Alabama Board of Examiners in Psychology v. Hamilton

DONALDSON, Judge.

The Alabama Board of Examiners in Psychology (“the Board”) appeals a judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court (“the circuit court”) dated September 6, 2012, in which the circuit court reversed a decision of the Board to sanction Dr. C. Fletcher Hamilton, a licensed psychologist in Jefferson County, for entering into a sexual relationship with a patient in 1982, in violation of §§ 34-26-3 and 34-26^6, Ala.Code 1975. The circuit court “reversed and set aside” the Board’s decision, citing the rule of repose and the doctrine of laches as grounds, and remanded the action to the…