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Olson v. Richards

Supreme Court of Delaware
Feb 26, 2024
No. 223 (Del. Feb. 26, 2024)

Opinion

223 2023

02-26-2024

SHERRY OLSON,[1] Petitioner Below, Appellant, v. SCOTT RICHARDS, Respondent Below, Appellee.


Submitted: December 22, 2023

Court Below-Family Court of the State of Delaware File No. CN13-06305 Petition No. 22-16100

Before TRAYNOR, LEGROW, and GRIFFITHS, Justices.

ORDER

Abigail M. LeGrow, Justice

After consideration of the parties' briefs and the record on appeal, we conclude that the judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of the Family Court's May 16, 2023 order denying the appellant's petition to modify custody. Because the petition was filed within two years of the court's most recent custody order, the Family Court appropriately considered whether "continuing enforcement of the prior order may endanger the child[ren]'s physical health or significantly impair [their] emotional development." The Family Court's factual findings will not be disturbed on appeal unless they are clearly erroneous. The appellant's disagreement with the Family Court's factual findings is not a basis for reversal, and her claim of judicial bias is not supported by the record.

Shimel v. Shimel, 2019 WL 2142066, at *2 (Del. May 14, 2019).

See Los v. Los, 595 A.2d 381, 384 (Del. 1991) (noting that judicial bias "must stem from an extrajudicial course and result in an opinion on the merits on some basis other than what the judge learned from [her] participation in the case").

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Family Court is AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Olson v. Richards

Supreme Court of Delaware
Feb 26, 2024
No. 223 (Del. Feb. 26, 2024)
Case details for

Olson v. Richards

Case Details

Full title:SHERRY OLSON,[1] Petitioner Below, Appellant, v. SCOTT RICHARDS…

Court:Supreme Court of Delaware

Date published: Feb 26, 2024

Citations

No. 223 (Del. Feb. 26, 2024)