Case Title: Courtney v. Acosta

Citation: 

Docket Number: 66, 2022

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2022-06-27T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DAVID COURTNEY,1 
 
Petitioner Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
CHRISTINE ACOSTA, 
 
Respondent Below, 
Appellee. 
 
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§   
§  No. 66, 2022 
§ 
§  Court Below: Family Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§   
§  File No. CN15-01320 
§  Petition No. 21-15330                 
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Submitted: June 14, 2022 
Decided: 
June 27, 2022 
 
 
ORDER 
 
(1) 
On April 20, 2022, the Senior Court Clerk sent a letter directing the 
appellant to pay the Family Court filing fee and transcript cost on or before May 5, 
2022, or this Court would issue a notice to show cause why the appeal should not be 
dismissed.  On May 6, 2022, the Senior Court Clerk issued a notice, sent by certified 
mail, directing the appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed 
for the appellant’s failure to pay the Family Court filing fee and transcript cost.  On 
May 26, 2022, the Senior Court Clerk issued a second notice, sent by certified mail, 
directing the appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for 
the appellant’s failure to pay the Family Court filing fee and transcript cost.   
 
1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the parties under Supreme Court Rule 7(d). 
 
2 
(2) 
On June 3, 2022, the Court received the certified mail receipt indicating 
that the notice to show cause had been delivered on June 1, 2022.  A timely response 
to the notice to show cause was due on or before June 13, 2022.  The appellant 
having failed to respond to the notice to show cause within the required ten-day 
period, dismissal of this action is deemed to be unopposed.  
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b) 
and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED.  
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/  James T. Vaughn, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice