Ex parte V.S.T.

• Court: Supreme Court of Alabama
• Decided: August 29, 2014
• Docket: 1131077
• Status: Published

Opinion

REL: 08/29/2014

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SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA SPECIAL TERM, 2014

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1131077, 1131081, and 1131082 _________________________

Ex parte V.S.T.

PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS

(In re: V.S.T.

v.

R.W. and B.W.)

(Bessemer Probate Court, No. 50041554, No. 50041555, and No. 50041556; Court of Civil Appeals, 2130112, 2130113, and 2130114)

WISE, Justice. 1131077, 1131081, and 1131082

1131077 -- WRIT DENIED. NO OPINION.

1131081 -- WRIT DENIED. NO OPINION.

1131082 -- WRIT DENIED. NO OPINION.

Stuart, Bolin, Main, and Bryan, JJ., concur.

Moore, C.J., and Parker and Murdock, JJ., dissent.

2 1131077, 1131081, and 1131082

MURDOCK, Justice (dissenting).

The Court of Civil Appeals dismissed all of these appeals

as untimely. It appears that a final judgment was entered in

V.S.T.'s favor in a collateral action under § 26-10A-25(d),

Ala. Code 1975; that she then filed a timely postjudgment

motion pursuant to Rule 59, Ala. R. Civ. P.; and that she

timely appealed within 42 days of the denial of that motion.

Also, I find the petitions before us sufficiently compliant

with the requirements of Rule 39, Ala. R. App. P. I therefore

dissent from the Court's decision refusing to consider the

petitions.