T.B. v. A.J.

On August 11, 2000, A.J. (“the grandmother”), who is the maternal grandmother of J.A.B. (“the child”), filed in the Laud-erdale County Juvenile Court a petition for visitation rights, pursuant to § 30-3-4.1, Ala.Code 1975. The child’s father, T.B. (“the father”), filed a motion to dismiss the grandmother’s petition. He later answered the petition, alleging that § 30-3-4.1 was unconstitutional.

Following an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court entered an order on November 16, 2000, in which it found, among other things, “that it is in the best interest of [the child] that the grandmother’s…