Dpm v. Db

669 So.2d 191 (1995)

D.P.M.

v.

D.B. and M.L.T.

2940386.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

September 15, 1995.

David H. Webster, Gadsden, for Appellant.

Ruth S. Ezell of Legal Services Corporation of Alabama, Inc., Gadsden, for Appellees.

CRAWLEY, Judge.

D.P.M. (the mother), M.L.T. (the father) and D.B. (the maternal grandmother) all sought custody of D.N.T. (the child). Following ore tenus proceedings, the trial court awarded temporary custody of the child to the grandmother, and the mother appealed. Because the trial court used the wrong standard to decide the custody issue, we must reverse and…