Legal Opinion

D.W. v. M.M.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided September 21, 2018No. 2170223; 2170225; 2170226PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MOORE, Judge.

D.W., the maternal great-aunt of W.T.D. ("the child"), appeals from a judgment entered by the Montgomery Juvenile Court ("the juvenile court") in several related actions concerning the child to the extent that it awarded custody of the child to M.M., the child's biological father. We reverse the juvenile court's judgment and remand the cases for the juvenile court to enter a new custody award.

Procedural History

On August 13, 2015, D.W. ("the maternal great-aunt") filed a dependency petition seeking custody of the child, whose date of birth is April 25, 2009; that petition was…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Ex Parte TerrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
  2. T.V. v. B.S.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2007
  3. Ex Parte WaltersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
  4. Ex Parte P.G.B.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  5. J.P. v. S.S.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2008

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3Cited by1 opinion

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