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   State Courts - Alabama - July 12, 2002
  
Ex parte Windom, 1010757, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, July 12, 2002, Released
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Overview: Court located in county where a newspaper published an article that repeated allegedly defamatory statements made in another county was not proper venue under state statute to try a defamation action filed against person who made the statements.

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L.M. v. D.D.F., 2010595, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, July 12, 2002, Released
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Overview: Termination of father's parental rights in two children for abandonment was reversed; trial court's judgment was not supported by clear and convincing evidence. The father's attempts to visit were frustrated by the mother's noncommunication.

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Liberty Nat'l Life Ins. Co. v. Daugherty, 1010751, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, July 12, 2002, Released
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Overview: Accusations that insurance agent had sold insurance policies he knew were no good and that he was "pocketing" the money from the sale of those policies implied that the agent had committed theft and constituted slander per se.

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McGhee v. McGhee, 2001208, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, July 12, 2002, Released
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Overview: The trial court erred in granting a father's modification petition which granted the father physical custody of children; the fact the mother often left the children in the care of relatives was not sufficient to support a modification.

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Moore v. GAB Robins N. Am., Inc., 1010298, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, July 12, 2002, Released
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Overview: Trial court abused its discretion by ruling on defendants' motions for summary judgment after it informed parties it would not rule on motions before state supreme court ruled on plaintiff's petition for mandamus to compel discovery.

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Mostella v. N & N Motors, 1010121, SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA, July 12, 2002, Released
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Overview: As the buyer's purchase of a car did not substantially affect interstate commerce, the trial court erred in dismissing her complaint for arbitration, as the arbitration provision did not apply to the car.

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Robinson v. Robinson, 2001131, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, July 12, 2002, Released
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Overview: There was no abuse of discretion in the trial court's division of the marital property, allocation of the marital debt, award of alimony to the wife, and award of attorney fees to the wife.

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Schwadron v. Schwadron, 2010050, COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA, July 12, 2002, Released
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Overview: Where parties were married less than 10 years as of the date the husband filed for divorce, wife was not entitled to any of husband's retirement account in the division of marital property. Account could have been considered in the alimony award.

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