Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama May 17, 2002, 2001065, 2001064, and 2001069 (W.T.M. v. S.P.)

lead-opinion

CRAWLEY, Judge.

The appeals in this case represent the third appeal of a judgment awarding physical custody of A.M.A., a dependent child now five and one-half years old, to her foster mother, S.P. See W.T.M. v. Department of Human Res., 736 So.2d 1120 (Ala.Civ.App.1999) ("W.T.M.I"); W.T.M. v. S.P., 802 So.2d 1091 (Ala.Civ.App.2001) (“W.T.M.II”).