Title: Clark v. Division of Family Services

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
PENNY CLARK,1 
 
Respondent Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
DIVISION OF FAMILY 
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, 
YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES, 
 
Petitioner Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 106, 2022 
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§  Court Below: Family Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  File No. CN13-01927 
§  Petition No. 22-00943 
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Submitted: July 6, 2022 
Decided: 
August 5, 2022 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
The Court issued a briefing schedule in this appeal on April 28, 2022; the 
appellant’s opening brief was due May 31, 2022.  On June 7, 2022, the Senior Court 
Clerk sent a brief delinquency letter to the appellant.  On June 21, 2022, the Senior 
Court Clerk issued a notice, sent by certified mail, directing the appellant to show 
cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for her failure to file an opening brief 
and appendix.  Postal records confirm that the notice to show cause was delivered 
on June 23, 2022.  A timely response to the notice to show cause was due on or 
 
1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the appellant pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 
7(d). 
 
2 
before July 5, 2022.  The appellant has not responded to the notice to show cause, 
nor has she filed an opening brief.  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