Delaware Code § 19-3363

Priority of claim for employer's assessments upon insolvency or other distribution of employer's
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assets.
In the event of any distribution of an employer's assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this State, including any
receivership, assignment for benefit of creditors, adjudicated insolvency, composition or similar proceeding, assessments then due or
thereafter falling due shall be paid in full prior to all other claims except taxes due the United States or the State which by statutory
provision are prior liens on the assets and claims for wages of not more than $250 to each claimant earned within 6 months of the
commencement of the proceeding. In the event of an employer's adjudication in bankruptcy, judicially confirmed extension proposal or
composition, under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 as amended [11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.], assessments then or thereafter due shall
be entitled to such priority as is provided by that Act for taxes due to a state of the United States.

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