Legal Opinion

D.B.R. v. Mobile County Department of Human Resources

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 18, 1998No. 1970987PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOOPER, Chief Justice.

This is a child custody case. We have granted certiorari to consider the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals. See D.B.R. v. Mobile County Department of Human Resources, 757 So.2d 1190 (Ala.Civ.App.1998).

Facts

D.B.R. and his wife both lost custody of their daughter three days after she was born. Both parents had a history of mental illness. The Department of Human Resources placed the child in the maternal grandmother’s temporary custody. On April 31, 1996, the Department found the child to be dependent and placed her in the physical custody of the maternal grandmother,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Potter v. STATE, DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCESCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  2. D.B.R. v. Mobile County Department of Human ResourcesCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1998

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