Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Murphy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 11, 1995No. 1940703PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The trial court modified the joint custody provisions of a divorce judgment by which the mother had physical custody of a three-year-old male child; the modification awarded the physical custody of the child to the father. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed, holding that the modification was plainly and palpably wrong and ordering that physical custody be returned to the mother. Murphy v. Murphy, 670 So.2d 48 (Ala.Civ.App. 1994).
By certiorari petition, the father seeks a reinstatement of the trial judge's order awarding physical custody to him. We reverse the judgment of the Court of Civil…
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