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STATE EX REL. SMITH v. ABBOT

No. 20854.

418 S.E.2d 575 (1992)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Naoma Lee SMITH, Petitioner, v. Honorable W. Robert ABBOT, Judge of the Circuit Court of Fayette County, and Christopher Duke King, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Cagle, Charleston, for petitioner.

Carl L. Harris, Blake & Harris, Fayetteville, for respondent Christopher Duke King.

BROTHERTON, Justice:

The petitioner, Naoma Lee Smith, invokes the jurisdiction of this Court in a petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent the Circuit Court of Fayette County from granting the respondent's motions for custody or increased visitation, and also asks that the petitioner be named the exclusive parent with legal custody of the child.

The respondent, Christopher Duke King, opposes Smith's petition and asks that the final adoption decree entered...

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