Ex Parte N.B. (In Re A.K. v. N.B.).

Summary

The Alabama Supreme Court held that the juvenile court lacked subject‑matter jurisdiction because A.K. was not a party, rendering its order void and requiring vacatur of both the juvenile court order and the Court of Civil Appeals judgment, and it quashed the writ of certiorari. The Court emphasized the necessity of an actual controversy between parties for a justiciable case. Justice LYONS concurred, agreeing on the jurisdictional defect and noting that the PKPA issue was therefore moot.