Howard v. McElrath (Ex parte McElrath)

MOORE, Judge.

Lee McElrath ("the father") petitions this court for a writ of mandamus directing the Walker Circuit Court ("the trial court") to vacate its order awarding pendente lite visitation to Faye Howard and Earnest Howard with the father's children, Terria McElrath and Taleah McElrath ("the children"), and to enter an order denying such visitation. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

Procedural History

On November 4, 2016, the children's maternal grandparents, Faye Howard ("the maternal grandmother") and Earnest Howard ("the maternal grandfather"), filed a complaint in the trial…