STATE EX REL. KIRK v. BURCHAM

No. 97-1354.

82 Ohio St.3d 407 (1998)

THE STATE EX REL. KIRK ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. BURCHAM, CLERK OF COURTS, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Southeastern Ohio Legal Services Program, Ruth Heintz and Mark J. Cardosi, for appellants.

Lambert & McWhorter and Randall L. Lambert, for appellee.


Per Curiam.

Appellants assert in their propositions of law that the court of appeals erred by denying the writ of mandamus. They initially contend that the court of appeals erred in holding that the case was moot.

But insofar as appellants sought a writ of mandamus to compel Burcham to journalize the divorce decree, the case was rendered moot by Burcham's January 10, 1997 journalization of the decree. A writ of mandamus will not issue to...

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