State ex rel. Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement v. Hudson

JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.

This is an original action in prohibition in which the Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement, seeks to prohibit the Honorable Stephen Hudson from proceeding further on a counter-petition brought by Delbert Jackson. The counter-petition was filed in response to the State’s petition to establish paternity and child support, brought on behalf of the minor child Kha-leb Lee Holder and his mother Karen Salmon. Because we hold that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to proceed on the counter-petition, we order that the…