DE · rules
Del. Fam. Ct. Civ. R. 42.2
Type of trial; record
(a) Unless otherwise required by statute or rule, all hearings or trials shall be conducted privately
by the Court without a jury. Only those persons shall be admitted to the courtroom who are
parties or attorneys representing parties; the Court may also admit persons having a direct
interest in the proceeding or whose presence otherwise accords with the public interest. No
person shall be admitted or permitted to remain in the courtroom whose presence is
inconsistent with law or proper decorum.
(b) No party shall be excluded from a trial or hearing except for good cause.
(c) Sequestration of witnesses, other than parties, may be allowed upon request of any party or
on the Court’s own motion.
(d) All hearings or trials shall be recorded by stenographic notes, stenotype machine or by
electronic, mechanical or other appropriate means; however, children may be interviewed by
the Court in accordance with 13 Del. C. Section 724(a).
(e) All sidebar conferences and chambers conferences during trial shall be recorded unless the
judicial officer determines, in advance, that neither evidentiary nor substantive issues are
involved.
History
Amended July 14, 2020, effective Sept. 1, 2020.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- 2026-09-23
- Content hash
69a748a172b983b23aeec3958b66eb48bf7dc71d1baa13f8b0ecf47c54539a37
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