Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Session
- 153
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Not supplied
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-04-09 00:00:00
Alternate titles
- Poor Person/Replace Outdated Term/DE Code short title
Source-supplied abstracts
This Act updates § 503 of Title 13 by replacing the outdated term “poor person” with the term, “a person unable to financially support oneself”. This language change is a technical change to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. In addition, this Act clarifies that § 503 of the Title 13, relating to the duty to support a person unable to financially support oneself (formerly “poor person”), includes the duty to a support an adult child with a disability that cannot support oneself. This duty is articulated in H. v. V., 2018 Del. Fam. Ct. LEXIS 4, where the Family Court found that a parent of a 22 year-old adult child diagnosed with severe autism was statutorily obligated to provide support to the adult child.
Sponsors
- Melanie Ross Levin (primary), primary
- Nicole Poore (primary), primary
- Mara Gorman, cosponsor
- Kendra Johnson, cosponsor
- Larry Lambert, cosponsor
- Kyra L. Hoffner, cosponsor
- David L. Wilson, cosponsor