Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 507 – Temporary assistance to nonresidents
Any person in need of public assistance while physically present in Delaware, but who lacks residence in this State as defined in this chapter, may be granted assistance subject to the immediate initiation, pursuant to rules and regulations of the Department, of all lawful steps to determine residence elsewhere. Assistance to any such person shall be terminated when any one of the following events first occurs:
(1) Such person moves to some other jurisdiction;
(2) Such person receives public assistance of any kind from some other jurisdiction;
(3) Such person ceases to be a needy person; or
(4) Such person is found to have residence elsewhere.
37 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§ ?6, 11; Code 1935, §§ ?1609, 1614; 41 Del. Laws, c. 124, § ?1; 45 Del. Laws, c. 96, §§ ?1, 3; 46 Del. Laws, c. 314; 31 Del. C. 1953, § ?506; 50 Del. Laws, c. 278, § ?5; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 507
- Assistance: means assistance to or on behalf of eligible needy persons or eligible families to enable them to improve their standard of living, including money payments, child care, job training, education, other support services, medical or surgical care, dental care, nursing, burial, board and care in a private institution, adult foster care, rest residential facility for adults, public medical institution as a patient, or such other aid as may be deemed necessary. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 502
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302