Case Title: Ex Parte Matthews

Citation: 659 So. 2d 622

Docket Number: 1940413

State: alabama

Court: Alabama Supreme Court

Date: 1995-03-24T00:00:00Z

Document:
659 So. 2d 622 (1995)
Ex parte Michael S. MATTHEWS, Maxine Matthews, and Julius Matthews.
In re Rosalind S. MATTHEWS
v.
Michael S. MATTHEWS, Maxine Matthews, and Julius Matthews.
1940413.

Supreme Court of Alabama.
March 24, 1995.
Marylee Abele, Birmingham, for petitioners.
William R. North of Dawson & Gear, Birmingham, for respondent.
*623 COOK, Justice.
WRIT DENIED.
HORNSBY, C.J., and SHORES, HOUSTON, INGRAM and BUTTS, JJ., concur.
MADDOX, J., concurs in the result.
KENNEDY, J., dissents.
MADDOX, Justice (concurring in the result).
I concur in the result, but only because the law does provide as follows:
Ex parte Terry, 494 So. 2d 628, 632 (Ala.1986) (quoting Ex parte Mathews, 428 So. 2d 58, 59 (Ala.1983)).
The record does not show that the trial court made this finding, which the law requires; therefore, I agree that the Court of Civil Appeals properly reversed the judgment and remanded the case. On remand, however, the trial court can still make a finding, if it is supported by the evidence, that will support its original award of custody.