Legal Opinion
R.W. v. D.S.
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 21, 2011No. 2100536PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Judge.
R.W. (“the father”) appeals from a judgment of the Henry Juvenile Court (“the juvenile court”) denying his petition to gain custody of his natural daughter, Z.C. (“the child”).
The record indicates that the juvenile court adjudicated the child to be dependent in 2007 shortly after her birth and awarded legal and physical custody of the child to D.S., a maternal relative. The father was not made a party to the 2007 dependency proceeding because the mother had not identified him as being the child’s father at that time. In February 2009, in a child-support action initiated by the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- M.R.J. v. D.R.B.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2009
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