Legal Opinion
K.S. v. H.S.
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 6, 2009No. 2071034PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
K.S. (“the mother”) appeals from the judgment of the Autauga Juvenile Court awarding custody of A.W.R. (“the child”) to the child’s paternal grandparents, H.S. and G.S. For the reasons discussed below, we conclude that the juvenile court did not have subject-matter jurisdiction over this action; thus, the order from which the mother appeals is void, and we must dismiss the appeal. See Clark v. Clark, 682 So.2d 1051, 1052 (Ala.Civ.App.1996).
The instant action was initiated on December 6, 2004, when the child’s paternal grandmother, H.S. (“the grandmother”), filed an emergency petition in the…
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