Ex parte Montgomery County Department of Human Resources

I agree with the main opinion that the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act (“the AJJA”), § 12-15-101 et. seq., Ala.Code 1975, does not require that a juvenile court make specific findings when entering a judgment terminating parental rights. However, I urge the legislature to amend the AJJA to require ■ such findings, as do the statutes of a number of other states.2 *586Termination-of-parental-rights actions affect the fundamental constitutional rights of parents. See, e.g., J.C. v. State Dep’t of Human Res., 986 So.2d 1172, 1198-1200 (Ala.Civ.App.2007) (Moore, J., concurring in the result); G.P. v.…