§ 2733 Jurisdiction; venue.

14 DE Code § 2733 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) The Justice of the Peace Court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of complaints filed pursuant to this chapter.

(b) All complaints under this chapter shall be filed in a Justice of the Peace Court in the county where the school the child is required to attend is located or in the county in which the office of the school district which contains the child’s school is located.

(c) In the event that a student withdraws from school for any reason other than age and does not re-enroll in another public school, the court, in its discretion, may retain jurisdiction for the purpose of ensuring that the student’s alternative educational environment was not an attempt to avoid the compulsory attendance requirements of § 2702 of this title.

72 Del. Laws, c. 346, § 14; 76 Del. Laws, c. 23, § 4.