Francis v. Taylor

STEPHENS, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Honorable J. David Francis, Chief Judge, Warren Circuit Court, from an order of the Court of Appeals, dated October 26, 1979, in which a writ of mandamus was issued directing him as judge to allow the appellee, Patricia Taylor, to proceed with trial in a dissolution-of-marriage action without paying a fee to the warning order attorney.

The critical question we must decide is whether the Kentucky Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to entertain a petition for a writ of mandamus, an original action, in view of the provisions of Kentucky Constitution, Sec.…