Heishman v. Jenkins

CARTER, Justice.

Plaintiff, Mavis June Heishman, initiated this original certiorari action to challenge the legality of an order by the defendant judge finding her in contempt. The writ was ordered annulled by the court of appeals and we granted further review.

The starting place for an understanding of the present controversy is the dissolution of marriage action between plaintiff (Mavis) and her then husband, Maynard Keith Heishman. Mavis commenced the dissolution action on July 10, 1980. Two successive sets of counsel representing Mavis withdrew their representation. On July 6, 1982, Maynard…