(a) In addition to other factors that a court is required to consider in a proceeding in which the custody of a child or visitation by a parent is at issue and in which the court has made a finding of domestic or family violence the court shall consider each of the following:
(1) The safety and well-being of the child and of the parent who is the victim of family or domestic violence.
(2) The perpetrator's history of causing physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or causing reasonable fear of physical harm, bodily injury, or assault, to another person.
(b) If a parent is absent or relocates because of an act of domestic or family violence by the other parent, the absence or relocation may not be a factor that weighs against the parent in determining the custody or visitation.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.
Chapter 3 - Child Custody and Support.
Article 6 - Custody and Domestic or Family Abuse.
Section 30-3-130 - Definitions.
Section 30-3-132 - Factors Court Must Consider.
Section 30-3-134 - Finding of Domestic Violence Constitutes Change in Circumstances.
Section 30-3-135 - Visitation by Parent Who Committed Violence.