Petrey v. Cain, No. 98-SC-692-MR
| Court | United States State Supreme Court (Kentucky) |
| Writing for the Court | COOPER |
| Citation | 987 S.W.2d 786 |
| Parties | Robert Ray PETREY, Appellant, v. William T. CAIN, Judge, Lincoln Circuit Court and Bonnie Parker (now Roark), (Real Party in Interest), Appellees. |
| Decision Date | 25 March 1999 |
| Docket Number | No. 98-SC-692-MR |
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v.
William T. CAIN, Judge, Lincoln Circuit Court and Bonnie
Parker (now Roark), (Real Party in Interest), Appellees.
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Michael L. Judy, Johnson, Judy, True & Guarnieri, LLP, Frankfort, for Appellant.
John E. Clontz, Clontz & Cox, Mt. Vernon, for Appellees, Parker (now Roark).
COOPER, Justice.
Robert Ray Petrey and Bonnie Roark were divorced by a decree of the Anderson Circuit Court in 1987. That decree also awarded Robert sole custody of the parties' infant daughter, Amanda, whose date of birth is February 7, 1983. On May 14, 1998, Bonnie filed a motion in the Lincoln Circuit Court to modify the previous custody decree by converting it to a joint custody decree with Bonnie as the "primary residential caretaker." She accompanied her motion with her own affidavit alleging inter alia that Robert had abdicated custody to the paternal grandparents and that Amanda had attempted to run away from the home of the de facto custodians. Judge William T. Cain, regular judge of the Lincoln Circuit Court, scheduled an evidentiary hearing on the motion. Robert then filed an original action petitioning the Court of Appeals to issue a writ prohibiting Judge Cain from conducting any further proceedings on the motion. Ky . Const. § 111(2). The Court of Appeals denied the
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petition and Robert appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 115.In support of his petition, Robert asserts that (1) Bonnie filed only one affidavit in support of her motion and the statutory scheme requires that at least two affidavits be filed; and (2) the affidavit which she filed contains insufficient factual allegations to warrant a hearing on the motion. KRS 403.350.
The issuance of a writ of prohibition is appropriate only when the inferior court is acting without jurisdiction, or when it is proceeding erroneously within its jurisdiction and irreparable injury will result to the petitioner for which there is no adequate remedy at law. Pace v. Wolfinbarger, Ky., 420 S.W.2d 561 (1967); Burchell v. Burchell, Ky.App., 684 S.W.2d 296 (1984). An inferior court's jurisdiction within the meaning of the rules applicable to prohibition connotes subject matter jurisdiction. Preston v. Meigs, Ky., 464 S.W.2d 271, 275 (1971). Ordinarily, "subject matter jurisdiction" refers to a court's authority to determine "this kind of case" as opposed to "this...
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