C.M.A. v. Cullman County Department of Human Resources
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REL: 07/10/2015 Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 ((334) 229-0649), of any typographical or other errors, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is printed in Southern Reporter. ALABAMA COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS SPECIAL TERM, 2015 _____________________________ 2140538, 2140539, and 2140540 _____________________________ C.M.A. v. Cullman County Department of Human Resources Appeals from Cullman Juvenile Court (JU-06-124.05, JU-13-539.03, and JU-13-540.03) THOMAS, Judge. C.M.A. ("the mother") timely appeals from three judgments of the Cullman Juvenile Court awarding custody of K.B. (appeal no. 2140538), H.B. (appeal no. 2140539), and E.A. (appeal no. 2140538, 2140539, and 2140540 2140540) to third parties. On April 7, 2015, this court consolidated the appeals ex mero motu. The mother correctly argues that the juvenile court violated her due-process rights by entering judgments transferring custody of K.B., H.B., and E.A. without receiving any evidence at a scheduled hearing. See N.J.D. v. Madison Cnty. Dep't of Human Res., 110 So. 3d 387, 390-91 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012)(explaining that a parent is entitled to due process in proceedings involving custody of a child); see also A.D.J.D. v. Cullman Cnty. Dep't of Human Res., [Ms. 2140287, May 8, 2015] ___ So. 3d ___, ___ (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). In a letter brief to this court, the Cullman County Department of Human Resources concedes that the juvenile court did not receive any evidence at the hearing; therefore, it further concedes, the judgments were entered in a manner inconsistent with the mother's due-process rights. See L.W. v. Cullman Cnty. Dep't of Human Res., [Ms. 2140288, May 8, 2015] ___ So. 3d ___, ___ (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). Because it is undisputed that the juvenile court entered its judgments in a manner inconsistent with due process, we reverse the judgments and 2 2140538, 2140539, and 2140540 remand the causes to the juvenile court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. 2140538 -- REVERSED AND REMANDED. 2140539 -- REVERSED AND REMANDED. 2140540 -- REVERSED AND REMANDED. Thompson, P.J., and Pittman, Moore, and Donaldson, JJ., concur. 3
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