Legal Opinion
R.K. v. R.J.
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 6, 2002No. 2000526PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURDOCK, Judge.
In July 2000, R.J. filed a petition in the Clay County Juvenile Court seeking custody of T.S.K, a minor child. Among other things, the petition alleged that in 1997, R.J. had been adjudicated the father of T.S.K. in a paternity proceeding brought by the child’s mother, K.K.; that the mother had formally relinquished custody of the child to C.K. and R.K. (the child’s maternal grandparents) in an August 1999 judicial proceeding of which R.J. had not received notice; and that under Ex parte Terry, 494 So.2d 628 (Ala.1986), he was entitled to custody of the child. The juvenile…
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