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EX PARTE JOHNSON

No. 84-167.

474 So.2d 715 (1985)

Ex parte: Mary JOHNSON. (re In the Matter of Michele Kathleen ABNEY James W. ABNEY v. Mary JOHNSON).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 10, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Kincaid, Bessemer, for petitioner.

Tim W. Bice, Bessemer, for respondent.

ADAMS, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether the Court of Civil Appeals erred in concluding that a juvenile court cannot entertain a petition by a parent to have a child declared dependent, and following such declaration, terminate the other parent's parental rights, where the petitioning parent has legal custody of the child by virtue of a divorce decree. We hold that the Court of Civil Appeals, 474 So.2d 712

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