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868 So. 2d 445

T.T.W. v. V.A.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided June 13, 2003

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · decided 2003-06-13

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently March 2018

2 state decisions

Relies on 455 So. 2d 863 - Ex Parte McLendon

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Decided 2003-06-13

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MURDOCK, Judge,

¶1concurring in the result.

¶2The main opinion correctly states that this case involves no prior custody judgment. I write separately merely to note my understanding that, in Ex parte McLendon, 455 So.2d 863 (Ala.1984), our Supreme Court articulated a presumption that is applicable when there has been a prior judgment awarding physical custody to one parent (or a nonparent), or a voluntary relinquishment or forfeiture of the physical custody of a child, and the same has been acted upon to the manifest interest and welfare of the child. 455 So.2d at 865-66. Having said that, I concur in the result reached by the main opinion.

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