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DU PONT v. FAMILY COURT FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY

153 A.2d 189 (1959)

William Henry DU PONT, Petitioner, v. FAMILY COURT FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Delaware, Consisting of Francis A. Reardon and Elwood F. Melson, Judges Thereof, Respondents, Deborah Eldredge duPont, Deborah Eldredge duPont, next friend of Deborah Helen duPont, a minor, Henry Laurence duPont, a minor, Harriet Nicole duPont, a minor, Intervening Respondents.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

June 4, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Potter, James L. Latchum and Hugh Corroon, Wilmington, for petitioner.

Daniel L. Herrmann and William Duffy, Jr., Wilmington, for respondents and intervening respondents, Laurence H. Eldredge, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., and WOLCOTT and BRAMHALL, JJ., sitting.

WOLCOTT, Justice.

This is an original petition for a writ of prohibition seeking to prevent the Family Court of New Castle County from proceeding further with an action by which the petitioner's deserted wife seeks separate maintenance and support for herself and her minor children. This court, upon motion of the petitioner, ordered that further proceedings in the Family Court be temporarily stayed, and that the plaintiffs in the Family Court be permitted to intervene...

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