Legal Opinion
W.C.R. v. D.A.L.
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 9, 2007No. 2050782PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Judge.
D.A.L. and D.L. are the adoptive parents of W.T.R. (“the child”), who they adopted in March 2001. The child’s biological father, W.C.R., had continued to maintain a relationship with the child since the adoption, visiting the child regularly until early 2006, when the adoptive parents refused him visitation because he had instituted this action seeking to have the child declared dependent and seeking an award of custody or visitation with the child.
The biological father’s petition alleged, among other things, that the child was not being adequately supervised by the adoptive…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of FloridaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- Lee v. City of GadsdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Rector v. Better Houses, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2001
- McKenzie v. KillianSupreme Court of Alabama · 2004
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