Case Title: Barber-Banks v. Daulton

Citation: 

Docket Number: 92, 2018

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2018-12-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ROSLIND BARBER-BANKS,1 
 
Respondent Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
DONNA DAULTON and MARCUS 
HOUSTON-DAULTON, 
 
Petitioners Below, 
Appellees. 
§ 
§  No. 92, 2018 
§ 
§  Court Below—Family Court 
§  of the State of Delaware in and for  
§  New Castle County 
§ 
§  File No. CN17-05159  
§  Petition No. 17-30582 
§   
§ 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: December 14, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: December 21, 2018 
 
ORDER 
 
Having considered the notice to show cause, the Court concludes that: 
(1) 
On February 21, 2018, the appellant, Roslind Barber-Banks, filed a 
notice of appeal from a Family Court order granting guardianship of her daughter to 
the paternal grandparents.  In June 2018, a notice to show cause was discharged after 
the Family Court granted Barber-Banks’ motion to proceed in forma pauperis as to 
the Family Court fee and a briefing scheduled was issued.  On November 1, 2018, 
the Chief Deputy Clerk issued, by certified mail to the address Barber-Banks had 
provided, a notice directing Barber-Banks to show cause why the appeal should not 
                                                 
1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the appellants under Supreme Court Rule 7(d). 
2 
 
be dismissed for her failure to file an opening brief and appendix on or before 
October 8, 2018.   
(2) 
The certified notice to show cause was returned to the Court in an 
envelope marked “Return to Sender, Unclaimed, Unable to Forward.”  On December 
3, 2018, the notice to show cause was re-sent by first class mail.  Barber-Banks has 
failed to respond to the notice show cause within the required ten-day period.  Under 
these circumstances, dismissal of this appeal is deemed to be unopposed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, under Supreme Court 
Rules 3(b)(2) and 29(b), that this appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
Justice