Ex Parte Devine
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
398 So.2d 686 (1981)
Ex parte Christopher P. DEVINE.
(Re: Christopher P. DEVINE v. Alice Beth Clark DEVINE).
79-546.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
March 27, 1981.
William Henry Agee of Agee & Ghee, Anniston, for petitioner.
J. Todd Caldwell, Anniston, for respondent.
MADDOX, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review the question of whether the "tender years presumption," as applied in child custody proceedings, violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In the present case, the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the trial court's usage of that presumption in awarding custody of the…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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