Case Title: Ex parte M.G.D.

Citation: 

Docket Number: 1150417

State: alabama

Court: Alabama Supreme Court

Date: 2016-03-25T00:00:00Z

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rel: 03/25/2016
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SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA
OCTOBER TERM, 2015-2016
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Ex parte M.G.D.
PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS
(In re: M.G.D.
v.
C.B. and J.L.B.)
(Shelby Juvenile Court, JU-13-729.01, JU-13-730.01, and
JU-13-731.01;
Court of Civil Appeals, 2140286)
BRYAN, Justice.
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WRIT DENIED. NO OPINION.
Moore, C.J., and Stuart, Bolin, Parker, Shaw, Main, and
Wise, JJ., concur,
Murdock, J., dissents.
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MURDOCK, Justice (dissenting).
M.G.D., the mother, apparently did not preserve for
appeal in this case the issue of the constitutionality of
§ 30-3-4.1, Ala. Code 1975, the grandparent-visitation
statute.  Nonetheless, I dissent from this Court's order
denying certiorari review because, once the juvenile court
determined that the child was not dependent, that court lacked
jurisdiction to enter any order relating to custody or
visitation, a fact well explained by Presiding Judge Thompson
in his dissent from the Court of Civil Appeals' opinion in
this case.  See M.G.D. v. C.B., [Ms. 2140286, January 8, 2016]
___ So. 3d ___, ___ (Ala. Civ. App. 2016) (Thompson, P.J.,
dissenting).
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