DODD v. BURLESON

2040003.

932 So.2d 912 (2005)

Michael DODD v. William BURLESON and Jeanette Burleson.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

December 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver J. Latour, Jr., Foley, for appellant.

M. Lionel Leathers of Hollis Leathers & Leathers, P.C., Winfield, for appellees.


PITTMAN, Judge.

In this appeal, we address, for the first time, the effect of the 2003 amendments to Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-4.1, which governs actions to establish grandparental-visitation rights.

Legal Background

As the Alabama Supreme Court noted in Ex parte Bronstein, 434 So.2d 780, 782 (Ala.1983), at common law, a parent's obligation to allow visitation between his or her child and that child...

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