Source: http://alabamaappellatewatch.com/?m=200904
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 16:22:51+00:00

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The Alabama Supreme Court partly granted a mandamus petition in this discovery dispute. It first held that the substantively unchallenged affidavit of the plaintiff’s lawyer, describing an unrecorded hearing in the trial court, provided sufficient evidence to defeat the mandamus petition. It then held that the trial court had exceeded its discretion by compelling wider discovery than the plaintiff had sought. Ex parte Guaranty Pest Control, Inc., No. 1080386 (Ala. Apr. 24, 2009).
A trial court’s order adjudicated the wife’s contempt petition but did not address her request for a change in the husband’s child-support obligation. The order therefore was not final and would not support an appeal. Cooper v. Cooper, No. 2080210 (Ala. Civ. App. Apr. 24, 2009).
Posted in child support, Final Judgment	| Tagged "child support"
The Court of Civil Appeals addressed two issues in probate appeals. Section 12-22-21(1) of the Alabama Code, the court first held, allows direct appeals from non-final judgments of both the probate and circuit courts. The circuit court’s non-final summary judgment therefore did not need to be certified under Rule 54(b). Moreover, once a probate case is removed to circuit court, exclusive jurisdiction remains in the circuit court for as long as the case is pending there. The appellant thus could not have appealed from a probate court order that was void for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Brown v. Brown, No. 2080018 (Ala. Civ. App. Apr. 24, 2009).
Posted in bench trial, custody, modification, non-jury, nonjury, Preservation of Error and Waiver	| Tagged custody modification nonjury non-jury "bench trial"
An appellate court may not issue an advisory opinion. A decision may constitute an advisory opinion when the party whose conduct is at issue is not before the court so that the court’s decision will have no effect. BWT v. Haynes, No. 2071235 (Ct. Civ. App. April 17, 2009). In BWT, the plaintiff sought a declaratory judgment concerning an attorney’s fee. Rule 1.5 of the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct governed the issue, and the Alabama State Bar, that has jurisdiction over conduct issues, was not a defendant in the declaratory judgment action. The Court of Civil Appeals dismissed the appeal from a judgment concerning the fee.
Proctor v. Classic Automotive, Inc.
Phillips v. Dickey et al.
Southland Bank v. A&A Drywall Supply Company, Inc.
B.W.T. v. Haynes & Haynes, P.C.
T.B. v. T.H. and S.H.
R. Scott Ricks v. Riddle Equipment, Inc.
In Bon Harbor, LLC v. United Bank, the Alabama Supreme Court dismissed two consolidated appeals due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction: one appeal was from a non-final judgment; the other was from a judgment that was void because it was entered while the first order was on appeal.

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