Russell v. Russell

COBB, Chief Justice.

This Court granted David Wade Russell’s petition for a writ of certiorari to determine whether the Court of Civil Appeals properly reversed the judgment of the trial court awarding Russell primary custody of the parties’ minor child. See Russell v. Russell, 19 So.3d 879 (Ala.Civ.App.2008).

The Court of Civil Appeals included in its opinion a detailed discussion of the facts of this case, which may be summarized as follows: David Wade Russell (“the father”) and Angela Webster Russell (“the mother”) were divorced in 1999. The divorce judgment awarded the parties joint legal…