THOMAS , Judge . S.A.M. ("the mother") and M.H.W. ("the father") are the unmarried parents of S.M. ("the child"), who was born on December 2, 2012. In October 2015, the father filed in the Talladega Juvenile Court a petition to establish paternity and seeking custody of the child. The mother answered the petition and counterclaimed for custody. She filed a motion seeking retroactive child support in April 2016, which the juvenile court considered at the May 2016 trial on this matter. The...
