Court Opinion

ID: 9938155
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 19:02:40.2005+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:46.270247
License: Public Domain

Although I agree that the trial court's custody judgment must be reversed and the cause remanded, I believe it is necessary to point out to the trial court that its determination whether the father met the standard imposed by Ex parte McLendon,455 So.2d 863 (Ala. 1984), is not confined to whether the father met that standard in 2001, as the trial court's January 2004 judgment indicated that the father did in 2001. Instead, based upon all the evidence presented throughout the pendency of this case, the trial court must determine whether the father met the Ex parteMcLendon standard in January 2004.