Delaware Code Title 31. Welfare § 5310. Commitments to School

(1) The Family Court and the Superior Court may each commit to the custody of the Board any girl who is subject to the jurisdiction of such court and who is a delinquent child, as that term is defined in § 901 of Title 10.

(2) Whenever it appears to the Family Court that the best interests of a girl who is living in circumstances of manifest danger of falling into habits of vice or immorality will be served by temporary care and further study of her case, pending a final disposition thereof, the court may commit such girl to the custody of the Board for a temporary period not exceeding 3 months.  At the end of the temporary period of commitment, the Court shall make final disposition of such case.