Legal Opinion · Concurrence

A.H. v. B.C.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided November 15, 2013No. 2120877Published

1ConcurrenceThomas, Judge

I agree with the majority of this court regarding the issue of the jurisdiction of juvenile courts over termination-of-parental-rights actions pursuant to § 12-15-114, Ala.Code 1975. I write to express that I have been, and I remain, nearly persuaded by the sound logic of Judge Pittman’s dissents in W.B.B. v. H.M.S., 141 So.3d 1062 (Ala.Civ.App.2013), and CO. v. L.J., 176 So.3d 183 (Ala.Civ.App.2018), in which Presiding Judge Thompson concurred. Like my colleagues, I doubt that the legislature intended to deprive the juvenile courts of jurisdiction to- adjudicate a certain category of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ex Parte BeasleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  2. Evans v. WaddellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
  3. W.B.B. v. H.M.S.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2013
  4. S.N.W. v. M.D.F.H.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2013
  5. Cornelius v. BrowningSupreme Court of Alabama · 2011

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