(a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to Section 30-3B-204, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody of the child unless the respondent establishes that:
(1) The child custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under Section 30-3B-305 and that:
a. The issuing court did not have jurisdiction under Article 2;
b. The child custody determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under Article 2; or
c. The respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of Section 30-3B-108, in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or
(2) The child custody determination for which enforcement is sought was registered and confirmed under Section 30-3B-305, but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under Article 2.
(b) The court may award the fees, costs, and expenses authorized under Section 30-3B-312 and may grant additional relief, and set a further hearing to determine whether additional relief is appropriate.
(c) If a party called to testify refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the court may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.
(d) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this article.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.
Chapter 3B - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
Section 30-3B-301 - Definitions.
Section 30-3B-302 - Enforcement Under Hague Convention.
Section 30-3B-303 - Duty to Enforce.
Section 30-3B-304 - Temporary Visitation.
Section 30-3B-305 - Registration of Child Custody Determination.
Section 30-3B-306 - Enforcement of Registered Determination.
Section 30-3B-307 - Simultaneous Proceedings.
Section 30-3B-308 - Expedited Enforcement of Child Custody Determination.
Section 30-3B-309 - Service of Petition and Order.
Section 30-3B-310 - Hearing and Order.
Section 30-3B-311 - Warrant to Take Physical Custody of Child.
Section 30-3B-312 - Costs, Fees, and Expenses.