Desmond v. Brennan

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter came before the Supreme Court pursuant to our granting a petition for the issuance of a writ of certiorari to determine the validity of several orders entered in the Family Court.

The plaintiff in this ease, Donald Desmond, filed a miscellaneous petition for a psychological evaluation of his two children, himself, and defendant, Christine Brennan, the mother of his two children. The petition was filed under Rule 35(a) of the Rules of Procedure for Domestic Relations.1 The petition stated *1352that on or about October 5, 1992, an allegation was made to the hotline of…