{"data":{"id":"us-de/31-del.-c.-5310","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"31 Del. C. § 5310","heading":"Commitments to School.","body":"The Board, in assenting thereto, may receive into its charge, custody or guardianship, any girl not over 18 nor under 11 years of age when committed thereto in any 1 of the following modes:\n(1) The Family Court and the Superior Court may each commit to the custody of the Board any girl who is subject to the jurisdiction of such court and who is a delinquent child, as that term is defined in § 901 of Title 10.\n(2) Whenever it appears to the Family Court that the best interests of a girl who is living in circumstances of manifest danger of falling into habits of vice or immorality will be served by temporary care and further study of her case, pending a final disposition thereof, the court may commit such girl to the custody of the Board for a temporary period not exceeding 3 months. At the end of the temporary period of commitment, the Court shall make final disposition of such case.","path":["Title 31. Welfare","Services and Facilities for Youth Adjudicated Delinquent or Criminally Prosecuted","CHAPTER 53. Woods Haven School for Girls"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title31/c053/index.html#5310","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:37Z","sha256":"b16bc64aba1eb1658f873b6a9732ee3703dfc47a8cffd614a0b123723fe6c8d5","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/31-del.-c.-5309","next":"us-de/31-del.-c.-5311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}