AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS.

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This Act creates a rebuttable presumption that the Court shall order equal parenting time if the parties live within 25 miles of the child’s daycare or school. Equal parenting time may be amended if it is determined a parent is not tending to the child’s health or educational needs.

Chamber: House
Introduced: May 21, 2026
Last action: May 21, 2026 — Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
Sponsor: Frank Cooke D
Session: 153
Momentum: 28 · Low

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

21.7% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 46%, measured from DE's completed sessions
Momentum -5 28/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -20 142 days quiet
Cosponsors +1 1 signed on
Sponsor influence -0 48/100

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