11th Judicial Circuit Lauderdale County, (Florence) Alabama
This website is about the 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, (Florence) Alabama modification of a Tennessee co-equal child custody and support judgment.
The 2006 Alabama judgment that restricts the child's time with one of the two fit parents has been reversed on appeal three times. There is no final judgment. Mike Suttle has retired, and Gilbert P. Self is now judge.
The Alabama judgment does not comport with Alabama laws, nor does it comport to the fundamental liberty interest rights that safeguards fit parents making a child's best interests determination presumed over that of third parties. The 2006 Alabama Judgment violates due process, equal protection and associational rights under the 1st, 5th, and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
The case is set for hearing on July 9, 2012 at 9 a.m.
Oral Arguments on Fit Parents Having Constitutional Rights in the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
On May 1, 2012 oral arguments in another case similar to this one was held regarding fundamental rights of fit parents.
Questions in the audio are from Justice's Terry A. Moore, Tommy Bryan and William C. Thompson.
Listen below to the Oral Argument.
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