Title: Parker v. Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Audit and Recovery Management Services

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
STEPHANIE PARKER, 
 
Appellant Below,        
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF 
HEALTH AND SOCIAL 
SERVICES, AUDIT AND 
RECOVERY MANAGEMENT 
SERVICES, 
 
Appellee Below,          
Appellee. 
 
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§  No. 377, 2021 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court  
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  C.A. No. K21A-09-002 
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Submitted: May 13, 2022 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
June 15, 2022 
 
 
ORDER 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
 
After consideration of the parties’ briefs and the record on appeal, we 
conclude that the judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of the Superior 
Court’s order dated November 3, 2021.  The appellant’s claim that she was not 
properly served in the Justice of the Peace Court proceedings in 2018 does not 
explain why she did not file an appeal from the Justice of the Peace Court’s judgment 
until 2021, even after the garnishment of her wages would have given her notice of 
the proceedings, or why her appeal to the Superior Court was also untimely.  
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that judgment of the Superior Court 
is AFFIRMED.  The appellant’s motions are MOOT. 
 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
Justice