Pettit v. Raikes

LAMBERT, Justice.

This appeal is from an original action in the Court of Appeals for prohibition against the Honorable Larry Raikes, Judge of the Hart Circuit Court. In the original action, appellant herein sought to prohibit Judge Raikes from hearing the motion of her former husband, real party in interest herein, which sought modification of a child custody decree. The Court of Appeals denied prohibition and this matter of right appeal followed.

In 1986, appellant Tina Petit and real party in interest Johnnie Leland Hawkins were divorced by judgment of the Hart Circuit Court. Custody of the…