State ex rel. Avellone v. Board of County Commissioners

Four questions are raised in this appeal. They are, in the order presented: (1) Did the court of appeals err in finding that the board has a clear legal duty to appropriate $116,871 for the Lake County domestic relations court to hire a third referee and support staff in light of Judge Avellone’s having hired two part-time referees? (2) Did the court of appeals err in excluding the board’s expert evidence? (3) Did the court of appeals err in excluding the budget director’s testimony on the effect of Judge Avellone’s order reducing poundage? and (4) Does the board also have a clear legal duty…