P.L.H. v. E.C.

THIGPEN, Judge.

This child custody case has been before this court previously. See P.L.H. v. E.C. and R.T., 579 So.2d 656 (Ala.Civ.App.1991). *

The events preceding this custody dispute began in 1984, when the parents of the children were separated and the children were living with the mother. Both the mother and the father were living with other people. When the mother entered the hospital in May 1984, the mother’s boyfriend requested that the children’s paternal grandmother (grandmother) care for the children during the mother’s illness. During the mother’s hospitalization, the children’s…