DE BAR Study Guide 2026
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📋 DE BAR Exam Format at a Glance
📚 DE BAR Topics to Study (69)
✍️ Sample DE BAR Questions & Answers
1. What is the hearsay rule?
Hearsay is an out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of what was stated. It is generally inadmissible unless an exception applies.
2. Under Delaware law, a parent's duty to pay child support generally continues until the child reaches 18, but extends if the child is still in high school until what point?
Delaware support obligations run to age 18, or if the child is still enrolled in high school, until the child graduates or turns 19, whichever occurs first.
3. What is consideration in contract formation?
Consideration is the legal concept requiring each party to give something of value — a promise, performance, or forbearance — in exchange for the other's promise or performance.
4. Under the Second Restatement, a contractual choice-of-law clause will generally NOT be enforced if:
Under Restatement (Second) §187, a party autonomy clause is unenforceable if the chosen state has no substantial relationship to the parties or transaction and no reasonable basis exists for the choice, or it violates a fundamental public policy.
5. Which activity most clearly triggers strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities?
Blasting is the classic abnormally dangerous activity because its high risk cannot be eliminated by reasonable care.
6. Which Delaware statute governs the formation and operation of limited liability companies?
The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act is codified at 6 Del. C. §§ 18-101 through 18-1208 (Title 18).