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STATE OF FLA., DHRS v. THORNTON

No. 19412.

396 S.E.2d 475 (1990)

STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES ex rel. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES, v. Carl THORNTON and Mildred Thornton and Honorable Clarence L. Watt.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 27, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony N. DeLuccia, Jr., Dist. Legal Counsel, Fort Myers, Fla., for State of Fla.

Roger W. Tompkins, Atty. Gen., Richard M. Riffe, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Atty. General's Office, Charleston, for Clarence L. Watt.

Harvey D. Peyton, Calwell, McCormick & Peyton, Nitro, for Carl & Mildred Thornton.

PER CURIAM:

The petitioner, the State of Florida, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS), seeks a writ of mandamus both to compel compliance with a prior order of this Court and to advise the Honorable Judge Clarence L. Watt that any assumption of jurisdiction in this case is punishable by contempt in view of the prior order. The petitioner also requests that this Court issue a writ of habeas corpus directing the respondents, Carl and Mildred Thornton...

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