Case Title: Pinkston v. Pinkston

Citation: 

Docket Number: 217, 2018

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2019-03-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
LEANN PINKSTON,1 
 
 
Respondent Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
DANIEL PINKSTON, SR., 
 
Petitioner Below, Appellee. 
 
§ 
§  No. 217, 2018 
§ 
§  Court Below—Family Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§     
§   File No. CN11-05841 
§   Petition Nos. 11-40238 
§                         16-34602 
§   
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Submitted:  February 8, 2019  
 
 
 
 
    Decided:  March 15, 2019 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VAUGHN and SEITZ, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
After careful consideration of the parties’ briefs and the record on appeal, we 
conclude that the judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of the Family 
Court’s order dated March 26, 2018 resolving matters ancillary to the parties’ 
divorce.  The appellant’s arguments regarding due process, the assignment of a judge 
to the case following the retirement of the former judge, and the reopening of the 
ancillary matters were not fairly raised before the Family Court and are therefore 
                                                 
1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the parties pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 7(d). 
2 
 
waived, absent plain error, which we conclude does not exist.2  The appellant’s 
arguments concerning vehicle consignment and insurance for the beach property 
raise the issue of whether the parties have complied with the Family Court’s orders, 
rather than whether the Family Court erred in entering those orders, and similarly 
must be presented to the Family Court in the first instance.  We conclude that the 
appellant’s other arguments provide no basis for reversing the Family Court’s well-
reasoned order. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Family 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/  James T. Vaughn, Jr.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
                                                 
2 SUPR. CT. R 8.