Alabama Uniform Parentage Act

Alabama · Infants and Incompetents · §§ 26-17-1 to 26-17-905 · 109 sections

Overview

The act governs the legal relationship between parents and children, providing a framework for establishing maternity and paternity and defining the rights and obligations that follow from that relationship. It sets out court procedures for parentage actions — jurisdiction and venue, appointment of counsel and representation of minors, genetic testing and other evidence, and appeals — alongside presumptions of paternity and rules addressing artificial insemination and children born outside marriage. It also establishes a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity process, including hospital-based programs, standardized forms, and procedures for rescinding or later challenging an acknowledgment, and it provides for support orders and their enforcement, the issuance of new birth certificates, confidentiality of records, and recognition of parentage determinations made elsewhere.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 12 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 285 KAN 53 - In re K.M.H.

Sections covered

Ala. Code § 26-17-1Short Title.1 cite
Ala. Code § 26-17-10Jurisdiction; Venue; Where Complaint Filed; Process; Conduct of Hearing; Jury.1 cite
Ala. Code § 26-17-101Short Title.
Ala. Code § 26-17-102Definitions.
Ala. Code § 26-17-103Scope of Chapter; Choice of Law.
Ala. Code § 26-17-104Court of This State.
Ala. Code § 26-17-105Protection of Participants.
Ala. Code § 26-17-106Determination of Maternity.
Ala. Code § 26-17-11Parties; Representation of Minor Child; Aligning Parties.
Ala. Code § 26-17-12Genetic Tests; Selection and Compensation of Experts; Admissibility.1 cite
Ala. Code § 26-17-13Evidence Relating to Paternity; Refusal to Testify; Immunity; Evidence of Intercourse with Other Men; Medical and Health Care Bills.
Ala. Code § 26-17-14Orders - Determinative for All Purposes; Provision for Support; Statement of Jurisdiction in Case of Out-of-State Service; New Birth Certificate; Other Provisions; How Support to Be Paid; Amount of Support; Proof Required for Support Order.
Ala. Code § 26-17-15Orders - Enforcement.
Ala. Code § 26-17-16Promise to Render Support; Stipulations Barring Paternity Action.
Ala. Code § 26-17-17Right to Counsel; Representation of Minors; Fees, Expenses, and Costs.
Ala. Code § 26-17-18Action to Declare Mother and Child Relationship.
Ala. Code § 26-17-19Issuance and Contents of New Birth Certificate; Confidentiality of Evidence and Original Birth Certificate.
Ala. Code § 26-17-2Parent and Child Relationship - Defined.
Ala. Code § 26-17-20Appeals.
Ala. Code § 26-17-201Establishment of Parent-Child Relationship.
Ala. Code § 26-17-202No Discrimination Based on Marital Status.
Ala. Code § 26-17-203Consequences of Establishment of Parentage.
Ala. Code § 26-17-204Presumption of Paternity.1 cite
Ala. Code § 26-17-21Artificial Insemination.2 cites
Ala. Code § 26-17-22Hospital Paternity Acknowledgement Program.
Ala. Code § 26-17-3Parent and Child Relationship - Relationship Not Dependent Upon Marriage.
Ala. Code § 26-17-301Acknowledgment of Paternity.
Ala. Code § 26-17-302Execution of Acknowledgment of Paternity.
Ala. Code § 26-17-303Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-304Rules for Acknowledgment of Paternity.
Ala. Code § 26-17-305Effect of Acknowledgment of Paternity.
Ala. Code § 26-17-306No Filing Fee.
Ala. Code § 26-17-307Proceeding for Rescission.
Ala. Code § 26-17-308Challenge After Expiration of Period for Rescission.
Ala. Code § 26-17-309Procedure for Rescission or Challenge.
Ala. Code § 26-17-310Ratification Barred.
Ala. Code § 26-17-311Full Faith and Credit
Ala. Code § 26-17-312Forms for Acknowledgment.
Ala. Code § 26-17-313Release of Information.
Ala. Code § 26-17-314Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-315Hospital Paternity Acknowledgment Program.
Ala. Code § 26-17-4Parent and Child Relationship - How Established.
