Case Title: Alexis v. Bennefield/DCSE

Citation: 

Docket Number: 424, 2004

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2004-10-27T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
SOUDANI ALEXIS, 
 
Respondent Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
TERESA BENNEFIELD/DIVISION 
OF CHILD SUPPORT 
ENFORCEMENT, 
 
Petitioner Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 424, 2004 
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§  Court Below—Family Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Sussex County 
§  File No. 46718 
§  Petition No. 04-12994 
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Submitted: October 12, 2004 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: October 27, 2004 
 
Before BERGER, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 27th day of October 2004, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant has filed a notice of appeal from a decision of a 
Family Court Commissioner dated August 27, 2004.  The Clerk of the Court 
issued a notice to appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be 
dismissed for this Court’s lack of jurisdiction to review a Commissioner’s 
order. 
 
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(2) 
A Commissioner’s order is not a final judgment for purposes of 
appeal to this Court.1  A party’s right of review from a Commissioner’s 
order shall be to a judge of the Family Court.2  The Court concludes that this 
appeal manifestly fails on its face to invoke the Court’s appellate 
jurisdiction.   
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the appeal is 
DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs  
 
 
 
 
              
                           Justice 
 
                                                 
1 See Redden v. McGill, 549 A.2d 695 (Del. 1988). 
2 DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 10, § 915(d).