Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 647

HOUSE BILL NO. 1196

AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND PART C, SUBCHAPTER III, TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE VISITATION RIGHTS OF GRAND-PARENTS.

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

Section I. Amend §950, Part C, Subchapter III, Title 10 of the Delaware Code by adding a new subsection (7) as follows:

"(7) Upon petition thereto grant grandparents reasonable visitation rights as the court shall determine with respect to the grandchild regardless of marital status of the parents of the child or the relationship of the grandparents to the person having custody of the child."

Section 2. This Act shall take effect immediately.

Approved July 27, 1976