Legal Opinion

M.M. v. K.J.Z.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided September 29, 2017No. 2160520; 2160521PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Judge.

M.M. ("the father") and R.F. ("the paternal great-grandmother") seek review of the judgment dismissing their Rule 60(b), Ala. R. Civ. P., motions, which sought to have set aside the judgments entered by the Jefferson Probate Court ("the probate court") granting the petitions of K.J.Z. ("the adoptive father") and E.M.Z. ("the adoptive mother") to adopt M.R.M. and S.M. ("the children"), the children of the father and M.J.S. ("the mother"). We reverse the judgment of the probate court.

In February 2016, in case number CS-15-900438.01 ("the custody case"), the Jefferson Juvenile…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Adomeit v. BaltimoreOhio Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. Coulson v. CoulsonOhio Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Ex Parte Full Circle Distribution, L.L.C.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2003
  4. Clarke v. BurkleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  5. Wonder v. Southbound Records, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1978

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