H.J.B. v. P.W.
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
THIGPEN, Judge.
This is a child custody case.
The record reveals that the parties divorced in 1988 and that the mother was awarded custody of the parties’ minor daughter. In 1991, when the mother’s then-current husband was accused of molesting the daughter, the daughter was placed in temporary foster care. Ultimately, the father was awarded custody of the daughter by the Juvenile Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia, to be effective December 1991. That order specifically addressed the issue of the father’s admitted homosexuality and found that it did not disqualify him from being the custodial…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Flowers v. FlowersCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- Porter v. PorterCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1983
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