Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 150

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 237

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 6, TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Chapter 6, Title 13 of the Delaware Code by adding thereto a new §640 to read as follows:

"§640. Additional Powers of the Court.

Whenever the Court of tilts State acts as the responding state, it shall have and may exercise in connection with any proceeding under this Chapter all powers conferred upon it with respect to any original order or modification of an order of this Court in a proceeding originally brought in this State under Chapter 5 of this Title with respect to the enforcement or modification of an order of another State."

Section 2. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.

Approved July 21, 1989.