26-10A-7
Section 26-10A-7 Persons whose consents or relinquishment are required. (a) Consent to the petitioner's adoption or relinquishment for adoption to the Department of Human Resources or a licensed child placing agency shall be required of the following: (1) The adoptee, if 14 years of age or older, except where the court finds that the adoptee does not have the mental capacity to give consent; (2) The adoptee's mother; (3) The adoptee's presumed father, regardless of paternity, if: a. He and the adoptee's mother are or have been married to each other and the adoptee was born during the marriage, or within 300 days after the marriage was terminated by death, annulment, declaration of invalidity, or divorce, or after a decree of separation was entered by a court; or b. Before the adoptee's birth, he and the adoptee's mother have attempted to marry each other by a marriage solemnized in apparent compliance with law, although the attempted marriage is or could be declared invalid, and, 1. If...
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26-17-634
Section 26-17-634 Order on default. The court shall issue an order adjudicating the paternity of a man who: (1) after service of process, is in default; and (2) is found by the court to be the father of a child. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)...
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26-10A-5
Section 26-10A-5 Who may adopt. (a) Any adult person or husband and wife jointly who are adults may petition the court to adopt a minor. (1) No rule or regulation of the Department of Human Resources shall prevent an adoption by a person solely because the person is employed outside the home, provided however, the Department of Human Resources may exercise sound discretion in requiring the person to remain in the home with a minor for a reasonable period of time when a particular minor requires the presence of that person to ensure his or her adjustment. Provided, however, the reasonable period of time shall not exceed 60 consecutive calendar days. (2) No rule or regulation of the Department of Human Resources or any agency shall prevent an adoption by a single person solely because such person is single or shall prevent an adoption solely because such person is of a certain age. (3) Provided however, in cases, where one who purports to be the biological father marries the biological...
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26-23E-10
Section 26-23E-10 Paternity inquiries of pregnant minor child; reporting requirements. (a) Any minor child under the age of 16 seeking an abortion from an abortion or reproductive health care facility shall be asked by the physician performing the abortion or his or her agent to state the name and age of the individual who is believed to be the father of the unborn child. While the minor child may refuse to provide the father's name and age, she should be encouraged to do so by the physician or agent consistent with the physician's legal obligation to reduce the incidence of child abuse when there is reason to suspect that it has occurred. (b) In addition to any other abuse reporting requirements that may apply to the staff of an abortion or reproductive health center, if the reported age of the father is two or more years greater than the age of the minor child, the facility shall report the names of the pregnant minor child and the father to both local law enforcement and the county...
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43-8-48
Section 43-8-48 Parent and child relationship. If, for purposes of intestate succession, a relationship of parent and child must be established to determine succession by, through, or from a person: (1) An adopted person is the child of an adopting parent and not of the natural parents except that adoption of a child by the spouse of a natural parent has no effect on the right of the child to inherit from or through either natural parent; (2) In cases not covered by subdivision (1) of this section, a person born out of wedlock is a child of the mother. That person is also a child of the father, if: a. The natural parents participated in a marriage ceremony before or after the birth of the child, even though the attempted marriage is void; or b. The paternity is established by an adjudication before the death of the father or is established thereafter by clear and convincing proof, but the paternity established under this paragraph is ineffective to qualify the father or his kindred to...
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26-17-605
Section 26-17-605 Venue. Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage is in the county of this state in which: (1) the child resides; (2) the defendant resides; (3) a proceeding for probate or administration of the presumed or alleged father's estate has been commenced; or (4) the plaintiff resides, only if the circumstances in subdivisions (1), (2), or (3) do not apply. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)...
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30-3-197
Section 30-3-197 Authorized actions; safeguards. (a) Provided that no actions are pending before any circuit and district court of this state, the state Title IV-D agency may take the following actions related to establishment of paternity or to the establishment, modification, or enforcement of support orders, without the necessity of obtaining an order from any other judicial or administrative tribunal, or in furtherance of any existing order, and to recognize and enforce the authority of the state Title IV-D agencies of other states of the following actions: (1) To order genetic testing for the purpose of paternity establishment. (2) To subpoena any financial or other information needed to establish, modify, or enforce a support order, and to impose penalties for failure to respond to a subpoena. (3) To require all entities in the state, including for profit, nonprofit, and governmental employers, to provide promptly, in response to a request by the state Title IV-D agency of this...
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26-17-506
Section 26-17-506 Costs of genetic testing. (a) Subject to assessment of costs under Article 6, the cost of initial genetic testing must be advanced: (1) by the Alabama Department of Human Resources in a proceeding in which the Alabama Department of Human Resources is providing services, except when alternative arrangements have been made between the Alabama Department of Human Resources and the testing laboratory; (2) by the individual who made the request; (3) as agreed by the parties; or (4) as ordered by the court. (b) If paternity is established and the cost of the genetic test was paid for by the Alabama Department of Human Resources, the department may seek recoupment of the cost for the genetic test from the alleged father who denied paternity. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)...
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45-49-85.60
Section 45-49-85.60 General and equity jurisdiction of probate courts; powers and authority of judges of probate; procedures in administration of estates. (a) That the probate courts in all counties of this state which now have or may hereafter have a population of over 300,000 and less than 500,000, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, shall have general and equity jurisdiction concurrent with that of the circuit courts of this state, in the administration of the estates of deceased persons, minors, the developmentally disabled, insane, incapacitated, protected or incompetent persons, or the like, and testamentary trust estates. The jurisdiction granted by this section shall be conferred without the necessity of the same being invoked in any estate proceeding and may be exercised at the discretion of the court. (b)(1) That the judges of the probate courts shall have the same powers and authority which judges of the circuit courts of this state have in connection...
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22-9A-7
Section 22-9A-7 Registration of births. (a) A certificate of birth for each live birth that occurs in this state shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar, within five days after the birth and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section. (b)(1) When a birth occurs in an institution or en route to the institution, the person in charge of the institution or his or her designated representative shall obtain the personal data, prepare the certificate, secure the signatures required, and file the certificate as directed in subsection (a) or as directed by the State Registrar within the required five days. The physician or other person in attendance shall provide the medical information required by the certificate and certify to the facts of birth within 72 hours after the birth. If the physician, or other person in attendance, does not certify to the facts of birth within the 72-hour period,...
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