Legal Opinion · Concurrence

J.M. v. D.V.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 24, 2003No. 2020614Published

1Concurrence

MURDOCK,

Judge, concurring in the result.

I write separately to note my understanding that the presumption recognized by our Supreme Court in Ex parte McLendon, 455 So.2d 863 (Ala.1984), is applicable when there has been a prior judgment awarding physical custody of a child to either a parent or a nonparent (or a voluntary relinquishment or forfeiture of the physical custody of a child), and the same has been “ ‘acted upon by such other person to the manifest interest and welfare of the child.’ ” 455 So.2d at 865-66 (quoting Greene v. Greene, 249 Ala. 155, 157, 30 So.2d 444, 445 (1947)); Kaiser…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte McLendonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  2. Greene v. GreeneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  3. R.K. v. R.J.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2002
  4. R.O.M. v. B.B.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2003

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