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Section 26-17-1 - Short Title. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-2 - Parent and Child Relationship - Defined. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-3 - Parent and Child Relationship - Relationship Not Dependent Upon Marriage. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-4 - Parent and Child Relationship - How Established. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-5 - Presumption of Paternity; Rebuttal. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-6 - Action to Determine Father and Child Relationship. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, §1, effective January 1, 2009.
Section 26-17-7 - Style of Proceedings; Prosecution of Proceedings. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
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. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-9 - Nature of Actions; Rules of Procedure; Who May Testify; Other Evidence; Joinder; Pleadings; Enforcement of Support Under Criminal Code. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-10 - Jurisdiction; Venue; Where Complaint Filed; Process; Conduct of Hearing; Jury. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-11 - Parties; Representation of Minor Child; Aligning Parties. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-12 - Genetic Tests; Selection and Compensation of Experts; Admissibility. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-13 - Evidence Relating to Paternity; Refusal to Testify; Immunity; Evidence of Intercourse With Other Men; Medical and Health Care Bills. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, §1, effective January 1, 2009.
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... - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-15 - Orders - Enforcement. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-16 - Promise to Render Support; Stipulations Barring Paternity Action. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-17 - Right to Counsel; Representation of Minors; Fees, Expenses, and Costs. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-18 - Action to Declare Mother and Child Relationship. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-19 - Issuance and Contents of New Birth Certificate; Confidentiality of Evidence and Original Birth Certificate. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-20 - Appeals. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-21 - Artificial Insemination. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 26-17-22 - Hospital Paternity Acknowledgement Program. - Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1,...
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 26-17-101 - Short Title. - This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Parentage...
Section 26-17-102 - Definitions. - In this chapter: (1) "Acknowledged father" means a man who...
Section 26-17-103 - Scope of Chapter; Choice of Law. - (a) This chapter applies to determination of parentage in this...
Section 26-17-104 - Court of This State. - A circuit or district court of this state or any...
Section 26-17-105 - Protection of Participants. - Proceedings under this chapter are subject to other law of...
Section 26-17-106 - Determination of Maternity. - Provisions of this chapter relating to determinations of paternity apply...
Article 2 - Parent-Child Relationship.
Section 26-17-201 - Establishment of Parent-Child Relationship. - (a) The mother-child relationship may be established between a woman...
Section 26-17-202 - No Discrimination Based on Marital Status. - A child born to parents who are not married to...
Section 26-17-203 - Consequences of Establishment of Parentage. - Unless parental rights are terminated, a parent-child relationship established under...
Section 26-17-204 - Presumption of Paternity. - (a) A man is presumed to be the father of...
Article 3 - Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity.
Section 26-17-301 - Acknowledgment of Paternity. - The mother of a child and a man claiming to...
Section 26-17-302 - Execution of Acknowledgment of Paternity. - (a) An acknowledgment of paternity must: (1) be in a...
Section 26-17-304 - Rules for Acknowledgment of Paternity. - (a) An acknowledgment of paternity may be signed at the...
Section 26-17-305 - Effect of Acknowledgment of Paternity. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 26-17-307 and 26-17-308,...
Section 26-17-306 - No Filing Fee. - The Alabama Office of Vital Statistics shall not charge for...
Section 26-17-307 - Proceeding for Rescission. - A signatory may rescind an acknowledgment of paternity only in...
Section 26-17-308 - Challenge After Expiration of Period for Rescission. - (a) After the period for rescission under Section 26-17-307 has...
Section 26-17-309 - Procedure for Rescission or Challenge. - (a) Every signatory to an acknowledgment of paternity must be...
Section 26-17-310 - Ratification Barred. - A court or administrative agency conducting a judicial or administrative...
Section 26-17-311 - Full Faith and Credit - A court of this state shall give full faith and...
Section 26-17-312 - Forms for Acknowledgment. - (a) To facilitate compliance with this article, the Alabama Department...
Section 26-17-313 - Release of Information. - The affidavit of paternity shall be considered a confidential record...
Section 26-17-315 - Hospital Paternity Acknowledgment Program. - (a) Hospitals that have a licensed obstetric care unit or...
Article 4 - Registry of Paternity.
Part 1 - General Provisions.
Section 26-17-401 - Establishment of Registry. - The law relating to a Putative Father's Registry is governed...
Article 5 - Genetic Testing.
Section 26-17-501 - Scope of Article. - This article governs genetic testing of an individual to determine...
Section 26-17-502 - Order for Testing. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article and Article...
Section 26-17-503 - Requirements for Genetic Testing. - (a) Genetic testing must be of a type reasonably relied...
Section 26-17-504 - Report of Genetic Testing. - (a) A report of genetic testing must be in a...
