Geisness v. Sup. Ct.
This is a proceeding for marital dissolution and child custody. Melinda Pemberton (Melinda) filed a petition for a peremptory writ of prohibition or other extraordinary relief and requested a stay of all court proceedings. Melinda seeks an immediate stay of the superior courts order requiring her to pay child support in the amount of $425 monthly and attorney fees in the amount of $3,000 to her former husband, John Pemberton (John). Melinda challenges the courts decision finding her pregnancy (with her subsequent husband) a voluntary act designed to reduce her income and to avoid paying child support. The trial courts statements cast sufficient doubt on the fairness of the proceedings to issue a peremptory writ in the first instance granting Melinda relief from the child support and sanctions order.
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