State ex rel. Watts v. Hanna

PROCEEDING IN MANDAMUS

SHRUM, Judge.

This proceeding in mandamus presents the question of whether § 210.829.4, RSMO Supp.1987 (the venue provision in Missouri’s “Uniform Parentage Act”, §§ 210.817-.852), gives venue priority to the county of residence of the mother and child so that a circuit court is empowered under § 476.410, RSMo Supp.1990, to order a paternity action transferred from the county of residence of the alleged father, who filed the action, to the county where the mother and child reside. We answer, no.

A preliminary issue is whether a writ of mandamus is an appropriate remedy by…