Ex parte Gentry’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc. · National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · Samuel Moore & Co. v. Multiflex, Inc. · United States v. Criden · Brown Williamson Tobacco Corporation v. Federal Trade Commission
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“"The father and his wife, Whitney Gentry, who died in February 2014, were the parents of three children. In August 2016, the maternal grandmother and the maternal stepgrandfather filed a complaint in the trial court seeking an award of visitation with the children pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 30-3-4.2, which became effective on August 1, 2016. See Act No. 2016-362, § 5, Ala. Acts 2016. That same day, [Eddie Raymond Gentry ('the paternal grandfather') and Robin Lynne Gentry ('the paternal stepgrandmother') ] filed a similar complaint. 1 The trial court consolidated the actions and appointed a guardian ad litem for the children. "In September 2016, the father moved to dismiss the actions. One of the arguments the father asserted in his motion, as amended, was that the maternal stepgrandfather and the paternal stepgrandmother should be dismissed as parties to their respective actions because, he contended, neither is a 'grandparent' as that term is defined in § 30-3-4.2(a)(1) ; therefore, the father argued, they lacked 'standing' to bring the actions under § 30-3-4.2(b). The trial court denied the father's motion by order entered on October 3, 2016."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In September 2016, the father moved to dismiss the actions. One of the arguments the father asserted in his motion, as amended, was that the maternal stepgrandfather and the paternal stepgrandmother should be dismissed as parties to their respective actions because, he contended, neither is a 'grandparent' as that term is defined in § 30-3-4.2(a)(1) ; therefore, the father argued, they lacked 'standing' to bring the actions under § 30-3-4.2(b). The trial court denied the father's motion by order entered on October 3, 2016.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'better addressed through private-law concepts'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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