Sarracino v. Superior Court

Opinion

WRIGHT, C. J.

Petitioner Ernest James Sarracino seeks a writ of mandate to compel vacation of orders rendered against him by a superior court commissioner presiding as temporary judge at a consolidated hearing on applications for temporary support and related relief in (1) a proceeding for dissolution of marriage brought by petitioner’s wife, Dorothy Sarracino, and. (2) an action for support brought by petitioner’s adult daughter, Jane Sarracino, by her guardian ad litem, Dorothy Sarracino. Having failed to appear at the hearing, petitioner challenges the commissioner’s power to act as…