A.J. v. E.W.

DONALDSON, Judge.

If a movant requests a hearing on a postjudgment motion filed pursuant to Rule 59, Ala. R. Civ. P., a denial of the motion without an opportunity for the movant to be heard will be reversed if there is probable merit to a ground contained in the motion. See, e.g., Flagstar Enters., Inc. v. Foster, 779 So.2d 1220, 1221 (Ala.2000). In this case, A.J. (“the father”) appeals from a judgment entered by the Clarke Juvenile Court (“the juvenile court”) finding A.J., Jr. (“the child”), dependent, placing temporary custody of the child with E.W. (“the grandmother”), and providing that…