DE · rules
Del. Fam. Ct. Civ. R. 301
Petition requirements
(a) Every petitioner in a child support or a paternity determination action shall provide the social
security number of the petitioner and the respondent to be maintained in the case file. If the
respondent’s social security number is unknown to the petitioner and the petitioner is unable
to obtain the respondent’s social security number prior to filing the petition, the petitioner
must so indicate to the Court. Further, the petitioner must make a good faith effort to obtain
the social security number of the respondent prior to the hearing, and, if unsuccessful, be
prepared to describe to the Court reason for the unavailability of the respondent’s social
security number.
(b) Every petitioner to a child support petition shall provide the social security number of the
child(ren) at issue. If the child(ren) have not yet been assigned a social security number, the
petitioner must apply for social security numbers for the children and make a good faith
effort to have the child(ren)’s social security number(s) available prior to the entry of the
Court’s order.
History
Adopted Dec. 31, 1999, effective Jan. 30, 2000; amended effective Nov. 8, 2013.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- 2026-09-23
- Content hash
5d1329fb8cbf6126fc6dad5a24615814a4d2d371f5a064454df4812b2a87a19a
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