Tagert v. Peterson
Annotate this Case
Download PDF
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE CEDRIC TAGERT,1 Respondent Below, Appellant, v. BEVERLY PETERSON, Petitioner Below, Appellee. § § § § § § § § § § § No. 113, 2018 Court Below—Family Court of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County File No. CN15-06241 Petition Nos. 17-37092 & 17-37259 Submitted: July 2, 2018 Decided: July 17, 2018 ORDER Having considered the notice to show cause, the Court concludes that: (1) On March 6, 2018, the appellant, Cedric Tagert, filed a notice of appeal from a Family Court order affirming a Commissioner’s order granting the appellee’s petition for a protection from abuse order and denying the appellant’s cross-petition for a protection from abuse order. The Senior Court Clerk issued, by certified mail to the address Tagert provided, a notice directing Tagert to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed for his failure to pay the Family Court filing fee. The notice to show cause was re-sent by first class mail on June 21, 2018. 1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the appellants under Supreme Court Rule 7(d). (2) On June 29, 2018, the certified notice to show cause was returned to the Court in an envelope marked “Return to Sender, Unclaimed, Unable to Forward.” Tagert has failed to respond to the notice to show cause within the required ten-day period. Under these circumstances, dismissal of this appeal is deemed to be unopposed. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)(2) and 29(b), that this appeal is DISMISSED. BY THE COURT: /s/ Leo E. Strine, Jr. Chief Justice 2
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
