Aaron W. v. Honorable Robert M. Montgomery (Signed Opinion)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Aaron W.'s requested writ of prohibition seeking to prevent Robert M. Montgomery, Judge of the Family Court of Kanawha County, from holding a hearing or otherwise deciding Evelyn W.'s motion to disqualify Aaron's counsel, holding that the family courts of this State have the authority to disqualify attorneys appearing before them.
In this case that originated as a divorce proceeding, Evelyn filed a motion to disqualify Aaron's attorney from representing him in the divorce proceedings. Aaron filed a petition for writ prohibition in the circuit court seeking to prevent the family court from hearing or ruling on the motion, claiming that family courts lack jurisdictional authority to decide matters pertaining to the disqualification of attorneys. The circuit court denied the writ. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the family court had the jurisdictional authority to hear and rule upon Evelyn's disqualification motion.
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