Title: Kirk v. Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF/DFS)

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
WALTER KIRK,1  
 
 
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No. 325, 2022 
 
Respondent Below, Appellant, 
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Court Below:  Family Court  
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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of the State of Delaware 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR 
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File No.  22-03-3TK 
CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR 
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    CK21-01986 
FAMILIES (DSCYF/DFS),  
 
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Petition No.  22-06015 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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          21-12789 
 
Petitioner Below, Appellee. 
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Submitted: 
April 26, 2023 
Decided:  
 May 8, 2023 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 8th day of May 2023, having considered this matter on the briefs of the parties 
and the record below, and having concluded that the same should be affirmed on the basis 
of and for the reasons assigned by the Family Court in its Order for Termination and 
Transfer of Parental Rights dated August 1, 2022, and its Opinion dated August 15, 2022; 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the decisions of the Family Court be 
and the same hereby are AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the parties under Supreme Court Rule 7(d).