-published law reviews and periodicals.


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    Other Delaware Commentary

    1. Delaware Appellate Handbook (2nd ed. 1996) … [Delaware Supreme Court] — This handbook “was prepared to assist Delaware attorneys in appellate practice before the Delaware Supreme Court, Court of Chancery, Superior Court and Family Court.”

    2. SENTAC Benchbook (2005) … [Delaware Sentencing Accountability Commission (SENTAC)] — Formerly titled Truth in Sentencing Benchbook. “This Benchbook is designed to assist sentencing judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys in the formulation of sentences that are consistent with the goals of sentencing reform promulgated by SENTAC. … This Benchbook is revised annually to reflect legislative changes since the passage of the Truth in Sentencing Act of 1989.”

    3. Delaware Laws and Programs Affecting Business. Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. … [Lex Mundi]


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    Delaware Law-Related Topical Web Sites



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    Delaware Court Information

    See also an overview of the Delaware court system; and see links to state court web sites, maintained by the National Center for State Courts. Additionally, the Ballotpedia.org web site presents information about courts and judges in the state, covering both state courts and federal courts, in a Wikipedia-style format.
    1. Web Sites


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    Delaware Forms

    1. Court Forms
    2. Forms of Jury Instructions: Civil • Criminal

    3. Revenue Division: Individual Tax FormsBusiness Tax Forms

    4. Business Entity Forms …[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.


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    Other Delaware Resources

    1. Government-Related Web Sites

      See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
    2. Additional Resources
      ¶ Vital Records — Contact Information … [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
      ¶ Workers’ Compensation — Agency Contact Information … [Robert W. McDowell / N.C. Indus. Comm’n]

    3. Bar Associations • Law-Related Organizations

      See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
    4. Law Schools • Admission to Practice • Continuing Legal Education


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    Legal Research and Assistance

    1. Law Libraries
      Note: The Delaware State Law Library has no web site.

      See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
    2. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Delaware Residents … [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Delaware law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Delaware.

    3. Low-Cost Legal Aid … See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
      1. Legal Services Corporation of Delaware … LSCD “provides legal representation to Delaware’s low-income population, and therefore, this site is focused primarily on legal problems and services for the poor.”
      2. Delaware Legal Help for the Poor … [Am. Bar Ass’n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA’s Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs’ web sites.
      3. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help … [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.

     

     


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