26-17-302
Section 26-17-302 Execution of acknowledgment of paternity. (a) An acknowledgment of paternity
must: (1) be in a record filed with the Alabama Office of Vital Statistics; (2) be signed,
and notarized, under penalty of perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to establish
his paternity; (3) state that the child whose paternity is being acknowledged: (A) does not
have a presumed father or the man executing the acknowledgment is the presumed father; and
(B) does not have another acknowledged or adjudicated father; (4) state whether there has
been genetic testing and, if so, that the acknowledging man's claim of paternity is consistent
with the results of the testing; and (5) state that the signatories understand that the acknowledgment
shall be considered a legal finding of paternity of the child and that a challenge to the
acknowledgment is permitted only as provided in this chapter. (b) A presumed father may sign
an acknowledgment of paternity which must be notarized. (Act 2008-376,...
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26-17-102
Section 26-17-102 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) "Acknowledged father" means a
man who has established a father-child relationship under Article 3. (2) "Adjudicated
father" means a man who has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be the father of a child. (3) "Alleged father" means a man who alleges himself to
be, or is alleged to be, the genetic father or a possible genetic father of a child, but whose
paternity has not been determined. The term does not include: (A) a presumed father; (B) a
man whose parental rights have been terminated or declared not to exist; or (C) a male donor
who donates in compliance with Section 26-17-702. (4) "Assisted reproduction" means
a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse. The term includes: (A) intrauterine
insemination; (B) donation of eggs; (C) donation of embryos; (D) in-vitro fertilization and
transfer of embryos; and (E) intracytoplasmic sperm injection. (5) "Child" means
an individual of any age whose...
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26-10C-1
Section 26-10C-1 Registration of putative fathers; notice of intent to claim paternity; release
of information. (a) The Department of Human Resources shall establish a putative father registry
which shall record the names, Social Security number, date of birth, and addresses of the
following: (1) Any person adjudicated by a court of this state to be the father of a child
born out of wedlock. (2) Any person who has filed with the registry before or after the birth
of a child born out of wedlock, a notice of intent to claim paternity of the child, which
includes the information required in subsection (c) below. (3) Any person adjudicated by a
court of another state or territory of the United States to be the father of a child born
out of wedlock, where a certified copy of the court order has been filed with the registry
by the person or any other person. (4) Any person who has filed with the registry an instrument
acknowledging paternity pursuant to Sections 26-11-1 to 26-11-3,...
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26-17-631
Section 26-17-631 Rules for adjudication of paternity. The court shall apply the following
rules to adjudicate the paternity of a child: (1) The paternity of a child having a presumed,
acknowledged, or adjudicated father may be disproved only by admissible results of genetic
testing excluding that man as the father of the child or identifying another man as the father
of the child. (2) Unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to rebut other results
of genetic testing, a man identified as the father of a child under Section 26-17-505 must
be adjudicated the father of the child. (3) If the court finds that genetic testing under
Section 26-17-505 neither identifies nor excludes a man as the father of a child, the results
of genetic testing, and other evidence, are admissible to adjudicate the issue of paternity.
(4) Unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to rebut other results of genetic testing,
a man excluded as the father of a child by genetic testing must be...
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26-17-636
Section 26-17-636 Order adjudicating parentage; limitation on liability for education and support;
cost, fees, and expenses. (a) The court shall issue an order adjudicating whether a man alleged
or claiming to be the father is the parent of the child. (b) An order adjudicating parentage
must identify the child by name and date of birth, if known. (c) Except as otherwise provided
in subsection (d), the court may assess filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, fees for
genetic testing, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred
in a proceeding under this article, subject to the following rules: (1) Parties to proceedings
under this chapter should pay the fees and expenses of retained counsel, expert witnesses,
guardians ad litem, the costs of appropriate tests and other costs of the trial as they may,
themselves, incur. The court may order reasonable fees for attorneys, expert witnesses, guardian
ad litem fees, costs of appropriate tests and other costs of...
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26-17-608
Section 26-17-608 Estoppel to deny paternity. (a) In a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage
of a child having a presumed father or to challenge the paternity of a child having an acknowledged
father, the court may deny a complaint seeking to disprove paternity if the court determines
that: (1) the conduct of the mother or the presumed or acknowledged father estops that party
from denying parentage; and (2) it would be inequitable to disprove the father-child relationship
between the child and the presumed or acknowledged father. (b) When determining whether to
deny the complaint, the court shall consider the following factors: (1) the length of time
between the proceeding to adjudicate parentage and the time that the presumed or acknowledged
father was placed on notice that he might not be the genetic father; (2) the length of time
during which the presumed or acknowledged father has assumed the role of father of the child;
(3) the facts surrounding the presumed or acknowledged...
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26-17-624
Section 26-17-624 Temporary order. (a) In a proceeding under this article, upon a motion by
a party the court shall issue a temporary order for support of a child if the order is appropriate
and the individual ordered to pay support is: (1) a presumed father of the child; (2) petitioning
to have his paternity adjudicated; (3) identified as the father through genetic testing under
Section 26-17-505; (4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing; (5)
shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child; or (6) the mother of
the child. (b) A temporary order may include provisions for custody and visitation as provided
by other law of this state. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)...
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30-3D-401
Section 30-3D-401 Establishment of support order. (a) If a support order entitled to recognition
under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal
jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if: (1) the individual seeking the
order resides outside this state; or (2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order
is located outside this state. (b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support order
if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to
pay is: (1) a presumed father of the child; (2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
(3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing; (4) an alleged father who
has declined to submit to genetic testing; (5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be
the father of the child; (6) an acknowledged father as provided by Section 26-17-101 et seq.;
(7) the mother of the child; or (8) an individual who has been ordered to pay...
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26-17-503
Section 26-17-503 Requirements for genetic testing. (a) Genetic testing must be of a type reasonably
relied upon by experts in the field of genetic testing and performed in a testing laboratory
accredited by: (1) the American Association of Blood Banks, or a successor to its functions;
(2) the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, or a successor to its
functions; or (3) an accrediting body designated by the federal Secretary of Health and Human
Services. (b) A specimen used in genetic testing may consist of one or more samples, or a
combination of samples, of blood, buccal cells, bone, hair, or other body tissue or fluid.
The specimen used in the testing need not be of the same kind for each individual undergoing
genetic testing. (c) Based on the ethnic or racial group of an individual, the testing laboratory
shall determine the databases from which to select frequencies for use in calculation of the
probability of paternity. If there is disagreement as to the...
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26-17-204
Section 26-17-204 Presumption of paternity. (a) A man is presumed to be the father of a child
if: (1) he and the mother of the child are married to each other and the child is born during
the marriage; (2) he and the mother of the child were married to each other and the child
is born within 300 days after the marriage is terminated by death, annulment, declaration
of invalidity, or divorce; (3) before the birth of the child, he and the mother of the child
married each other in apparent compliance with law, even if the attempted marriage is or could
be declared invalid, and the child is born during the invalid marriage or within 300 days
after its termination by death, annulment, declaration of invalidity, or divorce; (4) after
the child's birth, he and the child's mother have married, or attempted to marry, each other
by a marriage solemnized in apparent compliance with the law although the attempted marriage
is or could be declared invalid, and: (A) he has acknowledged his paternity...
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