Roberts v. District Court of Larimer Cty.

This is an original proceeding under C.A.R. 21, in which the petitioner (mother), by way of writ of prohibition, challenges the trial court’s jurisdiction to hear a motion for change of custody. We issued a rule to *81show cause and now make that rule absolute.

In January 1976, the Superior Court for Orange County, California, entered a final judgment dissolving the marriage of Lori Roberts, formerly Lori Travers (mothers), and Kim Travers (father). The court granted custody of the couple’s child, Autumn Travers, to the mother and reasonable visitation rights to the father. In March 1977, the…