State ex rel. Fogle v. Steiner

Appellants contend in their first and second propositions of law that the court of appeals erred in sua sponte denying the writs, since the domestic relations court lacked jurisdiction in the divorce case when Mary and Adam Fogle filed their notice of dismissal on August, 7, 1992. The court of appeals sua sponte denied the requested writs on the basis that appellants possessed an adequate legal remedy. This denial constituted a summary dismissal, which this court, reviews to determine if the court of appeals abused its *161discretion. State ex rel. Hipp v. N. Canton (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 102,…