TOWNSEND v. YORK

No. 47836.

527 P.2d 594 (1974)

Mark A. TOWNSEND, Petitioner, v. Leon YORK, Associate District Judge of Payne County, State of Oklahoma, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Howard, Fogg, Fogg & Howard, El Reno, for petitioner.

Donald H. Lees, Bay, Hamilton, Renegar & Lees, Oklahoma City, and Robert L. Hert, Jr., Draper, Thomas & Hert, Stillwater, for respondent, Connie D. Townsend.


IRWIN, Justice:

Petitioner has asked this court to assume original jurisdiction and grant a writ of prohibition directing a Payne County Associate District Judge (respondent) to refrain from proceeding further in a habeas corpus proceeding concerning petitioner's two children.

Petitioner was living and working in Rhode Island when, in August, he and his wife (Mrs. Townsend) became estranged. Upon being transferred...

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