M.G.D. v. C.B.’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 554 So. 2d 376 - Greene v. Thompson · 849 So. 2d 914 - Moore v. Prudential Residential Services · 623 So. 2d 1082 - Kitchens v. Maye · Chism v. Jefferson County · 645 So. 2d 297 - Ex Parte KSG
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“"[Section] 12-15-115(a)(10), Ala. Code 1975, gives juvenile courts jurisdiction over '[p]roceedings to establish grandparent visitation when filed as part of a juvenile court case involving the same child.' In D.E.C.C. v. K.N.R. , 51 So.3d 1068 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010), this court acknowledged that 'a juvenile court considering an allegation of dependency [has] jurisdiction over a claim seeking grandparent visitation when that claim [is] asserted as part of a dependency action.' 51 So.3d at 1070 (citing K.R.D. v. E.D. , 622 So.2d 398 (Ala. Civ. App. 1993) ). '[T]his court has held that the juvenile court has jurisdiction to award grandparent visitation where the child was before the juvenile court on the grandparents' dependency/custody petition and the grandparents had sought visitation in the event that the juvenile court did not find the child dependent .' J.D.R. v. M.M.E. , 898 So.2d 783 , 785 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004) (citing K.R.D. v. E.D. , supra ) (emphasis added). Thus, our statutes and caselaw allow a juvenile court to award grandparent visitation even if the juvenile court finds that a child is not dependent, and the determination that a child is not dependent and the dismissal of a dependency petition does not affect a claim requesting grandparent visitation. '[A]bsent a specific claim for grandparent visitation,' however, a juvenile court does not have jurisdiction to consider such visitation, even in an action alleging dependency. 51 So.3d at 1071 . "There is no disput”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'upon information and belief, [C.B. and J.L.B.] are seeking only to have court ordered visitation with the minor children.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“) appeals from a judgment of the Lowndes Juvenile Court (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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