State ex rel. Spizzirri v. Speakman

KENNEDY, Justice.

The Morgan Circuit Court reopened a paternity adjudication, under § 26-17A-1, Ala. Code 1975. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed. State ex rel. Spizzirri v. Speakman, 730 So.2d 187 (Ala.Civ.App.1997).

The paternity judgment became final before the effective date of § 26-17A-1. In Ex parte Jenkins, 723 So.2d 649 (Ala.1998), we held that a paternity judgment that had become final before the effective date of § 26-17A-1 was subject to being reopened only under Rule 60(b)(6), Ala. R. Civ. P. Therefore, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals and remand this case.

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