Baker v. Voss

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE SOPHIA BAKER,1 Respondent Below, Appellant, v. JAMES VOSS, Petitioner Below, Appellee. § § § § § § § § § § § § § No. 174, 2021 Court Below: Family Court of the State of Delaware File No. CN20-01991 Petition No. 20-07695 In the interest of: Karen Voss-Baker Submitted: August 24, 2021 Decided: September 15, 2021 ORDER (1) On July 20, 2021, the Senior Court Clerk sent a letter directing the appellant to pay the Family Court filing fee and transcript cost on or before August 3, 2021, or this Court would issue a notice to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed. On August 6, 2021, the Chief Deputy Clerk issued a notice, sent by certified mail, directing the appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for the appellant’s failure to pay the Family Court filing fee and transcript cost. 1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the parties under Supreme Court Rule 7(d). (2) On August 13, 2021, the Court received the certified mail receipt indicating that the notice to show cause had been delivered on August 11, 2021. A timely response to the notice to show cause would have been due on or before August 23, 2021. The appellant having failed to respond to the notice to show cause within the required ten-day period, dismissal of this action is deemed to be unopposed. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b) and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED. BY THE COURT: /s/ James T. Vaughn, Jr. Justice 2

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