Ala. Code § 26-17-401Establishment of Registry.
Ala. Code § 26-17-402Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-403Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-404Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-411Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-412Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-413Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-414Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-415Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-416Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-421Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-422Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-423Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-5Presumption of Paternity; Rebuttal.1 cite
Ala. Code § 26-17-501Scope of Article.
Ala. Code § 26-17-502Order for Testing.
Ala. Code § 26-17-503Requirements for Genetic Testing.
Ala. Code § 26-17-504Report of Genetic Testing.
Ala. Code § 26-17-505Genetic Testing Results; Rebuttal.
Ala. Code § 26-17-506Costs of Genetic Testing.
Ala. Code § 26-17-507Additional Genetic Testing.
Ala. Code § 26-17-508Genetic Testing When Specimens Not Available.
Ala. Code § 26-17-509Deceased Individual.
Ala. Code § 26-17-510Identical Brothers.
Ala. Code § 26-17-511Confidentiality of Genetic Testing.
Ala. Code § 26-17-6Action to Determine Father and Child Relationship.1 cite
Ala. Code § 26-17-601Proceeding Authorized.
Ala. Code § 26-17-602Standing to Maintain Proceeding.
Ala. Code § 26-17-603Parties to Proceeding.
Ala. Code § 26-17-604Personal Jurisdiction.
Ala. Code § 26-17-605Venue.
Ala. Code § 26-17-606No Limitation to Adjudicate Parentage for a Child Having No Presumed, Acknowledged, or Adjudicated Father; Limitation for Child Support.
Ala. Code § 26-17-607Action to Disprove Parentage When There Is a Presumed Father.
Ala. Code § 26-17-608Estoppel to Deny Paternity.
Ala. Code § 26-17-609Limitation: Child Having Acknowledged.
Ala. Code § 26-17-610Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-611Proceeding Before Birth.
Ala. Code § 26-17-612Child as Party; Representation.
Ala. Code § 26-17-613Right to Counsel; Fees, Expenses, and Costs.
Ala. Code § 26-17-621Admissibility of Results of Genetic Testing; Expenses.
Ala. Code § 26-17-622Consequences of Declining Genetic Testing.
Ala. Code § 26-17-623Admission of Paternity Authorized.
Ala. Code § 26-17-624Temporary Order.
Ala. Code § 26-17-631Rules for Adjudication of Paternity.
Ala. Code § 26-17-632Jury Prohibited.
Ala. Code § 26-17-633Hearings; Inspection of Records.
Ala. Code § 26-17-634Order on Default.
Ala. Code § 26-17-635Dismissal for Want of Prosecution.
Ala. Code § 26-17-636Order Adjudicating Parentage; Limitation on Liability for Education and Support; Cost, Fees, and Expenses.1 cite
Ala. Code § 26-17-637Binding Effect of Determination of Parentage.
Ala. Code § 26-17-638Post Judgment Motions and Hearings.
Ala. Code § 26-17-7Style of Proceedings; Prosecution of Proceedings.
Ala. Code § 26-17-701Scope of Article.
Ala. Code § 26-17-702Parental Status of Donor.2 cites
Ala. Code § 26-17-703Husband’s Paternity of Child of Assisted Reproduction.
Ala. Code § 26-17-704Consent to Assisted Reproduction.
Ala. Code § 26-17-705Limitation on Husband’s Dispute of Paternity.
Ala. Code § 26-17-706Effect of Dissolution of Marriage.
Ala. Code § 26-17-707Parental Status of Deceased Spouse.1 cite
Ala. Code § 26-17-8Limitation on Liability for Education and Support; When Action for Purposes of Support May Be Brought; Rights of Inheritance and Succession.
Ala. Code § 26-17-801Reserved.
Ala. Code § 26-17-9Nature of Actions; Rules of Procedure; Who May Testify; Other Evidence; Joinder; Pleadings; Enforcement of Support Under Criminal Code.
Ala. Code § 26-17-901Uniformity of Application and Construction.
Ala. Code § 26-17-902Severability Clause.
Ala. Code § 26-17-903Time of Taking Effect.
Ala. Code § 26-17-904Transitional Provision.
Ala. Code § 26-17-905Orders - Enforcement.

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