Delaware General Assembly

Signed 6/27/23

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

3/28/23

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Sen. Hansen, Walsh
Reps. Griffith, Heffernan, Lynn, K. Williams

Sen. Gay, Hoffner, Huxtable, Lockman, Pettyjohn, Richardson, Sokola, Sturgeon
Reps. Baumbach, Bolden, Phillips, Romer, D. Short

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANIMALS IN PROTECTION FROM ABUSE PROCEEDINGS.

This Act adds the following acts against a person's companion animal or service animal to the definition of abuse for protection from abuse proceedings: 1. Engaging in cruelty. 2. Inflicting physical injury. 3. Engaging in a course of alarming or distressing conduct. In addition, this Act provides specific authority for the Court to include provisions in a protection from abuse order that grant a petitioner exclusive care, custody, or control of a companion animal and order a petitioner to stay away from the companion animal. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

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6/27/23

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