Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Thompson

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 11, 1983No. Civ. 3546PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is a divorce case.

After the conflicting evidence of eight witnesses was heard by the trial court, the final judgment divorced the parties on account of the wife's adultery and granted custody of the two-year-old child of the parties to the father. Two separate motions for a new trial were filed on behalf of the mother on the same date by different attorneys. One motion was never ruled upon; however, only one of the matters mentioned therein, child custody, is made an issue upon this appeal, and such issue was the sole ground of the other motion for a new trial, which motion was denied by…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte DevineSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  2. Taylor v. TaylorCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  3. Hall v. HallCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  4. Steel v. SteelCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Cokely v. CokelyCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  2. Jennings v. JenningsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  3. Cochran v. CochranSupreme Court of Alabama · 2008
  4. Cochran v. CochranSupreme Court of Alabama · 2008
  5. Sledge v. SledgeCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986

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