Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama February 8, 2002, 2000946 and 2000950 (D.C. v. J.C.)

PITTMAN, Judge.

D.C. (the “father”) and S.S.C. (the “mother”) are the parents of H.C. (the “child”) who was born in April 1995. When the child was 12 days old, the father dropped her. The child’s skull was fractured, which caused her to suffer from *18permanent-partial paralysis and some brain damage resulting in learning disabilities and seizures.