M.D.C. v. K.D.

I respectfully dissent from the holding in the main opinion because I conclude that a judgment entered pursuant to the Alabama Child Protection Act (“the CPA”), § 26-18-1 et seq., Aa.Code 1975, involuntarily terminating the parental rights of a parent to his or her natural children does not, by operation of law, extinguish the parent’s responsibility to pay child support for the benefit of those children as established by a prior judgment of the circuit court.

Section 26-18-7(a), Aa.Code 1975, provides, in part:

“If the court finds from clear and convincing evidence, competent, material, and…