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The Court currently consists of nine judges sitting in Delaware's three counties: Five in New Castle County, two in Kent County, and two in Sussex County. The Court has three problem-solving court divisions: A Drug Diversion Program, a Community Dispute Resolution Program, and a Mental Health Court.
Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2020 census , the population was 181,851, making it the least populous county in Delaware. [ 1 ] The county seat is Dover , [ 2 ] the state capital of Delaware.
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Delaware.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
It is one of Delaware's three constitutional courts, along with the Supreme Court and Superior Court. Since 2018, the court consists of seven judges. Since 2018, the court consists of seven judges. The court is known for being a hub for corporate governance litigation in the United States, as two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated ...
Cathleen Hutchison: [28] First female to serve as Deputy Chief Magistrate for the Justice of the Peace Court in Kent County, Delaware (2017) Marguerite Hopkins Bodziak (1931): [ 11 ] [ 3 ] First female to serve as an Assistant City Solicitor in Wilmington, Delaware (1933) [ New Castle County, Delaware ]
The court was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. From its establishment until 1946, the court had a single judge. A temporary additional judgeship was authorized on July 24, 1946, by 60 Stat. 654, and was made permanent on September 5, 1950, by 64 Stat. 578.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Delaware. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 49 law enforcement agencies employing 2,131 sworn police officers, about 243 for each 100,000 residents.
In 1791, with the expansion of Sussex County to the south and west, the county seat was moved to Georgetown. [6] The county seat of St. Jones (renamed Kent County in 1681 [6]) is at Dover. [6] After 2000, a fourth "Appoquinimink County" was proposed to be carved out of New Castle County. The effort intended to end the zoning restrictions of the ...