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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 30-3-1 - Custody and Education of Children Upon Grant of Divorce; Custody of Children Where Wife Abandons Husband. - Upon granting a divorce, the court may give the custody...
Section 30-3-2 - Custody and Education of Children Upon Voluntary Separation of Husband and Wife. - (a) In all cases of voluntary separation of husband and...
Section 30-3-4 - Visitation Rights for Grandparents. - Repealed by Act 99-436, p. 862, §2, effective September 1,...
Section 30-3-4.1 - Grandparent Visitation. - Repealed by Act 2016-362, §3, effective August 1, 2016.
Section 30-3-4.2 - Grandparent Visitation. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words...
Section 30-3-5 - Venue of All Proceedings Seeking Modification of Child Custody, Visitation Rights, or Child Support. - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, venue of all proceedings...
Section 30-3-6 - Bond, Security, or Other Guarantee to Secure Payment of Overdue Support or Compliance With Visitation Order. - (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall...
Section 30-3-6.1 - Rebate of Interest on Delinquent Child Support Payments. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding post-judgment interest,...
Section 30-3-8 - Publication of Delinquent Obligor Lists. - (a) The Department of Human Resources, Child Support Enforcement Division,...
Section 30-3-9 - Effect of Military Deployment of Parent on Child Custody Determinations. - (a) A military deployment, including past, previous, or future deployments,...
Section 30-3-10 - Equal Opportunity for Blind Individuals; Supportive Parenting Services. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms...
Article 2 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.
Section 30-3-20 - Short Title. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-21 - Purposes of Article; Construction of Provisions. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-22 - Definitions. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-23 - Jurisdiction to Make Child Custody Determination; Effect of Physical Presence of Child. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-24 - Notice and Opportunity to Be Heard. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-25 - Notice to Persons Outside This State; Proof of Service; Submission to Jurisdiction. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-26 - Simultaneous Proceedings in Other States. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-27 - Inconvenient Forum; Communication Between Courts; Payment of Expenses. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-28 - Jurisdiction Declined by Reason of Conduct; Expenses. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-29 - Information Under Oath to Be Submitted to Court; Continuing Duty to Inform. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-30 - Additional Parties. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-31 - Appearance of Parties and Child; Notice; Expenses. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-32 - Binding Force and Res Judicata Effect of Custody Decree. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-33 - Recognition and Enforcement of Out-of-State Custody Decrees. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-34 - Modification of Custody Decree of Another State. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-35 - Filing and Enforcement of Custody Decree of Another State; Expenses. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-36 - Registry of Out-of-State Custody Decrees and Proceedings. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-37 - Certified Copies of Custody Decree. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-38 - Taking Testimony in Another State. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-39 - Hearings and Studies in Another State; Orders to Appear. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-40 - Assistance to Courts of Other States. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-41 - Preservation of Documents for Use in Other States. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-42 - Request for Court Records of Another State. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-43 - International Application. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Section 30-3-44 - Priority. - Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective...
Article 3 - Withholding Orders for Child Support.
Section 30-3-60 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...
Section 30-3-61 - Withholding Order Required in Child Support Orders; Employer to Withhold Support From Income Due and Pay to Designee; Income Withholding Order Issued by Another State; When Order Served on Employer; Delinquency of Support Payments. - (a) Any provision of Section 8-5-21, to the contrary notwithstanding,...
Section 30-3-62 - Who May Petition for Withholding Order; Withholding on Existing Support Orders; Filing With Clerk; Service; Hearing; Issuance of Order; Contents; When Order Takes Effect; Entry of Support and Withholding Orders by Different Courts;... - (a) Section 8-5-21 to the contrary notwithstanding, and in addition...
Section 30-3-63 - Filing Fees and Costs. - (a) When a petition seeking an order of income withholding...
Section 30-3-64 - Employer's Answer; Order Binding on Employer; Modification by Court. - Within 14 days of the service of an income withholding...
