Delaware Dissolution of Marriage Law

Federal Trade Commission v. Shire Viropharma, Inc.

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/BLD2.jpg"> </center> Shire ViroPharma, Inc. (“Shire”),1 manufactured and marketed the lucrative drug Vancocin, which is indicated to treat a life-threatening gastrointestinal infection. After Shire got wind that manufacturers were considering making generic equivalents to Vancocin, it inundated the ... More...

$0 (02-26-2019 - DE)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AMY GONZALEZ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DAVID MATUSIEWICZ <table> <td>

David Matusiewicz1 and Christine Belford were married from 2001 to 2006, during which time they had three children, L.M.1, L.M.2, and K.M.1 (the “children”). The couple and their children also lived with Belford’s one child from a previous marriage, K.M.2.2 After their divorce, Belford and David engaged in a bitter custody dispute, during which David accused Belford of being an unfit mothe... More...

$0 (09-09-2018 - DE)

United States of America v. David Matusiewicz and Thomas Matusiewicz and Lenore Matusiewicz and Amy Gonzalez

Three Members of Matusiewicz Family Receive Life Sentences WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, Kevin L. Perkins, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Division, and Nathaniel McQueen, Jr., Colonel, Delaware State Police, announced today that United States District Court Judge Gerald A. McHugh senten... More...

$0 (02-18-2016 - DE)

In re: New Media Books and Records Action

Plaintiffs Edward Deane, George Wihbey, and William Cunningham (the “Plaintiffs”) are members of Defendant New Media Investors II-B, LLC (“New Media”), a Delaware entity, established in 2000 as a vehicle for investing in Jenzabar, Inc. (“Jenzabar”), a software and internet services company.1 In 2004, Jenzabar was recapitalized and New Media received junior preferre... More...

$0 (12-29-2015 - DE)

ESG Capital Partners II, LP, et al. v. Passport Special Opportunities Master Fund, LP, et al.

Non-party Timothy Burns formed ESG Capital Partners II, LP (the ―Partnership‖) for a limited purpose. After raising money from investors, the Partnership would purchase shares of stock of Facebook, Inc. before that company‘s then-anticipated initial public offering. Preferably once Facebook had completed a successful IPO, the Partnership would distribute to its in... More...

$0 (12-20-2015 - DE)

Glanden v. Quirk

Husband and Wife were married for twenty-two years. They separated in September 2012, and their divorce became final in 2013. The couple had over $6 million in assets, including a $1.5 million house, investment accounts, retirement accounts, and other property. Husband worked as an associate and then as a partner in a major law firm, earning a substantial income. In May 2... More...

$0 (12-07-2015 - DE)

Ernesto Espinoza v. Mark Zuckerberg, et al

This case presents a question of first impression: Can a disinterested controlling stockholder ratify a transaction approved by an interested board of directors, so as to shift the standard of review from entire fairness to the business judgment presumption, by expressing assent to the transaction informally without using one of the methods the Delaware General Corporation Law... More...

$0 (10-28-2015 - DE)

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Kelty

Because the facts are not in dispute and have been discussed in previous opinions by this Court4 and the Superior Court,5 we need not recite them in detail. On August 3, 2008, Kelty was helping his mother-in-law, Shirley Lovegrove, and her husband, John Lovegrove, trim tree branches on their property. Before Kelty, who was standing in the tree, cleared a branch, he would fast... More...

$0 (10-20-2015 - DE)

Quadrant Structured Products Company, Ltd. v. Vertin, et al.

A five-day trial took place on June 22-25 and 30, 2015. The parties submitted over 900 exhibits, called six fact witnesses and five expert witnesses, and lodged twenty-three depositions. The following facts were proven by a preponderance of the evidence. Quadrant principally challenged Athilon’s payments of allegedly excessive service and licensing fees to an affiliate of Merced, ... More...

$0 (10-20-2015 - DE)

Hartley v. Consolidated Glass Holdings, Inc

To understand the arguments that have been raised in this case, it is easier first to describe what HFA is not, rather than what it is. HFA is not a recorded subdivision in Sussex County. There is no plot plan, recorded or otherwise, showing the numbered lots within HFA. Instead, HFA consists of several parcels of land along a private road near Bridgeville.1 These parcels w... More...

$0 (10-04-2015 - DE)

Garnet O'Marrow and Clarence Gardner v. Dean P. Roles, Jr., d/b/a D&M Training

To understand the arguments that have been raised in this case, it is easier first to describe what HFA is not, rather than what it is. HFA is not a recorded subdivision in Sussex County. There is no plot plan, recorded or otherwise, showing the numbered lots within HFA. Instead, HFA consists of several parcels of land along a private road near Bridgeville.1 These parcels w... More...

$0 (10-04-2015 - DE)

Carlyle Investment Management Group, LLC, et al. v. Moonmouth Company S.A., et al.

