Legal Opinion · Concurrence

P.A. v. L.S.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 12, 2011No. 2100321 and 2100322Published

1ConcurrenceMoore, Judge

I concur in the result. As I explained in D.E.F. v. L.M.D., 76 So.3d 834, 838 (Ala. Civ.App.2011) (Moore, J., concurring in the result), when a juvenile court places a child temporarily with a nonparent in order to protect the child during the parental-rehabilitation process, the public policy favoring family reunification mandates that the parent regain custody when the need for temporary protective custody ceases. On the other hand, when a juvenile court determines that continuing efforts toward family reunification no longer serve the best interests of the child and awards custody of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ex Parte McLendonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  2. D.E.F. v. L.M.D.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2011

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