Ex Parte S.T.S.

LYONS, Justice.

S.T.S. (“the father”) appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals from a judgment in which the trial court awarded custody of N.S., his minor child, to C.T., the child’s maternal grandmother (“the grandmother”). The Court of Civil Appeals, on May 12, 2000, affirmed the judgment, without an opinion. S.T.S. v. C.T. (No. 2990389), 795 So.2d 853 (Ala.Civ.App.2000) (table). We granted the father’s petition for certio-rari review. We reverse and remand.

This is the second time the Court of Civil Appeals has considered this case. The father first appealed from an earlier judgment awarding…