Legal Opinion
Ex Parte D.B.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 15, 2007No. 1060077 and 1060529PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Justice.
These two petitions for the writ of cer-tiorari, which have been consolidated for purposes of issuing one opinion, involve an interstate dispute over custody of a minor child (“the child”); the parties claiming custody of the child are the child’s biological father, M.A. (“the father”), a resident of Nebraska, and D.B. and T.B. (“the adoptive couple”), Alabama residents who sought to adopt the child in Alabama. The Court of Civil Appeals held that the State of Nebraska had subject-matter jurisdiction to decide the child’s custody. D.B. v. M.A, 975 So.2d 927, 937…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Andrews v. Merritt Oil Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Crutcher v. Wendy's of North Alabama, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2003
- Ex Parte WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002
- Brooke v. WillisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995
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3Cited by17 opinions
- J.M.W. v. T.I.Z.Utah Supreme Court · 2011
- State v. LupoSupreme Court of Alabama · 2007
- Franks v. JordanCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2010
- J.L.L. v. Jefferson County Department of Human ResourcesCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2012
- Ramirez v. BarnetCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2016
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