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Code · Delaware · Title 10 — Courts and Judicial Procedure · Chapter 77. Lethal Violence Protective Order

§ 7705. Termination and renewal.

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(a)A respondent subject to a lethal violence protective order issued under § 7704 of this title, or renewed under subsection
(b)of this section, may submit 1 written request per year during the effective period of the order for a hearing to terminate the order.
(1)The Superior Court must provide notice to all parties and a hearing before the Court may terminate the order.
(2)The respondent must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent does not pose a danger of causing physical injury to self or others by controlling, owning, purchasing, possessing, having access to, or receiving a firearm or projectile weapon.
(3)If the Superior Court finds after a hearing that the respondent has met the burden imposed by paragraph (a)(2) of this section, the Court shall terminate the order.
(b)A petitioner may request a renewal of a lethal violence protective order at any time within 3 months before the expiration of a lethal violence protective order issued under § 7704 of this title or this subsection.
(1)The Superior Court must provide notice to all parties and a hearing before the Court may renew an order issued under § 7704 of this title or this subsection.
(2)The petitioner must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent continues to pose a danger of causing physical injury to self or others in the near future by controlling, owning, purchasing, possessing, having access to, or receiving a firearm or projectile weapon.
(3)If the Superior Court finds after a hearing that the respondent has met the burden imposed by paragraph (b)(2) of this section, the Court shall renew the lethal violence protective order.
(4)The Superior Court is to set the duration of the renewed lethal violence protective order, up to 1 year. The order remains in effect unless terminated under subsection
(a)of this section, renewed under this subsection, or expired and not renewed.
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