Legal Opinion

Wells v. Tankersley

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 11, 2017No. 2160224Published

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

Melissa Tankersley Wells ("the mother") and Wesley Tankersley ("the father") were divorced by a November 2013 judgment of the Cullman Circuit Court ("the trial court"). The divorce judgment, among other things, awarded the mother sole physical custody of the minor child born of the parties' marriage, subject to the father's rights of visitation. That divorce judgment was based upon an agreement reached by the parties.

Sometime later, the parties reached another agreement, which formed the basis for a January 2015 modification judgment that increased the amount of time…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Ex Parte McLendonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  2. Ex Parte PerkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1994
  3. Ex Parte FannSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
  4. Ex Parte PatronasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
  5. Williams v. WilliamsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981

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