O.S. v. E.S.

Probate courts have original jurisdiction of adoption proceedings. § 26-10A-3, Ala. Code 1975. On March 11, 2008, the Probate Court of Walker County issued a judgment of adoption of B.T.S. (“the child”) by O.S., the child’s paternal grandfather (“the grandfather”) and his wife, J.A.S. (O.S. and J.A.S. are hereinafter referred to collectively as “the grandparents”), after B.O.S. (the “the biological father”) and E.S. (“the biological mother”) filed written consents to adoption. That judgment is to be given the same status as judgments from the circuit courts: “All orders, judgments and decrees…