The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals largely affirmed a trial court's decision granting a mother sole custody and a protection-from-abuse order against her former husband. Evidence showed the father utilized the alias "John Tyler" to deliver threatening emails demanding an explicit video and jeopardizing the mother's career. Although the protective order and requirement that the father pay for supervised visits were upheld, the appellate panel ruled that restricting him to six hours every other week was excessive. Consequently, the trial court must now draft a revised visitation schedule that appropriately balances parental access with family safety.
Key points
Parental misconduct targeting a former spouse can directly result in the permanent loss o…: Parental misconduct targeting a former spouse can directly result in the permanent loss of joint legal and physical custody.
Courts must set visitation schedules that do not exceed necessary limits when there is no…: Courts must set visitation schedules that do not exceed necessary limits when there is no direct evidence of child abuse.
The father remains legally obligated to pay for all supervised visitation sessions with h…: The father remains legally obligated to pay for all supervised visitation sessions with his three children going forward.
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A custody dispute can become more complicated when harassment between former spouses begins affecting their parenting arrangements and children's welfare. In Alabama, a father who was found to have sent threatening emails to his former wife using a fictitious identity challenged a court order that gave her sole custody of their three children. The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals has now upheld the custody decision and a protection order against him, but sent the case back to reconsider how much time he can spend with the children.
In a November 13, 2026
opinion, the appeals court affirmed the protection-from-abuse order and most of the lower court's custody judgment in G.W.G. v. V.M.G., available on Justia. However, it ruled that limiting the father's supervised visits to six hours every other week went further than necessary and required the trial court to establish a different visitation schedule.
Dispute escalated after divorce
According to the court's opinion, the former couple divorced in January 2023 and initially shared joint legal and physical custody of their three children. Their agreement also prohibited them from harassing…
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