Non-party Carlyle Capital Corporation, Ltd. (“CCC”) was a limited company organized under the laws of the Island of Guernsey, Channel Islands in August 2006 The facts are drawn from the allegations in the plaintiffs‟ First Amended Verified Complaint (the “Complaint”), which are assumed true for purposes of the defendants‟ motion to dismiss, as well as documents integr... More...

$0 (09-14-2015 - DE)

Fox v. CDX Holdings, Inc.

Caris Life Sciences, Inc. (―Caris‖ or the ―Company‖) was a privately held Delaware corporation. Through subsidiaries, it operated three business units: Caris Diagnostics, TargetNow, and Carisome.1 Caris Diagnostics was consistently profitable. TargetNow generated revenue but not profits. Carisome was in the developmental stage. To achieve the dual goals... More...

$16260332 (07-28-2015 - DE)

United States of America v. David Matusiewicz, Lenore Matusiewicz and Amy Gonzalez

WILMINGTON, DE – A federal jury has convicted David T. Matusiewicz, his mother, Lenore Matusiewicz, and his sister, Amy Gonzalez, of interstate stalking and cyberstalking, in violation of federal law. The jury also found all three defendants criminally responsible for the death of Christine Belford, who was murdered in the lobby of the New Castle County Courthouse by co-conspirator Thomas Matu... More...

$0 (07-10-2015 - DE)

CMS Investment Holdings, LLC v. Lawrence E. Castle

The plaintiff in this action invested in a Delaware limited liability company (â€•LLCâ€–) whose business was providing non-legal administrative services to law firms and their mortgage lender clients in connection with mortgage foreclosures. That business was created by the principal defendants: five individuals who practiced law in Colorado and Arkansas. Seeking to monet... More...

$0 (06-23-2015 - DE)

Kenneth W. Morrissey v. Lorraine B. Morrisey

A father filed a motion to modify a child custody and visitation agreement in the Family Court. The trial judge denied the father's motion, holding that contract principles govern the agreement and bar the trial court from modifying unambiguous contract language. On appeal, the father claims that the trial judge erroneously applied contract principles to a custody and visitation ag... More...

$0 (04-18-2012 - DE)

Henry Greg Hughes v. Sandra K. Peterson

The respondent-appellant, Henry Greg Hughes ("Mr. Hughesâ€), filed an appeal from the Family Court's final judgment regarding attorney's fees; its June 15, 2011 order dividing the marital property; and its May 12, 2010 order granting the motion of the petitioner-appellee, Sandra K. Peterson ("Ms. Petersonâ€), to rescind the parties' separation agreement.2 We find no merit to any of the a... More...

$0 (03-13-2012 - DE)

Danielle M. Stewart v. Thomas D. Stewart

The respondent-appellant, Danielle M. Stewart (the "Wifeâ€), appeals from a Family Court final judgment in favor of the petitioner-appellee, Thomas D. Stewart (the "Husbandâ€), arising from the Husband's Petition to Modify Alimony and the Wife's Motion for Specific Performance and Rule to Show Cause. In this appeal, the Wife contends that the Family Court erred when it reformed the parti... More...

$0 (03-15-2012 - DE)

Billie Lynn Thompson v. John R. Lynch

In this appeal we consider whether the Court of Chancery lacked subject matter jurisdiction to partition a parcel of land, and whether its decision was based on an adequate factual record. After the partition process had concluded, and appellants learned that they would not receive the divided parcel they wanted, they claimed that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to partition the land because i... More...

$0 (02-25-2010 - DE)

<a href="http://courts.state.de.us/supreme/ordsops/299-2003.pdf" target="_new">Mir Mousavi v. shahla Vakili</a>

This 19th day of December 2003, upon consideration of the parties' briefs, it appears to this Court that: 1. Appellant Mir Mousavi and Appellee Shahla Vakili married on August 12, 1974. They separated in June 1996 and the Family Court entered a final decree of divorce on May 24, 2000. Both parties are physicians and have accumulated a multi-million dollar estate during their marriage. Befo... More...

$0 (12-22-2003 - DE)

<a href="http://courts.state.de.us/supreme/ordsops/432-2002.pdf" target="_new">Laurie G. Wolinski v. Michael L. Wolinski</a>

This is an appeal from a decision and order of the Family Court of Delaware concerning a property division following the divorce of Laurie and Michael Wolinski. Following a hearing on January 29, 2002, the trial judge issued a Decision and Order on March 25, 2002. On June 28, 2002, the trial judge issued a Letter Decision and Order granting in part and denying in part Wife's Motion for Reargu... More...

$1 (04-14-2003 - DE)

<a href="http://courts.state.de.us/supreme/ordsops/571-2002.pdf" target="_new">Phyllis C. Batchelder v. David D. Batchelder</a>

This is a child custody case between Father and Mother, divorced since 1997, concerning their eleven-year-old daughter. Both parents had joint legal custody with the child residing primarily with Mother. Father had extensive visitation. Mother decided to move to North Carolina and requested a visitation modification in the Family Court. Father filed an answer denying that it was in the child'... More...

$2 (04-14-2003 - DE)