Title: Nelson v. Nelson

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
FRANK NELSON,1 
 
 
Respondent Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
GILLIAN NELSON, 
 
Petitioner Below, 
Appellee. 
§ 
§  No. 168, 2023 
§ 
§  Court Below–Family Court  
§  of the State of Delaware 
§   
§  File No. CN19-03236 
§  Petition No. 23-02528 
§   
§   
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: June 27, 2023 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
June 29, 2023 
 
 
ORDER 
On May 15, 2023, the appellant, Frank Nelson, filed a notice of appeal from 
an April 6, 2023 Family Court order finding him in contempt and entering a 
monetary judgment in favor of the appellee, Gillian Nelson.  The Senior Court Clerk 
issued, by certified mail, a notice directing Nelson to show cause why his appeal 
should not be dismissed as untimely filed.2  An unsigned and undated return receipt 
was filed with the Court on May 30, 2023.  The Senior Court Clerk reissued, by both 
certified and first-class mail, the notice to show cause on June 13, 2023.  To date, 
 
1 The parties were previously assigned pseudonyms under Supreme Court Rule 7(d). 
2 Supreme Court Rule 6(a)(i) provides that a civil appeal must be filed within thirty days of the 
entry of a judgment. 
2 
 
Nelson has not responded to the notice to show cause.  Dismissal of the appeal is 
therefore deemed to be unopposed. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, under Supreme Court 
Rules 3(b)(2) and 29(b), that the appeal be DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
Justice