S.K. v. N.B.

Section 12-15-114, Ala.Code 1975, a part of the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act (“the AJJA”), § 12-15-101 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, provides, in pertinent part:

“(a) A juvenile court shall exercise exclusive original jurisdiction of juvenile court proceedings in which a child is alleged to have committed a delinquent act, to be dependent, or to be in need of supervision. A dependency action shall not include a custody dispute between parents.”

(Emphasis added.) In my dissent in T.K v. M.G., 82 So.3d 1 (Ala.Civ.App.2011), cert. quashed, 82 So.3d 8 (Ala.2011), I argued that, based on the language of §…