Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama January 12, 2007, 2050092 and 2050093 (L.R.M. v. D.M.)

MURDOCK, Judge.

These appeals, which are more correctly classified as an appeal and a cross-appeal, see discussion infra, involve a custody dispute between D.M., who is the mother of A.M., and L.R.M. and J.M., who are A.M.’s paternal great-grandparents. In the underlying proceedings before the Cherokee Juvenile Court, the mother, the paternal great-grandparents, and AM.