EX PARTE BROOKS

No. 85-1115.

513 So.2d 614 (1987)

Ex parte J. Wynell BROOKS, guardian ad litem for David Carlton Stephenson, a Minor. Re: In the Matter of David Carlton STEPHENSON, a minor.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 31, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Wynell Brooks, guardian ad litem, Birmingham, for petitioner.

J. Gary Pate of Najjar, Denaburg, Meyerson, Zarzaur, Max, Boyd & Schwartz, Birmingham, for respondent Sharon Reiss Stephenson.


ADAMS, Justice.

This is a case of first impression in Alabama and involves the termination of parental rights. The divorced parents of David Carlton Stephenson asked the trial court to terminate the parental rights of the child's father. The District Court of Jefferson County denied the parents' petition on the grounds that there was no evidence that David was harmed by the father and that David's future rights to support, parental affiliation, and inheritance would...

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