PFOTENHAUER v. HUNTER

No. 48422.

536 P.2d 923 (1975)

Dorothy PFOTENHAUER, Petitioner, v. Stewart HUNTER, Judge of the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Smith of Miskovsky, Sullivan & Miskovsky, Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

Nanette J. Patton, Public Defenders Office, Oklahoma County, for respondent.

Donald L. Ritter, Consulting Attorney for Dept. of Institutions, Social and Rehabilitative Services, State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, amicus curiae.


SIMMS, Justice:

Petitioner, maternal grandmother of a four year old female child, asks this Court to assume original jurisdiction, and seeks prohibition against Respondent Judge to prevent enforcement of an order returning the child to the State of Nevada.

Application to assume original jurisdiction granted. Writ of prohibition issue. Trial court directed to proceed in accordance with the views expressed in this opinion...

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