Title: Taylor v. Deboise

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JANEEN TAYLOR,  
 
 
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No.  389, 2017 
 
Respondent Below, 
 
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Appellant/Cross Appellee, 
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Court Below:  Family Court 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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of the State of Delaware 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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File No.  16-01-03TN 
JEFF AND DONNA DEBOISE, 
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Petition No. 16-00946 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Petitioner Below,  
 
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Appellee/Cross Appellant. 
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Submitted: November 14, 2018 
Decided: 
November 15, 2018 
 
 
Before VAUGHN, SEITZ, and TRAYNOR, Justices.  
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 15th day of November, 2018, after careful consideration of the parties’ 
briefs and the record on appeal, it appears to the Court that the judgment of the 
Family Court should be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons stated in its July 
13, 2017 order terminating Appellant’s parental rights and its August 28, 2017 order 
denying Appellant’s Motion for Reargument.1 
                                         
1  Appellees cross-appealed, arguing that the Family Court erred in its construction and 
application of 13 Del. C. §1103 (a)(2)’s provisions relating to intentional and unintentional 
abandonment.  Because Appellees “only filed [the cross-appeal] to be reached in the event this 
Court reverses Family Court’s grant of the Termination of Parental Rights under Failure to Plan” 
(Ans. Br. at 42), we decline to consider the issues raised on cross appeal. 
  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Family 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice