Is there a way I can find out about a court case involving me, when I was a baby?

[CarriB.]

Apologizing in advance, since I have no idea how the system works, so this may be a dumb question..


I was curious to know if there was a way I could find information on a court case, in which I was involved when I was around 1 or 2 years old.
This took place in Alabama.
My mother supposedly beat me pretty bad and had to sign over her rights to my aunt. (fathers sister)
Theres alot of complicated stuff i'm not adding but anyway ...
I have alot of doubt/ unanswered questions.
The people who would know/relatives involved at the time, are now deceased.
So asking someone who knows isn't an option.




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[Just Blue]

Apologizing in advance, since I have no idea how the system works, so this may be a dumb question..


I was curious to know if there was a way I could find information on a court case, in which I was involved when I was around 1 or 2 years old.
This took place in Alabama.
My mother supposedly beat me pretty bad and had to sign over her rights to my aunt. (fathers sister)
Theres alot of complicated stuff i'm not adding but anyway ...
I have alot of doubt/ unanswered questions.
The people who would know/relatives involved at the time, are now deceased.
So asking someone who knows isn't an option.




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How long ago was this?

 

[CarriB.]

Well I'm 25 now.
I was somewhere around age 1 or 2.

 

[LdiJ]

Apologizing in advance, since I have no idea how the system works, so this may be a dumb question..


I was curious to know if there was a way I could find information on a court case, in which I was involved when I was around 1 or 2 years old.
This took place in Alabama.
My mother supposedly beat me pretty bad and had to sign over her rights to my aunt. (fathers sister)
Theres alot of complicated stuff i'm not adding but anyway ...
I have alot of doubt/ unanswered questions.
The people who would know/relatives involved at the time, are now deceased.
So asking someone who knows isn't an option.




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You would need to go to the courthouse in question and ask for records pertaining to you, from around that time period. You might have to look for them under your mother's or your aunt's name as you might have been listed with just your initials or some other form of privacy.

 

[TheGeekess]

Apologizing in advance, since I have no idea how the system works, so this may be a dumb question..


I was curious to know if there was a way I could find information on a court case, in which I was involved when I was around 1 or 2 years old.
This took place in Alabama.
My mother supposedly beat me pretty bad and had to sign over her rights to my aunt. (fathers sister)
Theres alot of complicated stuff i'm not adding but anyway ...
I have alot of doubt/ unanswered questions.
The people who would know/relatives involved at the time, are now deceased.
So asking someone who knows isn't an option.




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You could also check local newspapers from that time; the local library should have those. If they don't, it's a place to ask where those papers might be.

 

[adjusterjack]

Well I'm 25 now.
I was somewhere around age 1 or 2.

That's not that long ago as court records go. My divorce was 22 years ago and I can still look up the case file at the courthouse.

Your best bet is a search of the court records in the county where you lived at the time. As already suggested, your name, your mother's name, your aunt's name. Many courts allow online searches. Some even have the capability of viewing the case documents online. If not, then once you find the case number, a visit to the courthouse is in order.

 

[quincy]

Given the circumstances, the records very well could be sealed.

 

[LdiJ]

Given the circumstances, the records very well could be sealed.

Its possible, but that should not preclude the OP from trying.

 

[quincy]

Its possible, but that should not preclude the OP from trying.

True. But CarriB might find she needs a court order to gain access to any of the records.