Case Title: Ex parte D.C. PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS (In re: D.C. v. Mobile County Department of Human Resources) (Mobile Juvenile Court: JU-08-64.01; Civil Appeals : 2111242). Writ Denied. No Opinion.

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Docket Number: 1121166

State: alabama

Court: Alabama Supreme Court

Date: 2013-08-23T00:00:00Z

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SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA 
SPECIAL TERM, 
2013 
1121166 
Ex parte D.C. 
PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI 
TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS 
(In re: 
D.C. 
v. 
Mobile County Department 
of 
Human Resources) 
(Mobile Juvenile Court, JU-08-64.01; 
Court of C i v i l Appeals, 2111242) 
WISE, J u s t i c e . 
WRIT DENIED. NO OPINION. 
S t u a r t , B o l i n , P a r k e r , Murdock, Shaw, Main, and B r y a n , 
J J . , 
concur. 
Moore, C . J . , d i s s e n t s . 
1121166 
MOORE, C h i e f J u s t i c e 
( d i s s e n t i n g ) . 
I r e s p e c t f u l l y d i s s e n t t o the d e n i a l o f the p e t i t i o n f o r 
c e r t i o r a r i r e v i e w 
f i l e d by D.C. 
("the 
f a t h e r " ) because t h e r e 
appear t o be " s p e c i a l and 
i m p o r t a n t 
r e a s o n s " under R u l e 
39, 
A l a . R. App. 
P., 
f o r r e v i e w i n g the 
f u l l 
r e c o r d i n s e n s i t i v e 
cases such as t h i s one 
i n v o l v i n g the S t a t e ' s t e r m i n a t i o n 
o f 
p a r e n t s ' r i g h t s t o t h e i r c h i l d r e n . 
In t h i s case, the f a t h e r ' s c e r t i o r a r i p e t i t i o n a l l e g e s 
t h a t 
he 
s h a r e d 
a good 
r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h 
h i s 
c h i l d 
and 
i n t e r a c t e d 
l o v i n g l y 
w i t h 
the 
c h i l d 
d u r i n g 
s u p e r v i s e d 
v i s i t a t i o n . The 
p e t i t i o n a l s o concedes t h a t the f a t h e r had 
a 
p r o b l e m w i t h drugs and 
had been i n c a r c e r a t e d , a l t h o u g h , 
he 
c l a i m s , 
he 
was 
never 
c h a r g e d 
w i t h 
any 
c r i m e s . 
H i s 
i n c a r c e r a t i o n a l l e g e d l y p r e v e n t e d 
him f r o m v i s i t i n g w i t h h i s 
c h i l d 
on 
a few 
o c c a s i o n s 
and 
f r o m 
a t t e n d i n g 
the 
h e a r i n g 
r e g a r d i n g the t e r m i n a t i o n o f h i s p a r e n t a l r i g h t s . Based on the 
f a t h e r ' s arguments, I b e l i e v e we s h o u l d g r a n t the p e t i t i o n t o 
r e v i e w the r e c o r d r e g a r d i n g the f a t h e r ' s a l l e g e d abandonment 
o f 
the 
c h i l d 
as 
w e l l 
as 
h i s 
a l l e g e d 
d r u g 
p r o b l e m 
and 
i n c a r c e r a t i o n h i s t o r y . The 
f a c t s p r e s e n t e d 
i n t h i s 
p e t i t i o n 
m e r i t , a t the v e r y l e a s t , a c l o s e r l o o k a t the 
r e c o r d . 
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