Code of Alabama
Chapter 17 - Alabama Uniform Parentage Act.
Section 26-17-3 - Parent and Child Relationship - Relationship Not Dependent Upon Marriage.

Code of Alabama

Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.

Chapter 17 - Alabama Uniform Parentage Act.

Section 26-17-1 - Short Title.

Section 26-17-2 - Parent and Child Relationship - Defined.

Section 26-17-3 - Parent and Child Relationship - Relationship Not Dependent Upon Marriage.

Section 26-17-4 - Parent and Child Relationship - How Established.

Section 26-17-5 - Presumption of Paternity; Rebuttal.

Section 26-17-6 - Action to Determine Father and Child Relationship.

Section 26-17-7 - Style of Proceedings; Prosecution of Proceedings.

Section 26-17-8 - Limitation on Liability for Education and Support; When Action for Purposes of Support May Be Brought; Rights of Inheritance and Succession.

Section 26-17-9 - Nature of Actions; Rules of Procedure; Who May Testify; Other Evidence; Joinder; Pleadings; Enforcement of Support Under Criminal Code.

Section 26-17-10 - Jurisdiction; Venue; Where Complaint Filed; Process; Conduct of Hearing; Jury.

Section 26-17-11 - Parties; Representation of Minor Child; Aligning Parties.

Section 26-17-12 - Genetic Tests; Selection and Compensation of Experts; Admissibility.

Section 26-17-13 - Evidence Relating to Paternity; Refusal to Testify; Immunity; Evidence of Intercourse With Other Men; Medical and Health Care Bills.

Section 26-17-14 - Orders - 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 Suppo...

Section 26-17-15 - Orders - Enforcement.

Section 26-17-16 - Promise to Render Support; Stipulations Barring Paternity Action.

Section 26-17-17 - Right to Counsel; Representation of Minors; Fees, Expenses, and Costs.

Section 26-17-18 - Action to Declare Mother and Child Relationship.

Section 26-17-19 - Issuance and Contents of New Birth Certificate; Confidentiality of Evidence and Original Birth Certificate.

Section 26-17-20 - Appeals.

Section 26-17-21 - Artificial Insemination.

Section 26-17-22 - Hospital Paternity Acknowledgement Program.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Article 2 - Parent-Child Relationship.

Article 3 - Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity.

Article 4 - Registry of Paternity.

Article 5 - Genetic Testing.

Article 6 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage.

Article 7 - Child of Assisted Reproduction.

Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions.