Delaware Senate Bill 216 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-5)
Status: Passed on August 10 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-08-10 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill reflects current practice within Family Court as to how and when one files for Extended Jurisdiction. This bill provides for a petition for extended jurisdiction to be filed by the youth who will be or was in foster care at age 18 or by the youth’s representative, requesting that Family Court be authorized to hold proceedings past the youth’s eighteenth birthday for the purpose of reviewing the youth’s independent living services. The current statute calls for a motion to be filed in the dependency, abuse, and neglect proceeding. By requiring a new petition to be filed at the youth’s request, this new procedure recognizes the young adult in their status as an independent adult and emphasizes the requirement that the jurisdiction be extended with the youth’s consent. As with the current statute, DSCYF is not required to provide any services for which funds have not been appropriated or exhausted.

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Pertaining To Extended Jurisdiction.

Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]
Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]
Rep. William Outten [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2016-07-01 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-08-10	Senate	Signed by Governor
2016-07-01	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-05-18	House	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2016-04-28	House	Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2016-04-21	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-04-13	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2016-03-24	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/a950777a622eaa8485257f7700513028?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+216/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/e79525d03fe4f1bb85257fe30024ec39?OpenDocument