T.S. v. J.P.

2940169.

674 So.2d 535 (1995)

T.S. v. J.P. and C.P.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1995.

Certiorari Quashed March 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary S. Smallwood, Legal Services Corporation, Anniston, for appellant.

Christopher M. Hopkins of Campbell & Hopkins, Anniston, for appellees.

William Prendergast and Coleman Campbell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Department of Human Resources, for amicus curiae State of Alabama.


Alabama Supreme Court 1941552.

THIGPEN, Judge.

In April 1993, J.P. and C.P. (petitioners) filed a petition in the Probate Court of Calhoun County, seeking to adopt J.S., an unrelated minor child. The petitioners alleged that J.S. had been in their custody since November 1991, when the biological mother, who is a friend of the petitioners' daughter, placed J.S. with them while she devoted her efforts to taking better care of herself. They further alleged that...

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