State Ex Rel. Segrest v. Van Hoomissen

This is an original proceeding in mandamus. Plaintiff (relator) Segrest is the administrator of the Children’s Services Division (the "Division”). The alternative writ alleged that the defendant presided in two cases involving two juvenile children and entered an order "to conduct an examination and evaluation of both parents, of the stepfather and of the minor child in the ["W”] proceedings” and of the father of the minor child in the "S” proceeding. The defendant further ordered that the doctor’s fee for the psychiatric evaluations be paid by the Division.

Plaintiff (the "Division”) moved to…