SWAIN v. STATE EX REL. ALA. DEPT. OF PENSIONS & SECURITY

Civ. 5352.

495 So.2d 1136 (1986)

Annie Bell SWAIN v. STATE of Alabama ex rel. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS AND SECURITY. (In re Sarah SWAIN).

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

September 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vivian M. Hernandez and James R. Kramer of Kramer & Hernandez, Birmingham, for appellant.

William Prendergast, Lois Brasfield, and John Coleman Campbell, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

A thirteen-year-old girl was adjudged to be dependent, and her temporary custody was granted to the Department of Pensions and Security (DPS). The child's mother timely appealed.

"After an ore tenus trial of a child custody case, the factual findings of the trial court are presumed to be correct and will not be disturbed on appeal unless the decision was so unsupported by the evidence as to be palpably wrong." Lee...

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