The facts here are that the court applied Ohio law in reaching a judgment, when the parties agreed that Virginia law would apply in a divorce decree. Thus I want to see if we can file a writ of mandamus to force the court to apply the correct law and/move to vacate the judgment. A judgment based...
Is a judment that is based on Ohio law, when the parties agreed that any litigation should be based on Virginia law, subject to being vacated and ruled void? Basically, does a contract trump res judiata?