Ex parte N.B.

This petition for a writ of mandamus challenges whether the Shelby Juvenile Court could transfer an action—over which it had no jurisdiction—to the Shelby Circuit Court. The petitioner, N.B., initially filed a petition seeking mandamus relief in the Court of Civil Appeals, which denied the petition. Ex parte N.B., 204 So.3d 887 (Ala.Civ.App.2016) (opinion of Donaldson, J., joined by Pittman, J.). N.B. has now filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in this Court raising the same challenge.

The background facts in this case are explained in the Court of Civil Appeals’ opinion, and, for purposes…