State ex rel. Downs v. Panioto

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment granting a writ of prohibition preventing a domestic relations court from proceeding in a divorce case.

{¶ 2} In June 1959, appellee, David Downs, and Linda Downs married in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. David and Linda have one child born as issue of their *348marriage, Stephanie, who is emancipated. According to findings of fact in the divorce action, in 1988, Linda contracted an infection after a routine hysterectomy. Linda became disabled and suffered from chronic pain and severe depression. She attempted suicide on several occasions.

{¶ 3} In 1991, Linda…