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A person is guilty of abandonment of a child when, being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child, the person deserts the child in any place intending permanently to abandon the child. Abandonment of a child is a class E felony unless the child is 14 years of age or older.

See § 1145. The Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (RUUPA) provides a five-year statutory period for all types of property if a holder files a return and a 10-year statute of repose.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Delaware Code to the contrary, including § 1157 of Title 12, upon order of the court as provided in this chapter, any person who holds, stores, safekeeps or otherwise is left with possession of any abandoned personal property, including automobiles, motorcycles, boats and ...

Unclaimed property is reportable after a dormancy period of one to five years, depending on the state and property type. Examples of unclaimed property include uncashed accounts payable and payroll checks, unresolved customer credit balances, abandoned bank accounts, and unused gift cards.

The duration of the dormancy period varies depending on the type of property in question, but the vast majority of property types in Delaware have a five year dormancy period.

Owner's claims for abandoned and unclaimed property reported to Delaware are administered by the Delaware Department of Finance Office of Unclaimed Property. Their website can be found here. Owners can search the database which can be found here to identify abandoned and unclaimed property that may be due to them.