This is the third time the parties have been before this court in relation to their postdivorce proceedings. In T.T. v. K.M.G., 186 So.3d 472 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015) (" T.T. I") , this court summarized the relevant procedural history of the litigation between the parties. In the previous appellate proceedings, the former husband was identified as "T.T."
However, "the filing of an independent action under Rule 60(b) does not excuse ‘compliance with procedural requirements such as the payment of a filing fee and service of process of an independent action.’ " T.T. v. K.M.G., 186 So.3d 472, 476 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015) (quoting Faulkner v. Hays, 160 So.3d 329, 334 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014) ). The payment of a filing fee is required to commence an action, and the failure to pay a filing fee is a jurisdictional defect.