1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.2d
  4. 831 P.2d
  5. 831 P.2d 233 (1992)
 

STATE EX REL. GRIFFIN v. DISTRICT COURT

No. 91-272.

831 P.2d 233 (1992)

STATE of Wyoming, ex rel., John Scott GRIFFIN, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT and Judge Gary P. Hartman, Judge of the Fifth Judicial District, Washakie County, Wyoming, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

May 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Bancroft, Worland, for petitioner.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Richard E. Dixon, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Kent Richins, Worland, guardian ad litem.

Before URBIGKIT, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, MACY and GOLDEN, JJ.

URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.

Upon application of petitioner John Scott Griffin (father), this court issued an Alternative Writ of Mandamus and Prohibition on December 23, 1991. The father sought to prohibit the Wyoming district court from exercising jurisdiction in a child custody proceeding involving his one-year-old son, Spencer Bryce Griffin (child), and the boy's mother, Melissa V. Presnell (mother). The writ addressed the custody jurisdiction of the Wyoming district...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases