KRISTOPHER O. v. Mazzone

This case is before this Court upon a petition for a writ of prohibition filed by the petitioners, Kristopher and Christina O., 1 against the respondents, the Honorable James P. Mazzone, Judge of the First Judicial Circuit, and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (hereinafter, the “DHHR”). The petitioners, who were foster parents to D.D. for nearly twenty-two months, seek to prohibit the circuit court from enforcing its March 29, 2010, order granting legal and physical custody of D.D. to a paternal aunt as well as its May 18, 2010, order denying their motion to…