Douglas v. Harrelson

BRADLEY, Judge.

This is a child custody case.

Jeffery Alan Douglas was born September 1, 1978. The mother, Sandra Elaine Douglas, and the father were not married. On September 5, 1979 the child was adopted by his maternal grandparents, John Henry and Edith Douglas, under a final order of adoption rendered by the Probate Court of Covington County, Alabama.

In August 1981 Sandra Douglas married Randy Harrelson, the child’s father, and on November 9, 1982 the couple filed a petition for custody of their son, Jeffery.

After an ore tenus hearing on May 5, 1983, the trial court entered an order…