request to consolidate the present case with the case allegedly pending before the Montgomery Circuit Court. Although we are concerned that the juvenile court did not have jurisdiction because either the Louisiana court or the Montgomery Circuit Court retained jurisdiction of custody matters in this case, we decline to further address that concern because we dismiss this appeal on the basis that the juvenile court lacked jurisdiction on other grounds. Juvenile courts are purely creatures of statute that have extremely limited jurisdiction. See Ex parte K.L.P., 868 So.2d 454 (Ala.Civ.App.2003). At the time the father’s petition was filed, the operative statute, former § 12-15-30(a), Ala. Code 1975, provided that “[t]he juvenile court shall exercise exclusive original jurisdiction of 08) (<HOLDING>). As this court recently stated: “‘[I]n order
holding that courtappointed guardian ad litem for child in child custody dispute did not act under color of state law holding that juvenile court never assumed jurisdiction to determine issue of custody of child when evidence revealed that there was no emergency situation rendering the child dependent as al leged in mothers petition holding that review of nonfinal orders determining child custody in child dependency proceedings is not encompassed by rule 9130a3ciii which permits review of nonfinal orders determining child custody in domestic relations cases holding that juvenile court that determined child was not dependent had no jurisdiction to thereafter determine custody of child holding that when evidence did not prove dependency of child as alleged in complaint but revealed pure custody dispute juvenile court was without jurisdiction to determine custody of child