Supreme Court of Alabama, 1998

D.R.R. v. State ex rel. R.G.

Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided July 31, 1998 · See, Hooper, Almon, Shores, Houston, Kennedy, Lyons, Maddox, Cook

721 So. 2d 699; 1998 Ala. LEXIS 202; 1998 WL 433754 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

SEE, Justice.

In Ex parte Jenkins, [Ms. 1961520, July 17, 1998], - So.2d - (Ala. 1998), this Court held that § 26-17A-1, Ala.Code 1975, does not apply to judgments of paternity that became final before April 26, 1994. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals and render a judgment for the State.

REVERSED AND JUDGMENT RENDERED.

HOOPER, C.J., and ALMON, SHORES, HOUSTON, KENNEDY, and LYONS, JJ., concur. MADDOX and COOK, JJ., dissent.

Dissenting Opinion

COOK, Justice

(dissenting).

I dissent from the determination that § 26-17A-1, Ala.Code 1975, does not apply to judgments of paternity that became final before April 26, 1994. See my writing in Ex parte Jenkins, [Ms. 1961520, July 17, 1998], — So.2d -(Ala. 1998).

Dissenting Opinion

MADDOX, Justice

(dissenting).

For the reasons I explained in my writing in Ex parte Jenkins, [Ms. 1961520, July 17, 1998], — So.2d - (Ala. 1998), and my dissent in Ex parte Conway, 720 So.2d 889 (Ala. 1998), I respectfully dissent from the determination that § 26-17A-1, Ala. Code 1975, does not apply to judgments of paternity that were entered before April 26, 1994.

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