Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Handley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 20, 1984No. 83-317Published
1Opinion of the Court
460 So.2d 167 (1984)
Ex parte Brenda HANDLEY, n/k/a Brenda Handley Richards.
(Re Bobby L. HANDLEY and Marlene M. Handley v. Brenda HANDLEY n/k/a Brenda Handley Richards).
83-317.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
July 20, 1984.
David H. Meginniss of Hornsby, Blankenship, Robinson & Meginniss, Huntsville, for petitioner.
J. Zach Higgs, Jr. of Higgs & Conchin, Huntsville, for respondents.
MADDOX, Justice.
The issue before the Court on this appeal is whether a trial court has equitable authority to grant a natural mother attorney's fees for successfully defending an attempt by paternal grandparents to gain…
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