Legal Opinion
Ex Parte JEW
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 20, 1992No. 1911822PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
608 So.2d 728 (1992)
Ex parte J.E.W.
(Re Sherry B. STEWART v. Andrew William WILSON).
1911822.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
November 20, 1992.
Gregory N. Norton, Anniston, for petitioner.
William H. Broome, Anniston, for respondent.
KENNEDY, Justice.
J.E.W., a three-year-old child, petitions through her guardian ad litem for a writ of mandamus directed to the trial court judge in this case.[1]
At issue here is the trial court's determination, ex mero motu, that a 1990 judgment of paternity declaring the petitioner's legal father is void.
A writ of mandamus is a drastic and extraordinary remedy. Ex parte…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Hodges v. ArcherSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
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