Jl v. Lm

805 So.2d 729 (2001)

J.L.

v.

L.M.

2991338.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

June 22, 2001.

Tim W. Milam, Tuscumbia, for appellant.

William Hovater of Hovater & Risner, Tuscumbia, for appellee.

MURDOCK, Judge.

This appeal is from an order awarding custody of D.B.L. ("the child") to his paternal grandmother, L.M. ("the grandmother"), over the objections of the child's mother, J.L. ("the mother").

In November 1999, the grandmother filed in the Juvenile Court of Colbert County a petition seeking temporary and permanent custody of the child, alleging, among other things, that the child was dependent; that…