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EX PARTE HANDLEY

83-317.

460 So.2d 167 (1984)

Ex parte Brenda HANDLEY, n/k/a Brenda Handley Richards. (Re Bobby L. HANDLEY and Marlene M. Handley v. Brenda HANDLEY n/k/a Brenda Handley Richards).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Meginniss of Hornsby, Blankenship, Robinson & Meginniss, Huntsville, for petitioner.

J. Zach Higgs, Jr. of Higgs & Conchin, Huntsville, for respondents.

MADDOX, Justice.

The issue before the Court on this appeal is whether a trial court has equitable authority to grant a natural mother attorney's fees for successfully defending an attempt by paternal grandparents to gain custody or visitation rights to minor children. This question is one of first impression in this state.

The facts and proceedings are not in dispute and are amply set forth in the Court of Civil Appeals' opinion, 460 So.2d...

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