Sparks v. Caldwell

OPINION

FEDERICI, Justice.

This case is before us by petition for an alternative writ of prohibition directed to respondent district judge. This Court granted the alternative writ, ordering respondent to refrain from proceeding further in Taos County Cause No. 85-259 CV, and ordering respondent to show cause why the writ should not be made permanent. We now make the writ permanent.

In 1971, petitioner and Peggy June Lewis Sparks (Peggy Sparks) were divorced in Taos County Cause No. 8862. The District Court of Taos County retained jurisdiction of Cause No. 8862 to modify the decree of divorce…