T.L.L. v. T.F.L.

ROBERT P. BRADLEY, Retired Appellate Judge.

This is a child custody case.

The hearing in this case resulted from the consolidation of a circuit court domestic relations case and a juvenile court case. The procedural background of this case is intricate; thus our recitation of it will be limited to only the most pertinent events.

The mother and father were divorced in the Circuit Court of Chilton County, Alabama. The mother was awarded custody of the parties’ minor daughter, with visitation rights for the father. On July 7, 1988 the mother filed a petition alleging that the father had sexually…