Title: Clark v. Clark

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ALAN CLARK, 
 
Petitioner Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
RACHEL MARY CLARK, 
 
Respondent Below- 
Appellee. 
§ 
§  No. 188, 2007 
§ 
§ 
§  Court Below─Family Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  File Nos. CN04-07667 
§                  CN04-13950 
§ 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: June 18, 2007 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: July 16, 2007 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and RIDGELY, Justices 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 16th day of July 2007, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
This is an appeal from the Family Court’s March 15, 2007 
order dismissing the appellant’s petition for divorce for failure to prosecute.  
On May 14, 2007, the Office of the Clerk of the Court sent the appellant a 
letter informing him that it had been notified by the Family Court Clerk that 
the appellant had not paid the filing fee.  The letter further advised the 
appellant that, if the filing fee were not paid on or before May 28, 2007, a 
notice to show cause why this case should not be dismissed pursuant to 
Supreme Court Rule 29(b) would issue.      
 
2
 
(2) 
On June 7, 2007, the Clerk of the Court issued a notice 
directing the appellant to show cause why the appeal should not be 
dismissed for failure to pay the Family Court filing fee.  The Clerk further 
directed the appellant to respond to the notice within ten days of receipt.  On 
June 18, 2007, the appellant filed his response stating that he had complied 
with all Family Court requests and that the Family Court’s delay in 
prosecuting his case was not his fault.  The appellant did not address the 
issue of the unpaid Family Court filing fee.  In the absence of any 
explanation why the Family Court filing fee has not been paid, this appeal 
must be dismissed for failure to prosecute.1    
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rule 29(b), that the within appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice 
 
 
 
 
                                                 
1 Supr. Ct. R. 29(b).