Delaware

DEL. CODE tit. 11, § 787 (h)(2023).

• A minor who has engaged in commercial sexual activity is presumed to be a neglected or abused child under DEL.CODE. Tit. 10 § 901 et seq.
• Whenever a police officer has probable cause to believe that a minor has engaged in commercial sexual activity, the police officer shall make an immediate report to the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families.
• A party to a juvenile delinquency proceeding in which a minor is charged with prostitution or loitering, or an attorney guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate appointed in a proceeding under DEL. CODE. tit. 10 § 901 et seq., may file a motion on behalf of a minor in a juvenile delinquency proceeding seeking to stay the juvenile delinquency proceedings.
• So long as the minor substantially complies with the requirement of services identified by the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families and/or ordered by the Family Court, the Attorney General shall, upon motion, nolle prosequi the stayed charges no earlier than 1 year after the stay was imposed.