Stortz ex rel. Stortz v. Seier

GRIMM, Presiding Judge.

A petition was filed for a writ of prohibition to prevent respondent from enforcing a protective order. That order compelled relators (plaintiffs in the underlying case) *541to “either produce [their] expert witness [for deposition] in the State of Missouri at a time convenient to the parties or [plaintiffs] shall be precluded from utilizing” the expert’s testimony. We issued our preliminary order in prohibition, which we now make permanent.

I. Background

In the underlying case, plaintiffs seek a declaration of paternity. Blood samples were taken in Cape Girardeau from…