Legal Opinion
W.L. v. D.B.
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 13, 2018No. 2170202PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PITTMAN, Judge.
W.L. ("the father") appeals from a judgment of the Escambia Juvenile Court ("the juvenile court") denying his petition seeking custody of G.A.M. ("the child"), a boy born in June 2016. Because we conclude that the juvenile court did not have before it a necessary party who should have been joined if feasible, we reverse and remand.
M.M. ("the mother") gave birth to the child prematurely after only 25 weeks of gestation. The child was born with life-threatening medical problems and was treated in the intensive-care unit of a hospital for eight months after his birth. When the…
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