Curtis v. Curtis (Ex parte Curtis)

DONALDSON, Judge.

Mia Simone Curtis ("the wife") has filed a petition for the writ of mandamus seeking to have this court direct the Talladega Circuit Court ("the trial court") to vacate its September 18, 2017, order staying the execution of a judgment entered in a divorce action between the wife and Barry G. Curtis ("the husband") pending the outcome of the appeal of that judgment. Because the husband has not executed a supersedeas bond as required by Rule 8, Ala. R. App. P., the husband is not entitled to a stay, and we therefore grant the wife's petition and issue the writ.

The parties'…