MARY D. v. Watt

McHUGH, Chief Justice:

This original proceeding is before the Court upon a petition for a writ of prohibition by Mary D.1 The respondents are Clarence Watt, Judge of the Circuit Court of Putnam County, and George D. The petitioner seeks to prohibit enforcement of the September 11, 1991 order of the circuit court, which, in effect, granted the respondent, George D., visitation with his and Mary D.’s children.

I

In October, 1989, the petitioner filed a complaint seeking a divorce from George D., based upon cruel and inhuman treatment and irreconcilable differences.2 Three children were born to the…