Ex Parte J.r. and A.r. Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals (in Re: J.b. v. Morgan County…

Summary

The Alabama Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari, quashing the writ and declining to review the Court of Civil Appeals' reversal of the juvenile court's dependency finding. The Court held that the appellate court correctly applied the ore tenus deference standard and that the juvenile court lacked clear and convincing evidence to find the father unfit. The opinion includes extensive discussion of parental‑rights jurisprudence, but those discussions do not affect the disposition.