Title: Tower v. Fowler
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 268, 2023
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: September 14, 2023

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JOHN TOWER,1 
 
Petitioner Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
JANET FOWLER, 
 
Respondent Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 268, 2023 
§ 
§  Court Below–Family Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§   
§  File No. CN14-04728 
§  Petition No. 22-21006 
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§ 
 
Submitted: September 7, 2023 
Decided: 
September 14, 2023 
 
 
ORDER 
 
On August 2, 2023, John Tower filed an appeal from the Family Court’s July 
26, 2023 letter addressing the merits of Tower’s petition for a rule to show cause.  
Because the Family Court docket reflected that a hearing was scheduled on the 
petition for the following week, the Senior Court Clerk issued a notice, sent by 
certified mail, to Tower to show cause why his appeal should not be dismissed for 
his failure to comply with Supreme Court Rule 42 when taking an appeal from an 
apparent interlocutory order.  The United States Postal Service information sheet 
indicates that the notice was sent out for delivery on August 15, 2023.  On August 
23, 2023, the Court resent the notice to Tower at the address he provided to the Court 
 
1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the parties under to Supreme Court Rule 7(d). 
 
 
2 
 
via first-class mail.  A timely response to the notice to show cause was due on or 
before September 6, 2023.  To date, Tower has not responded to the notice to show 
cause.  Dismissal of the appeal is therefore deemed to be unopposed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) 
and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
       Chief Justice