In Re Anonymous

956 So.2d 427 (2006)

In the Matter of ANONYMOUS, a minor.

No. 2060022.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

October 13, 2006.

In most cases, Alabama law requires that, before performing an abortion upon an unemancipated minor, the person performing the abortion must obtain the written consent of a parent of the minor or a judicial waiver of the necessity of that consent must have been granted. See § 26-21-3(a), Ala.Code 1975. On October 2, 2006, an unemancipated minor filed a petition in an Alabama juvenile court pursuant to § 26-21-4, Ala.Code 1975, seeking a waiver of parental consent for an…