Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama September 7, 1983, Civs. 3743, 3756 (Erwin v. Luna)

On July 12, 1976 appellant, Boyce Garrett Erwin, and appellee Janet Luna, in a case not the subject of either appeal herein, were divorced by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama. Thereafter, the parties lived together without the benefit of formal marriage, separating at some time prior to the birth of their daughter.