Street v. Butler

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
MARY R. STREET,1 §
§ No. 145, 2017
Respondent/Petitioner Below, §
Appellant, § Court Below—Family Court
§ of the State of Delaware
v. §
§ File No. CS06-01448
CHARLES A. BUTLER, § Petition Nos. 15-24435,
§ 15-29819, and 16-8391
Petitioner/Respondent Below, §
Appellee. §
Submitted: January 12, 2018
Decided: March 19, 2018
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; SEITZ and TRAYNOR, Justices.
ORDER
This 19th day of March 2018, after careful consideration of the opening brief
and the record below, we conclude that the ruling and orders mentioned below
should be affirmed on the basis of, and for the reasons assigned in, the Family
Court’s March 1, 2016 bench ruling denying the appellant’s motion for advanced
attorneys’ fees and its May 31, 2016 order finding the appellant in contempt.
Although it is unclear from her opening brief whether the appellant is raising any
arguments concerning the Family Court’s March 14, 2017 order finding her in
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The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the parties under Supreme Court Rule 7(d).
contempt, to the extent that she is, those arguments depend for their validity on her
challenge to the May 31, 2016 order, which, by this Order, we affirm.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Family Court’s March 1,
2016 bench ruling, May 31, 2016 contempt order, and March 14, 2017 contempt
order be AFFIRMED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Gary F. Traynor
Justice
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