Sheryl Norris, Appellant v. Ashley Davis, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the circuit court’s conclusion that Norris’s motion to compel discovery was moot because res judicata barred relitigation of the underlying paternity and inheritance issues, and discovery could not have any practical legal effect. Norris abandoned any challenge to the res judicata ruling by failing to contest it on appeal, leaving only the mootness issue for review. Justice Karen R. Baker, dissenting, would have held that the settlement-approval order was void because the circuit court failed to investigate whether the compromise benefited the minors and would have remanded.