If a spouse dies before placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos, the deceased spouse is not a parent of the resulting child unless the deceased spouse consented in a signed record, maintained by the licensed assisting physician, that if assisted reproduction were to occur after death, the deceased individual would be a parent of the child.
Ala. Code § 26-17-707
Parental Status of Deceased Spouse.
Known as the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act
The act spans §§ 26-17-1 to 26-17-905 (109 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Vernoff ex rel. Vernoff v. Astrue (2009)
Most recently applied in Vernoff ex rel. Vernoff v. Astrue (June 2009)
(Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.