Legal Opinion

Godwin v. Bogart

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 8, 1998No. 2970235PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

This is the second time that these parties have been before this court. Godwin v. Bogart, 674 So.2d 606 (Ala.Civ.App.1995).

In 1991 Selena Godwin gave birth to a daughter, whose father is Robert Bogart. The mother and the child lived together until the mother’s death in 1993. After the mother’s death, Barbara Godwin, the maternal grandmother, filed a petition in the Pike County Circuit Court, seeking custody of the child. The trial court granted the maternal grandmother temporary custody of the child. Thereafter, the father; the maternal grandfather; and the…

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