Jennifer Culbreath v. Benjamin Culbreath

• Court: Supreme Court of Delaware
• Decided: January 23, 2026
• Docket: 240, 2025
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

JENNIFER CULBREATH,1 § § No. 240, 2025 Respondent Below, § Appellant, § Court Below–Family Court § of the State of Delaware v. § § File No. CS22-05660 BENJAMIN CULBREATH, § Petition No. 24-17503 § Petitioner Below, § Appellee. §

Submitted: November 21, 2025 Decided: January 23, 2026

Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and TRAYNOR, Justices.

ORDER

After consideration of the parties’ briefs and the Family Court record—

including the transcript of the May 5, 2025 evidentiary hearing—we find it evident

that the judgment below should be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons cited

by the Family Court in its May 16, 2025 order granting the appellee’s petition for

custody modification. The Family Court correctly applied the facts to the law

applicable to the modification of a prior consent custody order.2 To the extent that

1 The Court previously assigned pseudonyms to the parties under Supreme Court Rule 7(d). 2 See 13 Del. C. § 729(b) (“An order entered by the [Family] Court by consent of all parties… may be modified at any time by the [Family] Court in accordance with the standards set forth in § 722 of this title.”); id. § 722 (enumerating the “best interests” factors). the appellant believes that the appellee has violated the court’s May 16 order, her

recourse is to file a petition for a rule to show cause in the Family Court in the first

instance.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Family

Court be affirmed.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Karen L. Valihura Justice