Title: Whalen v. Van Brunt
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 441, 2002
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: February 4, 2003

1DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 13, §§ 1103(a) (4) a. and (a) (5) b.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
LAWRENCE P. WHALEN,
Respondent Below-
Appellant,
v.
MARTHA C. VAN BRUNT,
Petitioner Below-
Appellee.
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§  No. 441, 2002
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§  Court Below—Family Court
§  of the State of Delaware,
§  in and for Sussex County
§  Petition Nos.00-21066;01-19035
§  File Nos.01-06-01TS
§               CS96-03152
Submitted: December 26, 2002
  Decided:   February 4, 2003
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and STEELE, Justices
O R D E R
This 4th day of February 2003, upon consideration of the briefs of the
parties and the record below, it appears to the Court that the judgment of the
Family Court should be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons set forth in
its orders dated July 9, 2002 and November 26, 2001.  There was no abuse of
discretion or error of law in the Family Court’s July 9, 2002 order terminating
the appellant’s parental rights and denying the appellant’s petition for
visitation.1  There was, furthermore, no abuse of discretion or error of law in the
2FAM. CT. CIV. PROC. R. 204.
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Family Court’s November 26, 2001 order denying appellant’s motion to
appoint counsel.2
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Family
Court is AFFIRMED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ E. Norman Veasey
Chief Justice