STATE EX REL. MUIRHEAD v. DIST. CT. OF FIRST J.D., ETC.

No. 13315.

550 P.2d 1304 (1976)

STATE of Montana ex rel. Karola MUIRHEAD, Relator, v. The DISTRICT COURT OF the FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT of the State of Montana, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF LEWIS AND CLARK, and the Hon. Peter G. Meloy, judge presiding, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided May 6, 1976.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. William Leaphart, argued, Helena, for relator.

Smith Law Firm, Helena, Robert J. Sewell, argued, Helena, for respondents.


JOHN C. HARRISON, Justice.

Relator petitioned this Court for a writ of prohibition or other appropriate writ, to recover the custody of three minor children. Adversary hearing to determine the issue of jurisdiction was set by the Court to be heard April 8, 1976. Briefs were filed, the matter heard, and taken under advisement by the Court.

An action in the district court was brought by Robert Muirhead to modify a...

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