Case Title: Hallett v. Mullin

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State: vermont

Court: Vermont Supreme Court

Date: 1990-10-01T00:00:00Z

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Hallett v. Mullin  ENTRY ORDER SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 90-495 OCTOBER TERM, 1990 Rita M. Hallett (Mullin) } APPEALED FROM: } } v. } Windsor Family Court } } Stephen Mullin } } DOCKET NO. F25-10-90 WrFa In the above entitled cause the Clerk will enter: Plaintiff's complaint for extraordinary relief is dismissed. Insofar as plaintiff's pleadings in this Court may be construed as an appeal pur- suant to 15 V.S.A. { 1109 from the Chittenden Family Court's order denying plaintiff's complaint for relief from abuse filed October 24, 1990, we affirm. Plaintiff's attempt to bypass the Chittenden Family Court by seeking ex parte relief from abuse in the Windsor Family Court was appropriately met by order of the Windsor Family Court filed October 22, 1990, transferring jur- isdiction to Chittenden Family Court and consolidating it with the post- divorce proceedings between the parties. V.R.C.P. 80(n)(2) relied upon by plaintiff was designed to protect defendant's due process concerns, not a vehicle to gain unfair advantage by forum shopping. BY THE COURT: Frederic W. Allen, Chief Justice Ernest W. Gibson III, Associate Justice [ ] Publish John A. Dooley, Associate Justice [ ] Do Not Publish James L. Morse, Associate Justice Louis P. Peck, Associate Justice (Ret.), Specially Assigned