Section 26-17-505 - Genetic Testing Results; Rebuttal. - (a) Under this chapter, a man is rebuttably identified as...
Section 26-17-506 - Costs of Genetic Testing. - (a) Subject to assessment of costs under Article 6, the...
Section 26-17-507 - Additional Genetic Testing. - The court or the Alabama Department of Human Resources pursuant...
Section 26-17-508 - Genetic Testing When Specimens Not Available. - (a) Subject to subsection (b), if a genetic-testing specimen is...
Section 26-17-509 - Deceased Individual. - For good cause shown, the court may order genetic testing...
Section 26-17-510 - Identical Brothers. - (a) The court may order genetic testing of a brother...
Section 26-17-511 - Confidentiality of Genetic Testing. - An individual who intentionally releases an identifiable specimen of another...
Article 6 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage.
Part 1 - Nature of Proceeding.
Section 26-17-601 - Proceeding Authorized. - (a) A civil proceeding may be maintained to adjudicate the...
Section 26-17-602 - Standing to Maintain Proceeding. - Subject to Article 3 and Sections 26-17-607 and 26-17-609, a...
Section 26-17-603 - Parties to Proceeding. - The following individuals must be joined as parties in a...
Section 26-17-604 - Personal Jurisdiction. - (a) An individual may not be adjudicated to be a...
Section 26-17-605 - Venue. - Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage is in the...
Section 26-17-606 - No Limitation to Adjudicate Parentage for a Child Having No Presumed, Acknowledged, or Adjudicated Father; Limitation for Child Support. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) a proceeding to...
Section 26-17-607 - Action to Disprove Parentage When There Is a Presumed Father. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a presumed...
Section 26-17-608 - Estoppel to Deny Paternity. - (a) In a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a...
Section 26-17-609 - Limitation: Child Having Acknowledged. - (a) If a child has an acknowledged father, a signatory...
Section 26-17-611 - Proceeding Before Birth. - A proceeding to determine parentage may be commenced before the...
Section 26-17-612 - Child as Party; Representation. - (a) A minor child is a permissible party, but is...
Section 26-17-613 - Right to Counsel; Fees, Expenses, and Costs. - (a) In all proceedings under this chapter, any party may...
Part 2 - Special Rules for Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage.
Section 26-17-621 - Admissibility of Results of Genetic Testing; Expenses. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a record...
Section 26-17-622 - Consequences of Declining Genetic Testing. - (a) A court order for genetic testing is enforceable by...
Section 26-17-623 - Admission of Paternity Authorized. - (a) A defendant in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may...
Section 26-17-624 - Temporary Order. - (a) In a proceeding under this article, upon a motion...
Part 3 - Hearings and Adjudication.
Section 26-17-631 - Rules for Adjudication of Paternity. - The court shall apply the following rules to adjudicate the...
Section 26-17-632 - Jury Prohibited. - The court, without a jury, shall adjudicate paternity of a...
Section 26-17-633 - Hearings; Inspection of Records. - (a) On request of a party and for good cause...
Section 26-17-634 - Order on Default. - The court shall issue an order adjudicating the paternity of...
Section 26-17-635 - Dismissal for Want of Prosecution. - The court may issue an order dismissing a proceeding commenced...
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...
Section 26-17-637 - Binding Effect of Determination of Parentage. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a determination...
Section 26-17-638 - Post Judgment Motions and Hearings. - Post judgment motions and hearings are governed by the Alabama...
Article 7 - Child of Assisted Reproduction.
Section 26-17-701 - Scope of Article. - This article does not apply to the birth of a...
Section 26-17-702 - Parental Status of Donor. - A donor who donates to a licensed physician for use...
Section 26-17-703 - Husband's Paternity of Child of Assisted Reproduction. - If a husband provides sperm for, or consents to, assisted...
Section 26-17-704 - Consent to Assisted Reproduction. - (a) Consent by a married woman to assisted reproduction for...
Section 26-17-705 - Limitation on Husband's Dispute of Paternity. - The husband of a wife who gives birth to a...
Section 26-17-706 - Effect of Dissolution of Marriage. - (a) If a marriage is dissolved before placement of eggs,...
Section 26-17-707 - Parental Status of Deceased Spouse. - If a spouse dies before placement of eggs, sperm, or...
Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 26-17-901 - Uniformity of Application and Construction. - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
Section 26-17-902 - Severability Clause. - If any provision of this chapter or its application to...
Section 26-17-903 - Time of Taking Effect. - This chapter takes effect on January 1, 2009.
Section 26-17-904 - Transitional Provision. - A proceeding to adjudicate parentage which was commenced before January...
Section 26-17-905 - Orders - Enforcement. - Pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, Sections...