C.M.L. v. B.E.L.

I agree that the juvenile court erred by not setting aside the May 30, 2013, judgment terminating the parental rights of C.M.L. (“the mother”). Although “[i]t is the prevailing rule in Alabama ‘that a litigant ... has responsibility for keeping track of his case and knowing its status,’ ” Burleson v. Burleson, 19 So.3d 233, 239 (Ala.Civ.App.2009)(quoting D. & J. Mineral & Mining, Inc. v. Wilson, 456 So.2d 1099, 1100 (Ala.Civ.App.1984)), it is also true that “[o]ur caselaw recognizes that the failure of a party to advise the clerk of a proper service address may ‘fall into the category of…