HB421

Delaware HB421 amends Title 10 to modify nonemergency proceedings for sexual violence protective orders.

Delaware HB421 amends Title 10 of the Delaware Code to change the procedures for nonemergency proceedings related to sexual violence protective orders. Specifically, it prohibits the Superior Court from considering certain evidence when deciding whether to grant or deny a petition for a sexual violence protective order. The bill ensures that a petition cannot be denied based on the respondent's voluntary intoxication, the petitioner's voluntary intoxication, the petitioner's limited consensual sexual touching with the respondent, or the petitioner's failure to report the respondent's.