B.L.S. v. R.T.S.

HOUSTON, Justice.

In a divorce judgment the trial court awarded custody of the parties’ four children to the father, R.T.S. The mother, B.L.S., appealed. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed part of the trial court’s judgment, but reversed that part of the judgment awarding custody of the children to the father. See B.L.S. v. R.T.S., 771 So.2d 470 (Ala.Civ.App.1999), for a more detailed discussion of the facts of the case. Judge Crawley dissented from the reversal of the custody award, stating:

“The trial court, after hearing the testimony and observing the witnesses, made the determination that…