Legal Question in Family Law in Alabama

Re: custody

If his father is trying to take permanent custody of the children, then your son will need to get a lawyer involved as soon as possible. Your son has a prima facie right of custody to his children, and his parents will have to present strong evidence against him to keep his children. Unfortunately, these kinds of cases are usually very bitter and divisive, and your son needs to get ready for a nasty court battle.

You are doing the right thing by looking for an attorney for your son now, before he gets back from Iraq. I would suggest that you retain an attorney for him as soon as possible, so that the attorney can begin building a case for your son to get his children back as soon as he gets home. The attorney may also want to use a private investigator to secure additional information to use on your son's behalf, and you should be assembling a list of witnesses who can testify on your son's behalf.

If you would like to discuss your son's case with our office, please feel free to give me a call or send me an email. Good luck to you.