Title: Hartmann v. DFS
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 424, 2006
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: October 11, 2006

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DETLEF F. HARTMANN, 
 
 
Petitioner Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES, 
 
Respondent Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 424, 2006 
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§  Court Below—Family Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  File No. CK01-04770 
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Submitted:  August 21, 2006 
Decided:  October 11, 2006 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 11th day of October 2006, after careful consideration of appellant’s 
opening brief and the State’s motion to affirm, we find it manifest that the Family 
Court’s dismissal of appellant’s petition for certification of questions of law must 
be affirmed. The Family Court did not err in concluding that it could not certify 
questions of law because appellant had no “case before [the Family Court].”1  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Family 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice 
                                                 
1 Del. Supr. Ct. R. 41(a)(i) (2006).