C.M.R. v. L.W.

On appeal, C.M.R. (“the mother”) contends that the juvenile court used the wrong legal standard to determine the dependency of the children and that the record does not contain sufficient evidence to support the dependency findings made by the juvenile court. Taking the issues out of order, I first conclude that we cannot consider the issue as to the sufficiency of the evidence because the mother failed to file a postjudgment motion directed to that alleged error.

Rule 1(B), Ala. R. Juv. P., requires the filing of a postjudgment motion in a juvenile case when such a motion is required by the…