Delaware, court records
Search Delaware civil cases in the Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace Court through CourtConnect. Federal cases are in PACER.
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How the Delaware Judiciary fits together: Supreme Court, Court of Chancery, Superior Court, Family Court, Court of Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace Court.
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Delaware Justice of the Peace Court: locations, what to bring, jurisdiction, truancy court and answers for people coming to court.
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Delaware Family Court, which hears all domestic matters, with its records department, eCourtroom videos and guides to the matters it hears most.
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Delaware Superior Court, with its civil pattern jury instructions, court notices and links to its offices and services.
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Delaware Court of Common Pleas, with trial and hearing information, Zoom hearings, jury trials in New Castle County and courthouse research appointments.
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CourtConnect searches civil dockets of the Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace Court by name, business or case type, and finds judgments.
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Delaware Court of Chancery, the court for disputes over the internal affairs of Delaware corporations and other business entities, with its standing orders.
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Delaware Supreme Court, the highest court in the state, hearing appeals from the Court of Chancery, Superior Court and Family Court.
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Where to file an expungement petition in Delaware, by the court that closed the case, with Superior Court and Family Court forms and instructions.
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Superior Court in New Castle County at the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center, 500 North King Street, Wilmington. Hours and courthouse access.
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Superior Court location page for Kent County, with the courthouse address, hours, holidays and accessibility information.
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Superior Court location page for Sussex County, with the courthouse address, hours, holidays and accessibility information.
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Delaware divorces are Family Court cases under 13 Del. C. 1504, kept in the Records Room of the Family Court location where the case was filed. Hearings are private under 13 Del. C. 1516 and Family Court Civil Rule 42.2, the Family Court's Public Access Policy of May 8, 2007 opens case records to the public except the listed exceptions, which include records made inaccessible by statute or court rule and records sealed by order, and Family Court Civil Rule 90.1(c) makes records of Family Court proceedings private, open only to the court and its staff, the parties and their attorneys, other courts and public agencies, and persons the court approves for a legitimate interest, unless a statute or rule requires otherwise, while 13 Del. C. 1516(d) provides that no record or evidence in a divorce case shall be impounded or access to it refused. The notarized Ancillary Financial Disclosure Report under Rule 16(c) is filed only when property division or alimony is sought after the decree, with the court's ancillary orders.
There is no online public search of Family Court files; the file is reviewed in the Records Room, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the presence of staff, with copies at $1.00 per page and certified copies at $4.00 per page under the Schedule of Assessed Costs effective July 20, 2026. The Delaware asset search page explains what the ancillary file holds.
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CourtConnect searches civil dockets of the Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace Court by person, business or case type, and lists judgments.
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State court records are usually free to view at the courthouse and often free online, with per-page fees for certified copies. PACER charges $0.10 per page (capped at $3.00 per document), waived under $30 per quarter.
No. A sealed case is hidden from the public docket index by court order. Its existence may still be confirmable by number, but documents are not accessible.
Civil cases involve disputes between parties (contracts, torts, family). Criminal cases are brought by the government. Both are indexed by the same court clerks but tracked in separate sub-dockets.
Not in one search. PACER covers all federal courts. Most states have a statewide judiciary portal that covers their state courts, but a few require per-county lookups. This page links to Delaware's official portal.
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