Sims v. Sims (Ex parte Sims)

Cherry Grace Sims ("the mother") and Sharon K. Doviet, the guardian ad litem appointed to represent the children of the mother and Douglas Lawrence Sims ("the father"), filed a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking relief from a November 14, 2017, order of the Madison Circuit Court ("the trial court"). This is the second time these petitioners have been before this court.

In Ex parte Sims, 246 So.3d 155, 156-57 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017), this court set forth the relevant history as follows:

"The mother was divorced in 2012 from [the father]. Two children were born of the parties' marriage, and,…