`A juvenile court has jurisdiction in proceedings involving a child who is alleged to be dependent, § 12-15-30(a), Ala. Code 1975, and in custody proceedings when the child is "otherwise before the court." § 12-15-30(b)(1), Ala. Code 1975.' K.S. v. H.S., 18 So.3d 417, 418 (Ala.Civ.App. 2009). "The paternal grandmother properly invoked the dependency jurisdiction of the juvenile court when she filed her petition in January 2008.
net of Tuscaloosa, Inc. v. Morton, 12 So.3d 1197, 1199 (Ala.2009).”K.S. v. H.S., 18 So.3d 417, 418 (Ala.Civ.App.2009).The father's February 21, 2013, petition for emergency custody alleged that the mother had abandoned the child, which is an allegation supporting a finding of dependency regarding the child.
See Ex parte K.L.P., 868 So.2d 454, 456 (Ala.Civ.App. 2003). "A juvenile court has jurisdiction in proceedings involving a child who is alleged to be dependent, § 12-15-30(a), Ala. Code 1975, and in custody proceedings when the child is `otherwise before the court.' § 12-15-30(b)(1), Ala. Code 1975."K.S. v. H.S., 18 So.3d 417, 418 (Ala.Civ.App. 2009). Effective January 1, 2009, Ala. Code 1975, § 12-15-30, was amended and renumbered as Ala. Code 1975, § 12-15-114.
"A juvenile court has jurisdiction in proceedings involving a child who is alleged to be dependent, § 12-15-30(a), Ala. Code 1975, and in custody proceedings when the child is `otherwise before the court.' § 12-15-30(b)(1), Ala. Code 1975." K.S. v. H.S., 18 So.3d 417, 418 (Ala.Civ. App. 2009). Although dependency petitions with "JU" case designations had been filed concerning K.M., the juvenile court did not modify custody of K.M. in the context of those proceedings; instead, it modified custody of K.M. in the context of a custody-modification proceeding in case no. CS-07-138. See, e.g., T.B., ___ So.3d at ___.