Delaware Family Court

The Delaware Family Court has jurisdiction over all juvenile and family domestic matters such as adoption, support, custody, divorce and guardianship.

Judges

• Chief Judge Michael K. Newell

New Castle County

• Jay H. Conner
• Mark D. Buckworth
• Aida Waserstein
• Barbara D. Crowell
• Robert B. Coonin
• Arlene Minus Coppadge
• Felice Kerr
• Michael K. Newell
• Joelle P. Hitch
• Jennifer Ranji
• Natalie J. Haskins

Sussex County

• Kenneth M. Millman
• Peter B. Jones
• Paula Ryan

Kent County

• William N. Nicholas
• Mardi F. Pyott

Pending appointments

• Janell Ostroski - nominated to New Castle County on June 8, 2016
• Louann Vari - nominated to Kent County on June 8, 2016

Former judges

• William L. Chapman, Jr.
• Alan N. Cooper
• John E. Henriksen
• Chandlee Johnson Kuhn
• William J. Walls Jr.

See also

• Courts in Delaware
• News: Legislature considers opening Family Court to the public, February 24, 2012

External links

• Delaware State Courts, "Overview of Delaware Family Court"
• Delaware State Courts, "Overview of the Delaware Court System"
• Delaware State Courts, "History of the Family Court"

Footnotes

Delaware courts

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Federal courts:

Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Delaware • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Delaware

State courts:

Delaware Supreme Court • Superior Court of Delaware • Delaware Court of Chancery • Delaware Family Court • Delaware Court of Common Pleas • Delaware Justice of the Peace Courts • Delaware Alderman's Courts

State resources:

Courts in Delaware • Delaware judicial elections • Judicial selection in Delaware