Legal Opinion

C.M.Ca. v. J.L.Cr.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 18, 2017No. 2160212Published

1Opinion of the Court

MOORE, Judge.

C.M.Ca. ("the mother"), who is a minor, by and through her legal guardians and parents, L.Ca. and C.Ca., appeals from a judgment entered by the Shelby Circuit Court ("the trial court") to the extent it changed the surname of her child, H.Ca. ("the child"), to the surname of J.L.Cr., the child's father ("the father"). We reverse the trial court's judgment.

Procedural History

On January 19, 2016, the father, who is also a minor, filed, by and through his legal guardians and parents, M.Cr. and B.Cr., a petition requesting that the trial court award him custodial and visitation rights…

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte Huguley Water SystemSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  2. J.M.V. v. J.K.H.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2014
  3. Emma v. EvansNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2012
  4. In re KobraAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2014

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