Case Title: Stuart v. Stuart

Citation: 

Docket Number: 40, 2022

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2022-02-24T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ROGER STUART,1 
 
Petitioner Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
PATRICIA DAVIS STUART, 
 
Respondent Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 40, 2022 
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§ 
§  Court Below–Family Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  File No. CN20-04237 
§  Petition No. 20-22126 
§ 
 
Submitted: February 22, 2022 
   Decided: February 24, 2022 
 
 
ORDER 
 
On February 7, 2022, Roger Stuart filed an appeal from the Family Court’s 
February 1, 2022 order addressing pre-trial issues.  On February 8, 2022, the Chief 
Deputy Clerk issued a notice, sent by certified mail, to Stuart to show cause why his 
appeal should not be dismissed for his failure to comply with Rule 42 when taking 
an appeal from an apparent interlocutory order.  The United States Postal Service 
tracking information sheet indicates that the notice was delivered to an individual at 
Stuart’s address on February 10, 2022.  A timely response to the notice to show 
cause was due on or before February 21, 2022.2  To date, Stuart has not responded 
 
1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the parties pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 7(d). 
2 Because the tenth day fell on a Sunday—February 20, 2022—a response to the notice to show 
cause was due by the end of the next business day. Del. Supr. Ct. R. 11(a). 
 
 
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to the notice to show cause.  Dismissal of the appeal is therefore deemed to be 
unopposed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) 
and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
Justice