Opinion
No. 1961908.
July 31, 1998.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals (Geneva Circuit Court, DR-86-200.04; Court of Civil Appeals, 2951429); Charles L. Woods, Judge.
J. Coleman Campbell and Lois Brasfield, asst. attys. gen., Department of Human Resources for petitioner.
No brief filed for respondent.
Prior report: Ala.Civ.App., 721 So.2d 697.
In Ex parte Jenkins, [Ms. 1961520, July 17, 1998], ___ So.2d ___ (Ala. 1998), this Court held that § 26-17A-1, Ala. Code 1975, does not apply to judgments of paternity that became final before April 26, 1994. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals and render a judgment for the State.
REVERSED AND JUDGMENT RENDERED.
HOOPER, C.J., and ALMON, SHORES, HOUSTON, KENNEDY, and LYONS, J J., concur.
MADDOX and COOK, JJ., dissent.
For the reasons I explained in my writing in Ex parte Jenkins, [Ms. 1961520, July 17, 1998], ___ So.2d ___ (Ala. 1998), and my dissent in Ex parte Conway, 720 So.2d 889 (Ala. 1998), I respectfully dissent from the determination that § 26-17A-1, Ala. Code 1975, does not apply to judgments of paternity that were entered before April 26, 1994.
I dissent from the determination that § 26-17A-1, Ala. Code 1975, does not apply to judgments of paternity that became final before April 26, 1994. See my writing in Ex parte Jenkins, [Ms. 1961520, July 17, 1998], ___ So.2d ___ (Ala. 1998).