Title: State ex rel. Papp v. Norton

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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The State ex rel. Papp v. Norton, Judge.                                         
[Cite as State ex rel. Papp v. Norton (1993),     Ohio St.3d                     
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Mandamus -- Peremptory writ issued when respondent fails to                      
     answer alternative writ -- R.C. 2731.10.                                    
     (No. 93-126 -- Submitted April 6, 1993 -- Decided April 9,                  
1993.)                                                                           
     In Mandamus.                                                                
                                                                                 
     Kay L. Williams, for relator.                                               
                                                                                 
     Per Curiam.  According to her complaint, relator,                           
Elizabeth A. Papp, is the defendant in a divorce and custody                     
dispute pending before respondent, Judge Thomas F. Norton of                     
the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic                  
Relations.  Papp seeks a writ of mandamus to compel Judge                        
Norton to hear and timely dispose of various motions and to                      
issue judgment entries accordingly.                                              
     On February 10, 1993, we issued an alternative writ                         
ordering Judge Norton to answer by March 2, 1993 and show cause                  
why the peremptory writ of mandamus should not be granted.  As                   
of this date, Judge Norton has not responded to our order.                       
R.C. 2731.10 provides:                                                           
     "If no answer is made to an alternative writ of mandamus,                   
a peremptory writ must be allowed against the defendant [sic,                    
respondent]."                                                                    
     R.C. 2731.10 establishes that the failure to answer an                      
alternative writ is grounds for the court to issue the                           
requested writ of mandamus.  Accordingly, the peremptory writ                    
is granted.                                                                      
                                    Writ granted.                                
     Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright,  Resnick, F.E.                  
Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.