Wife, S. v. Husband, S.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Chancellor:
Plaintiff brings this suit on behalf of her two minor children, ages eleven and thirteen, seeking specific performance of a provision in a written separation agreement by which defendant, her former husband and the father of the children, agreed to pay support for them. The determinative question is whether, after the enactment of the Family Court Act of 1971, 10 Del.C. § 901 etc. (58 L.Del.Ch. 114, 116), this Court has subject matter jurisdiction over the action.
A
Prior to 1971 the Court of Chancery clearly had jurisdiction to grant specific performance in all cases…
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