TRAPHAGAN v. MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

No. 16575-SA.

136 Ariz. 331 (1983)

666 P.2d 76

Donna TRAPHAGAN, Petitioner, v. MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, the Honorable Cheryl Hendrix; State of Arizona (by and through the Maricopa County Attorney's Office) Real Party in Interest, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

June 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin P. Young, II, P.C., Tempe, for petitioner.

Thomas E. Collins, Maricopa County Atty. by C.O. Lamp, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, for respondents.


CAMERON, Justice.

The defendant-mother, Donna Traphagan, moved to dismiss a paternity action filed by the county attorney. The motion was denied, and the mother brought a petition for special action which we granted. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Rules of Procedure for Special Actions, 17A A.R.S., and Ariz. Const. art. 6, § 5(1).

We have considered two issues raised by the facts in this case in a companion matter determined this day. See Sheldrick...

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