State ex rel. C.M. v. C.H.

HOUSTON, Justice.

The State, on behalf of C.M., the plaintiff in an action pending in the Jefferson Circuit Court petitions for a writ of mandamus directing a judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court to vacate his order transferring this action from Jefferson County to Marengo County. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

The State of Alabama, on behalf of a minor, C.M. (hereinafter “the child”), filed this action in the Family Court of Jefferson County on December 23, 1996, against the respondent, C.H., the alleged father of the child, seeking a paternity determination and an order for…