Case Title: Division of Family Services of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families v. Shea

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State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES OF THE No. 269, 1999 DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND Court Below: Family Court of the THEIR FAMILIES, an agency of State of Delaware, in and for the State of Delaware, Sussex County in File No. CS98- Petitioner Below, Appellant, v. MICHAEL SHEA and DOREEN HUBBARD, and MARGARET HURLEY (CASA), Respondents Below, Appellees. 03509, Petition No. 98-09012. Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and BERGER, Justices. Submitted: February 8, 2000 Decided: March 1, 2000 O R D E R This 1 day of March 2000, it appears to the Court that appellee- st Margaret Hurley, Court Appointed Special Advocate (“CASA”), has filed a motion seeking to dismiss this appeal filed by the Division of Family Services (“DFS”). The appeal is from the Family Court’s award of supervised -2- overnight visitation to appellee-Michael Shea with his minor children. In the motion to dismiss, CASA contends that DFS, who was the legal custodian of the minor children at the time the appeal was filed in June 1999, now lacks standing to further pursue the appeal in view of the Family Court’s order of January 7, 1999, that granted guardianship of the minor children to the children’s great aunt. Although DFS argued in the guardianship proceeding that the Family Court was without jurisdiction to consider the guardianship petition in view of this pending appeal, DFS appears to have abandoned that position and has filed an answer to CASA’s motion to dismiss indicating that DFS has no objection to the dismissal of this appeal. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to dismiss is GRANTED pursuant to Supreme Court Rules 3(b) and 29(b). BY THE COURT: /s/ E. Norman Veasey Chief Justice