EX PARTE SULLIVAN

80-409.

407 So.2d 559 (1981)

(Ex Parte Pamela Sue Hanlon SULLIVAN. In re Pamela Sue HANLON (Sullivan) v. William Joe MOONEY and Jean Mooney).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing September 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Eugene Rutledge and Kay S. Kelly of Rutledge & Yearout, Birmingham, for petitioner.

Conrad M. Fowler, Jr., of Wallace, Ellis, Head & Fowler, Columbiana, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

We granted the petition for certiorari in this case because it is a case of first impression in several particulars. It is an adoption case. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment of the probate court. We reverse and remand with directions.

The facts are not materially disputed. They do portray a picture of human tragedy and call for the Court to perform one of its most difficult and delicate functions.

In March of 1978, Pamela...

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