court. Del. Const, art. IV, § ll(l)(a); Harrison v. Ramunno, 730 A.2d 653 (Del.1999). A final judgment is generally defined as one that determines the merits of the controversy or defines the rights of the parties and leaves nothing for future determination or consideration. Showell Poultry, Inc. v. Delmarva Poultry Corp., 146 A.2d 794, 796 (Del.1958); Catlin v. United States, 324 U.S. 229, 233, 65 S.Ct. 631, 89 L.Ed. 911 (1945). In short, a final judgment is one that determines all the claims as to all the parties. The test for whether an order is final and therefore ripe for appeal is whether the trial court has clearly declared its intention that the order be the court’s “final act” in a case. J.I. Kislak Mortgage Corp. v. William Matthews Builder, Inc., 303 A.2d 648, 650 (Del.1973) (<HOLDING>). Despite the foregoing well-settled rules, the
holding that a bankruptcy courts sale order is a final order for res judicata purposes holding that such a decision was within the trial courts discretion holding order is deemed final if decision is trial courts last act in disposing of all justiciable matters within its jurisdiction holding that the supreme courts proper scope of review of a trial courts decision in a trial de novo of an assessment matter is whether the decision of the trial court was clearly erroneous holding that the trial court had no jurisdiction to modify its final order more than 30 days after its final judgment