Bill Text: DE HB320 | 2015-2016 | 148th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 13 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Divorce And Annulment.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-3)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-28 - Signed by Governor [HB320 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2015-HB320-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. M. Smith & Sen. Sokola |
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Reps. Baumbach, Heffernan, Kowalko, Longhurst, Osienski, Schwartzkopf, B. Short, Viola; Sens. Blevins, Cloutier, Lavelle, Peterson, Townsend |
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 148th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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HOUSE BILL NO. 320 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DIVORCE AND ANNULMENT. |
Section 1.Amend Section 1503, Title 13 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 1503. Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, unless the context indicates differently:
(6) "Misconduct" means conduct so
destructive of the marriage relation that petitioner cannot reasonably be
expected to continue in that relation; and "misconduct" includes, as
examples, adultery, bigamy, conviction of a crime the sentence for which might
be incarceration for 1 or more years, repeated physical or oral abuse directed
against petitioner or children living in the home, desertion, homosexuality,
lesbianism, wilful refusal to perform marriage obligations, contracting
venereal disease, habitual intemperance, habitual use of illegal drugs or other
incapacitating substances and/or other serious offenses destructive of the
marriage relation.
SYNOPSIS
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This bill removes "homosexuality" and "lesbianism" from the definition of misconduct that may be used as grounds for a divorce. |
