Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Douglass
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided August 10, 1983No. Civ. 3469PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is a child custody case.
In 1975 Victoria Douglass, the common-law wife of James H. Lewis, gave birth to a boy. The child was born in Butler County but soon thereafter mother, father, and child moved to Kansas. Two years later the mother abandoned her son and husband. Lewis and his son moved in 1979 from Kansas to Southport, Florida. In March 1981 Lewis's father retired and moved in with him. Prior to his father's retirement, Lewis would leave his son in Montgomery with the boy's maternal grandparents, Donald and Alice Douglass, from Monday to Thursday night. Thursday nights Lewis would…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ex Parte MathewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Smith v. SmithCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- Lightsey v. Kensington Mortgage and Finance Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Pendergrass v. WatkinsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Pons v. PhillipsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Ex Parte McLendonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
- Ex Parte TerrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
- Ex Parte JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Ex Parte MurphySupreme Court of Alabama · 1995
- Rayford v. RayfordCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1984
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