Brougher v. Allen

VANCE, Commissioner.

The petitioner seeks an order of prohibition to prevent the respondent from proceeding further in a civil action pending in the Jefferson Circuit Court on the ground that said court is without jurisdiction.

Petitioner and his former wife, Judith Dean Brougher, were divorced by judgment of a court in the state of Illinois which awarded the custody of children to the mother and directed payment of child support in weekly installments. After the divorce was granted, the petitioner moved to Jefferson County, Kentucky, and Judith Dean and the children became residents of the…