Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 323

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 9, TITLE 13, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO ADOPTION BY MODIFYING THE RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION RESTRICTIONS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. § 911, Title 13, Delaware Code, is amended by adding to that section an additional subsection to read:

(d) Whenever the provisions as set forth in subsections (a) or (b) of this section appear to create a hardship for the child to be adopted in obtaining a suitable and prompt adoptive placement, the Orphans' Court may, in its discretion, waive these requirements in the best interests of the child.

Approved June 21, 1968.