Rule 77 - The Family Court; Duties of the Clerk; Records and Exhibits(a)The Family Court always open. The Family Court shall be deemed always open for the purpose of the transaction of business. The Court may at any time make any order, including a final order.(b)Notice of amendment of Rules. Clerk shall give to all members of the Bar of this State notice of any amendment to the Rules 30 days in advance of the effective date thereof.(c)Records and exhibits.(1)Custody. The Clerk shall have custody of the records and papers of the Court. The Clerk shall not permit any original record, paper or exhibit to be removed from custody except at the direction of the Court or as provided by statute or by these Rules.(2)Removal of exhibits. Exhibits shall not be removed prior to the time provided in these Rules except on motion or stipulation and order of the Court.(3)Disposition of exhibits. After the final determination of a cause by the Court and the expiration of the period for taking an appeal, if no appeal has been filed, all exhibits shall be removed by the party who introduced them. If not removed within 1 year following the time for appeal, the Court may dispose of the exhibits.(d)Opinions to be dated. Each written opinion (including letter opinions) shall bear the following 2 dates: (1) The date of the last oral argument, or brief filed, or other final submission of the case for decision; and(2) The date of the filing of the opinion or order. (e)Captioning and reporting of opinions. All proceedings shall be captioned and reported with the full names of the individual parties, except that the following shall be captioned and reported by only first initial, middle initial and last initial of the individual parties: matters concerning adoption, termination of parental rights, child custody and visitation and any other domestic relations matters which, in the discretion of the trial court, are deemed to be of a sensitive nature.Del. Fam. Ct. R. Civ. P. 77
Amended September 22, 2021, effective 12/1/2021.