Bragg v. Roche (Ex parte Bragg)

PITTMAN, Judge.

Carrie Suzanne Bragg ("the mother") petitions this court for a writ of mandamus directing the Chilton Circuit Court (1) to vacate its order denying her motion to transfer an action filed by Walter Alexander Roche, Jr. ("the father"), to the Shelby Circuit Court and (2) to transfer the father's action to the Shelby Circuit Court. We grant the mother's petition and issue the writ.1

On May 5, 2017, the father petitioned the Chilton Circuit Court to modify the child-custody provisions of the judgment divorcing him and the mother ("the divorce judgment").2 The Chilton Circuit Court…