Ex Parte Rountree

Thomas L. Rountree petitions for a writ of prohibition seeking an order from this court directing the trial judge in the underlying case to withdraw his order requiring Roun-tree to appear and respond to a contempt citation.

The underlying case began when the defendant, Kenneth Hudmon, was served on October 1, 1996, with a summons to appear at a rule nisi hearing on October 3, 1996, concerning the payment of delinquent child support and other monies allegedly owed to his former wife, plaintiff Tracy F. Hudmon Shiver. Hudmon sought Rountree’s representation on October 2, 1996. Rountree informed…