Sprouse v. Sprouse

CHRISTIE, Justice:

This consolidated appeal from orders of the Family Court requires this Court to determine whether a divorce decree which was challenged on appeal and finally affirmed in this Court was final when the divorce decree was originally entered in Family Court or became final only when the divorce decree was affirmed in the Supreme Court. This is a matter of first impression in Delaware.

The long history of this case began in December of 1978 when the appellant-wife sought support payments from appellee-husband on an emergency basis in the Family Court pursuant to 13 Del.C. § 502.1…