Legal Opinion
S.D. v. R.D.
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided August 27, 1993No. AV92000285PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for adoption.
The subject of the adoption proceeding is a six-year-old female child whose father was killed by a gunshot wound on October 5, 1990. Her mother, K.K.D., was arrested and placed in the Clarke County Jail as a result of the investigation of the father’s death.
The mother was an inmate in the Clarke County Jail on October 12, 1990, when the minor child was brought before the juvenile *818court for a shelter care hearing. The trial court ordered that the child be placed in the home of the paternal aunt, G.D.W. It…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- STATE DEPT. OF PENSIONS AND SEC. v. WhitneyCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- McCoy v. McCoySupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- White v. Campbell & Associates, Inc.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1985
3Cited by5 opinions
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- C.J.L. v. M.W.B.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2003
- S.C.W. v. C.B.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2001
- Ex Parte RDNSupreme Court of Alabama · 2005