Armstrong v. Hooker

OPINION

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

Can an out-of-state plaintiff be compelled to attend court proceedings within the state by order of the court? This is the issue to be decided by this special action. Since the trial court’s order compelling attendance was an interlocutory, non-appealable order, see A.R.S. § 12-2101, a special action is an appropriate vehicle for review of the trial court’s order. Nataros v. Superior Court of Maricopa County, 113 Ariz. 498, 557 P.2d 1055 (1976).

Petitioner (husband), the 90-year-old patriarch of the World Wide Church of God, is a resident of Pasadena, California, and…