STATE, DEPT. OF PENSIONS & SECURITY v. HORNBUCKLE

Civ. 807.

336 So.2d 1372 (1976)

STATE of Alabama DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS AND SECURITY v. Berta Mae HORNBUCKLE. In the Matter of Shaniece Dawn Lynn HORNBUCKLE.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

September 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Mary Lee Stapp and Jamie L. Pettigrew, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Johnston & Johnston and J. Allen Brinkley, Huntsville, for appellee.


WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of custody of a child. We reverse.

Shaniece Dawn Lynn Hornbuckle was born November 11, 1974. The mother is a 33-year-old dope addict. Shaniece is the fifth child to which the mother has given birth. The father has the custody of the first two. The next two were placed for adoption by the State.

Though the mother was married at the time of conception of this child, the identity of the father...

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