Crime-Victim and Witness Court-Attendance Leave Request Packet

CRIME-VICTIM OR REPRESENTATIVE PARTICIPATION REQUEST PACKET

Delaware — 11 Del. C. § 9409

1. EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER

2. COVERED-PERSON GATE

• ☐ Employee is the victim.
• ☐ Employee is a representative of the victim.

Representative capacity, using the minimum information needed: [________________________________]

Coverage confirmed by prosecutor, victim-services provider, or counsel: [NAME / OFFICE / DATE]

3. SELECT ONE PROTECTED ROUTE

• ☐ Participation, at the prosecutor's request, in preparation for a proceeding.
• ☐ Attendance at a proceeding because attendance is reasonably necessary to protect the victim's interests.
• ☐ Attendance at a proceeding in response to a subpoena.

Proceeding / preparation description: [________________________________]

4. ABSENCE REQUEST

Court or prosecutor's office: [________________________________]

Case identifier, using the minimum information needed: [________________________________]

Date and time: [________________________________]

Expected work absence: [DATE / START / END]

Operational notice date, method, and recipient: [________________________________]

Section 9409 states no fixed employee notice deadline or required verification form. Provide prompt operational notice without inventing a statutory condition.

Employee signature: __________________________ Date: ______________

5. MINIMUM SUPPORTING RECORD

• ☐ Prosecutor preparation request
• ☐ Court or prosecutor confirmation that attendance is reasonably necessary
• ☐ Subpoena
• ☐ Other minimally necessary record: [________________________________]

Do not attach charging papers, police reports, medical records, victim addresses, or detailed offense narratives unless current law or counsel requires them.

6. PAY AND SCHEDULING

Section 9409 prohibits discharge or discipline but does not specify paid leave.

• ☐ Unpaid time
• ☐ Accrued paid leave: [TYPE / HOURS]
• ☐ Schedule adjustment: [________________________________]
• ☐ Other treatment: [________________________________]

7. EMPLOYER RESPONSE

• ☐ Victim or representative status confirmed
• ☐ Protected route confirmed
• ☐ Absence recorded: [________________________________]
• ☐ Pay treatment recorded
• ☐ Other applicable victim/witness employment law reviewed as directed by § 9409(b)
• ☐ Counsel review required

An employer may not discharge or discipline a covered victim or representative for the selected protected route.

Employer representative: _____________________ Date: ______________

Decision delivered to employee: [DATE / METHOD]

8. CHANGE LOG

OFFICIAL SOURCE VERIFIED

• Delaware Code Online — 11 Del. C. § 9409