Title: Gibson v. Gibson

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
LAWRENCE GIBSON,1  
 
Petitioner Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
ALICE GIBSON, 
 
Respondent, 
Appellee. 
§ 
§  No. 388, 2021 
§   
§  Court Below—Family Court of 
§  the State of Delaware  
§   
§  File No. 21-03-4TK 
§  Petition No. 21-06997 
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§ 
§   
Submitted:  May 27, 2022 
 
 
 
 
     Decided:     July 28, 2022 
 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
 
 
After careful consideration of the parties’ briefs and the record on appeal, we 
conclude that the judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons 
assigned by the Family Court in in its November 4, 2021 order denying the petition for 
termination of parental rights.  The Family Court did not err in finding that the petitioner 
below-appellant failed to establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that termination of 
parental rights was in the best interests of the child.   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Family Court is 
affirmed.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the parties under Supreme Court Rule 7(d).