HAMILTON v. STATE

Civ. 2548.

410 So.2d 64 (1982)

Elaine HAMILTON v. STATE of Alabama, Limestone County Department of Pensions and Security.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

February 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Clint Brown, Jr. and K. Elise Moss, for Legal Services of North, Central Alabama, Inc., Decatur, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen. and Mary Lee Stapp and Jamie L. Pettigrew, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is a case relating to termination of parental rights to children.

On January 2, 1980, the Department of Pensions and Security (DPS) filed a petition in the Juvenile Division of the Limestone County District Court seeking permanent custody of Mrs. Elaine Hamilton's five minor children. The district court granted the petition. Mrs. Hamilton appealed to the circuit court which heard the case de novo. After an ore tenus hearing...

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