Burnette v. Tighe

PITTMAN, Judge.

Ronnie Burnette (“the mother”) appeals from a judgment of the Chilton Circuit Court (“the trial court”) purporting to divorce her from Jacob Tighe (“the father”) and making an award of custody of the parties’ child (“the child”) to the father and ordering her to pay child support. We affirm in part; reverse in part; and remand the case with instructions to the trial court.

On September 17, 2010, the mother filed in the trial court a complaint against the father seeking, among other things, custody of the child and child support; that action was assigned case no. DR-10-266 (“the…