Hicks v. Davis

DONALDSON, Judge.

Nicole Hicks ("the mother") appeals from a judgment of the Barbour Circuit Court ("the circuit court") granting her and Arielious Davis ("the father") joint custody of K.D. ("the child"). The materials before us establish that the circuit court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to enter the judgment. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal with instructions.

The record shows that, in 2013, the State of Alabama, on behalf of the mother, petitioned the Barbour Juvenile Court ("the juvenile court"), seeking to collect child support from the father; that action was docketed as case no.…