Ex Parte M.p. Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals (in Re: W.c.m. v. M.p.) (baldwin…

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama held that the father raised his best-interests challenge for the first time in his reply brief, so the Court of Civil Appeals erred by reversing the termination judgment on that basis. The Supreme Court reversed and remanded for the Court of Civil Appeals to address the abandonment and viable-alternatives arguments preserved in the father's opening brief.