Amended and renumbered as Section 12-15-319 by Act 2008-277, §19, effective January 1, 2009.
Ala. Code § 26-18-7
Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights; Factors Considered; Presumption Arising from Abandonment.
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Monroe County Department of Human Services v. Kelli B. (2004)
Most recently applied in Charleston County Department of Social Services v. Jackson (March 2006)
(Acts 1984, No. 84-261, p. 442, §7; Act 97-851, p. 138, §1; Act 98-370, p. 670, §1.)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.