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LEWIS v. STATE DEPT. OF PENSIONS AND SECURITY

Civ. 3465.

426 So.2d 862 (1983)

Angela LEWIS v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS AND SECURITY.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

February 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis C. Reding, Jr., Montgomery, for appellant.

Clyde P. McLendon, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Wayne P. Turner, Montgomery, for appellee.

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the award of the permanent custody of a dependent child to the Department of Pensions and Security of the State of Alabama (D.P.S.) with the grant of authority to that agency to place the child for adoption.

The mother appeals and complains of the insufficiency of the evidence.

It is presumed that parental custody is in the best interest of a child. However, that prima facie right is overcome...

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