Pegan v. Crawmer

Pegan asserts that the court of appeals erred in denying the writ of habeas corpus. The court of appeals determined that the domestic relations court retained continuing jurisdiction over the custody issues, that Pegan’s appeal was pending before the court of appeals regarding the domestic relations court’s custody award, and that Pegan had failed to demonstrate that she has no adequate remedy at law.

A writ of habeas corpus lies in certain extraordinary circumstances where there is an unlawful restraint of a person’s liberty and there is no adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. State…