Hudson v. Hudson

ROBERTSON, Judge.

This case comes to us on a petition for writ of mandamus.

At a retrial on the merits of petitioner’s divorce case, petitioner engaged a private *395court reporter to record the trial proceedings and prepare the transcript. The trial court, being aware of the recent case of Ex parte French, 547 So.2d 547 (Ala.1989), pointed out that the employment of such a reporter could affect the later utility of the transcript.

French, provides, in pertinent part, as follows:

“We ... hold that an unofficial transcript, prepared by a person not duly appointed as an official court reporter,…