Ef v. Hpk

825 So.2d 125 (2001)

E.F.

v.

H.P.K.

2000857.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

December 28, 2001.

MaryLee Abele, Birmingham, for appellant.

Jack Shores, Bessemer, for appellee.

Dale W. Snodgrass, Hoover, guardian ad litem, for appellee.

THOMPSON, Judge.

H.P.K. ("the father") and E.F. ("the mother") have a daughter, Z.F. ("the child"); the parties have never married. This case concerns the father's visitation with the child.

On April 13, 1999, the Department of Human Resources ("DHR") began investigating allegations that the father had sexually abused the child. On August 18, 1999, the father filed a…