Carley, Justice,
dissenting.
Because the record clearly shows that parental fitness was not a contested issue below, this case is ripe for decision. I therefore dissent to the majority’s remand for the purpose of addressing the previously unchallenged issue of parental fitness. Decided November 15, 1999.
Howard G. Sokol, Vicky O. Kimbrell, Phyllis J. Holmen, Lisa J. Krisher, for appellant.
Martin L. Fierman, Alan W. Thrower, Kutner & Bloom, Jean M. Kutner, for appellees.
David A. Webster, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Lynn M. Adam, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, ShalenA. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, amici curiae.