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ABOUT
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THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DELAWARE |
SUPERIOR COURT
What We Do & Who We Are
The Superior Court has
statewide original jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases, except for equity cases and domestic
relations matters.
The Court has exclusive jurisdiction over felonies and drug
offenses (except most felonies and drug offenses involving minors,
and except possession of marijuana cases).
The Court serves as an intermediate appellate court,
hearing appeals on the record from the Court
of Common Pleas, Family
Court (adult criminal), and more than 50 administrative
agencies.
The Superior
Court which celebrated its 175th Anniversary in 2007 has
courthouses located in three counties—New Castle, Kent
and Sussex.
The New
Castle County Courthouse is located in Wilmington, where
the court is housed in a modern recently built courthouse. Both
the Kent
County Courthouse, located in our capital, Dover, and the Sussex
County Courthouse, located in Georgetown, are historic buildings.
Each courthouse employs state-of-the-art courtroom technologies,
including eFiling
and docketing, digital audio recording, Realtime transcription,
wireless access, electronic evidence presentation systems as
well as an integrated statewide case management system with
an automated
sentencing order program and our drug
court information system.
The Court also has developed multiple programs to provide more efficient and cost-effective services through specialized courts such as Drug Court, Mental Health Court, Reentry Court, and Veterans' Court. To serve the public we continually expand our online services which now provide daily jury reporting information, civil case online database, forms, Project Rightful Owner online case search, Trade Names database online search, and an online answer desk.
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| WHERE WE ARE |
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NEW CASTLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
500 North King Street
. Wilmington, DE . 19801 . Telephone 302.255.0800. |
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KENT COUNTY COURTHOUSE
414 Federal Street . Dover . DE . 19901
. Telephone 302.735.1900 . *TDD-ONLY 302.739.1587 |
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SUSSEX COUNTY COURTHOUSE
1 The Circle, Suite 2 . Georgetown . DE
. 19947 . Telephone 302.855.7055 . *TDD-ONLY 302.856.5895 |
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* TDD
for Hearing Impaired ONLY |
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