Legal Opinion
Ex Parte State Dept. of Human Resources
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 16, 1993No. 1912001PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This case involves the termination of parental rights of M.K., the mother, and A.P., the father, in regard to M.A.K., the child.
The issue is whether the Court of Civil Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's determination that it was in the best interest of the child to terminate parental rights. We hold that it did.
The Department of Human Resources ("DHR") had been involved with the mother, M.K., since 1977. DHR provided services to M.K. and two children born before M.A.K. was born. On August 21, 1989, the hospital at which M.A.K. was born notified DHR that M.A.K. had been born. A DHR…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- M.J.G.L. v. State Dept. of Human Res.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1991
- Fitzgerald v. FitzgeraldCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- In Re ShiversCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- Grant v. State Dept. of Human ResourcesCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1989
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- A.S. v. I.M.S.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2011
- A.E.T. v. Limestone County Department of Human ResourcesCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2010
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