STATE EX REL. WILLIAMS v. MARSH

Nos. 62765, 62762.

626 S.W.2d 223 (1982)

STATE ex rel. Denise WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. Honorable William J. MARSH, Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit, Defendant. Denise WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. Edward M. WILLIAMS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

January 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherill L. Rosen and Marcia K. Walsh, Legal Aid of Western Mo., Kansas City, for relator; Phyllis Gelman, New York City, of counsel.

John E. Turner, Kansas City, for respondent.

Michael A. Wolff and Jesse A. Goldner, Nina Balsam, John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Simon Tonkin, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, for amicus curiae.


HIGGINS, Judge.

Denise Williams petitions this court for a writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to issue an order of protection, an order restraining her husband from entering her dwelling and a temporary order of custody as authorized by The Adult Abuse Act, §§ 455.010-.085, RSMo Supp.1980. In a separate action she appeals the trial court's dismissal of her petition filed under Chapter 455, RSMo Supp.1980. The appeal was consolidated with the mandamus...

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