Megan Marie Russell. v. Keone Kaukawele Fuqua

Summary

The Alabama Supreme Court held that the Mobile Probate Court lacked subject‑matter jurisdiction to change the name of a minor child, vacating the probate court’s order and dismissing the appeal. The Court reasoned that the statutory grant of jurisdiction applies only to name‑change actions filed by the person whose name is to be changed, not by a parent on behalf of a child, and that the probate court’s judgment was therefore void.