Armstrong v. Reiter

DENTON, Justice.

Debbie llene Blaylock Armstrong seeks a writ of mandamus directing the trial judge to vacate his prior order and grant a writ of habeas corpus ordering Sherri Pollan Armstrong and Wanda McCord to surrender her child, Christopher Don Armstrong, to her. In deciding whether to allow the writ of mandamus to issue against Judge Reiter, this Court must determine who has the superior right of possession — Debbie as Christopher’s natural mother or Sherri by virtue of a guardianship order she received at an ex parte hearing before the County Court of Limestone County. We conditionally…