Legal Opinion
Potter v. STATE, DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 23, 1986No. Civ. 5508PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is a child custody case.
This case arose when the Baldwin County Juvenile Court issued a juvenile pickup order for fourteen-year-old Dennis Potter based on allegations that the child was being abused by his father.
On September 23, 1985 the Baldwin County Department of Pensions and Security filed a petition in the Juvenile Court of Baldwin County seeking to have Dennis Potter declared a dependent child. Also on September 23, 1985 Leon and Mable McGhee, grandparents of Dennis and Donnie Potter, filed a petition in the juvenile court seeking custody of Dennis and Donnie. On this same day and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rudd v. RuddCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- Phillips v. ALA. DEPT. OF PENSIONS & SEC.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981
- Morgan v. Lauderdale County Department of Pensions & SecurityCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986
3Cited by26 opinions
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- J.J. v. J.H.W.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2008
- D.B.R. v. Mobile County Department of Human ResourcesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
- Marshall County Department of Human Resources v. J.V.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2016
- M.M. v. L.L.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2007
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