Hampton v. Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court, Chancery Branch, Third Division

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

James H. Hampton, a prisoner in the State Penitentiary, has filed a petition in this Court by which he seeks a writ of mandamus compelling the “Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court, Chancellery (sic) Branch, Third Division” to halt a proceeding in that court brought by Jerry Martion Watson under KRS 199.500. The record in that proceeding is not before us. Apparently it is an action to obtain a consent for adoption of petitioner’s child. For the reasons stated in Trodglen v. Judge, Daviess Circuit Court, Ky., 371 S.W.2d 40, the petition should be dismissed.

The Honorable…