Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Cowart v. Burnham

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 9, 2015No. 2140112Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partMoore, Judge

This appeal involves a postdivorce custody and visitation dispute. I concur that, under the authority of Gallant v. Gallant, 184 So.3d 387, 405 (Ala.Civ.App.2014), the judgment of the Lee Circuit Court (“the trial court”) should be affirmed insofar as it awarded Debra Burnham (“the mother”) sole legal custody of T.C. (“the child”). I also concur that the trial court did not err in affording the mother complete control over the child’s cellular-telephone usage; in ordering Herman Buford Cowart, Jr. (“the father”), to attend counseling in Lee County and to pay the costs associated with the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pratt v. PrattCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2010
  2. Gallant v. GallantCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2014
  3. C.J.L. v. M.W.B.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2003
  4. Thompson v. RicheySupreme Court of Alabama · 2010
  5. M.R.D. v. T.D.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2008

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