EX PARTE J.E.W.

1911822.

608 So.2d 728 (1992)

Ex parte J.E.W. (Re Sherry B. STEWART v. Andrew William WILSON).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory N. Norton, Anniston, for petitioner.

William H. Broome, Anniston, for respondent.


KENNEDY, Justice.

J.E.W., a three-year-old child, petitions through her guardian ad litem for a writ of mandamus directed to the trial court judge in this case.1

At issue here is the trial court's determination, ex mero motu, that a 1990 judgment of paternity declaring the petitioner's legal father is void.

A writ of mandamus is a drastic and extraordinary remedy. Ex parte Johnson Land Co., 561 So...

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