Matter of Young

This is a child custody case. The pertinent facts are as follows: Peter Frank Key and Annette Beatrice Young began living together sometime prior to 1976, but were never married. On September 8, 1976, Frank Demarcus Young, the child whose custody is at issue, was born. Key's paternity of the child was acknowledged on May 5, 1977, when the Mobile County Juvenile Court rendered an order finding Key to be the father of the child and ordered him to pay $15 per week child support. Key complied with this order for about a year but then became delinquent in his payments. On February 1, 1980, Key…