DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES v. NEWMAN

File Nos. 09-03-02TS, CS08-02416. Petition Nos. 09-07699, 08-21532.

3 A.3d 1100 (2009)

DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES, Petitioner, and Lester Newman, Petitioner, v. Richard NEWMAN, and Catherine Lawson, Respondents. In the Interest of Oscar Newman DOB: [Redacted].

Family Court of Delaware, Sussex County.

Decided: September 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Reichert, Esquire , Delaware Department of Justice, Georgetown, DE, Attorney for the Division of Family Services.

David Hutt, Esquire , Law Office of Wilson, Halbrook, and Bayard, P.A., Georgetown, DE, Attorney for Richard Newman.

Patricia O'Neill, Esquire , Law Office of Patricia M. O'Neil, Esquire, Georgetown, DE, Attorney for Catherine Lawson.

Kristin Gibbons, Esquire , Office of the Child Advocate, Georgetown, DE, Attorney for the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA).


OPINION

HENRIKSEN, J.

Pending before the Court are two matters which were consolidated into one hearing. The first matter involves the guardianship petition of the above-named minor child's paternal grandfather, Lester Newman.1 The second petition was filed by the Division of Family Services, the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families ("DFS" or "the Division"). The Division's petition seeks the termination...

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