State ex rel. Montgomery v. Knust

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

CROW, Chief Judge.

PRELIMINARY ORDER MADE ABSOLUTE

In this original proceeding in prohibition, relator Charles H. Montgomery seeks an order from us barring respondent, an asso-*406date circuit judge of the Circuit Court of Webster County, from dismissing a petition for dissolution of marriage filed by relator. An understanding of the procedural history of the dissolution action is essential in resolving the issues confronting us.

On June 25, 1986, relator, an inmate of the Missouri State Penitentiary in Cole County, filed two documents in the Circuit Court of Cole…