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Rule 9. Upon the request of the attorney general a summons instead of a warrant shall issue. If no request is made, the court may issue either a warrant or a summons in its discretion.

If both parents agree to sign the VAP form, paternity is established very easily. If either or both of the parents are under the age of 18 years old (minors), Delaware law prohibits minors from executing a VAP for the purpose of paternity establishment.

The VAP can be signed at the hospital or anytime until the child turns 18, or 19 if the child is still in high school. There is no fee for signing the VAP form and it will allow the other parent's name to be placed on the birth certificate.

-The failure to seek review of or the refusal of the Court to accept an appeal from an interlocutory order under this rule shall not bar a party from seeking review of such interlocutory order on appeal from the final order, judgment or decree.

In Person. Please stop by the Records Department in the county in which your divorce or annulment was granted during regular business hours. You will need to provide the clerk with your name and date of birth. In addition, you will need to present valid photo identification.

Misjoinder of parties is not ground for dismissal of an action. Parties may be dropped or added by order of the Court on motion of any party or of its own initiative at any stage of the action and on such terms as are just. Any claim against a party may be severed and proceeded with separately.

A rule to show cause may be issued only when permitted by law. An order for a rule to show cause shall set forth the return date and time thereof, and shall require the respondent to answer or otherwise plead at or before the return date and time.

If you are seeking to change your child's name and the father has not yet been legally established, you should file a Petition for Paternity Adjudication, Form 144. Within the paternity adjudication case, you can request that the child's name be changed.

A parent or guardian must file a petition with the Court of Common Pleas sitting in the county in which the minor resides and indicate the minor's present and proposed names. At least one of the minor's parents or legal guardian must sign the petition; if the minor is over 14, the minor also must sign the petition.