Ex Parte Flynn

Shana M. Flynn ("the mother") seeks a writ of mandamus directing the Autauga Circuit Court to vacate its existing order, entered in September 2007, denying her motion for a protective order to prevent the taking of her deposition. Among other things, the mother also requests in her petition that this Court order the trial court to refrain from requiring her to testify at any future hearing in the present case until the resolution of a criminal case that is pending against her. We grant the petition to the extent it seeks the vacation of the trial court's existing order.

In March 2006, the…