Legal Opinion
M.M. v. C.M.
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 22, 1992No. 2900605PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THIGPEN, Judge.
This is a child dependency case.
In 1990, the Shelby County Department of Human Resources (DHR) filed a petition to establish the dependency of C.A.M. A *317guardian ad litem represented the child at a detention hearing. The whereabouts of the presumed father were alleged to be unknown. At the hearing, the mother stated that C.M. was the legal, but not the natural, father of the child. After taking testimony ore tenus, the trial court found the child to be dependent, and custody was placed with DHR pending further proceedings.
After DHR conducted a home investigation and a…
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