Section 30-3-65 - Obligee to Give Notice of Change of Address; Termination of Order When Unable to Deliver Payments Due to No Notice of Address. - (a) An obligee shall notify the clerk of the court,...
Section 30-3-66 - Obligor and Employer to Give Notice of Change of Employment or Termination of Income; Service of Order on New Employer; Cost of Service. - The obligor and any employer upon whom an income withholding...
Section 30-3-67 - Withholding Orders to Have Priority Over Garnishments or Any Other Legal Process Against the Same Income; Maximum Withholding Allowable. - Any order to withhold income issued and served upon any...
Section 30-3-68 - Employers Who Comply Not Liable for Wrongful Withholding. - No employer who complies with an order under this article...
Section 30-3-69 - Liability of Employers Who Fail to Answer or Fail or Refuse to Withhold. - An employer who willfully fails or refuses to withhold or...
Section 30-3-69.1 - Liability of Employer for Willful Failure to Garnish or Withhold Child Support From Wages. - An employer who pays his or her employee in a...
Section 30-3-70 - Employers Not to Discharge or Refuse to Hire Person Due to Withholding Order. - No employer shall discharge an employee or refuse to hire...
Section 30-3-71 - Employer Authorized to Deduct Fee for Expenses. - The employer shall be authorized to deduct from the obligor's...
Article 4 - Interstate Income Withholding Act.
Section 30-3-90 - (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Purpose; Short Title. - Repealed by Act 1997, No. 97-245, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 30-3-91 - (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Definitions. - Repealed by Act 1997, No. 97-245, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 30-3-92 - (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Remedy Additional to Those Now Existing. - Repealed by Act 1997, No. 97-245, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 30-3-93 - (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Petition for Enforcement of Another State's Support Order - Documents Filed With Clerk; Service on Obligor; Hearing; Withholding by Court of This State. - Repealed by Act 1997, No. 97-245, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 30-3-94 - (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Petition for Enforcement of Another State's Support Order - Prima Facie Case; Defenses; Evidence; Choice of Laws. - Repealed by Act 1997, No. 97-245, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 30-3-95 - (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Adoption of Other State's Support Order for Purposes of Income Withholding; Entry of Income Withholding Order; Applicability of Sections 30-3-64 and 30-3-66 Through 30-3-71; Transmittal of Paymen... - Repealed by Act 1997, No. 97-245, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 30-3-96 - (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Amendment of Withholding Order Upon Amendment of Support Order; Notification of Agency Which Requested Withholding When Obligor Obtains Employment or Other Income in Another State. - Repealed by Act 1997, No. 97-245, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 30-3-97 - (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Docket Fees; Court Costs. - Repealed by Act 1997, No. 97-245, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 30-3-98 - (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Voluntary Income Withholding. - Repealed by Act 1997, No. 97-245, §1, effective January 1,...
Section 30-3-99 - (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Petition for Adoption of Support Order in Another Jurisdiction for Purpose of Obtaining Withholding; Request by Another State for Evidence From Person in This State. - Repealed by Act 1997, No. 97-245, §1, effective January 1,...
Article 5 - Order of Retroactive Support.
Section 30-3-110 - Civil Action for Order of Retroactive Support. - There is hereby created a civil action to establish an...
Section 30-3-111 - Commencement of Action Prior to Child Reaching Age of Majority. - The action shall be commenced prior to the time the...
Section 30-3-112 - Filing of Action in Juvenile or Family Court Division. - An action for retroactive support shall be filed in the...
Section 30-3-113 - Marital Status of Non-Supporting Parent Irrelevant. - An order of retroactive support may be awarded against the...
Section 30-3-114 - Amount. - The order of retroactive support shall be a sum certain...
Section 30-3-115 - Additional Right. - The action for retroactive support authorized by this article is...
Article 6 - Custody and Domestic or Family Abuse.
Section 30-3-130 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article "domestic or family abuse"...
Section 30-3-131 - Determination Raises Rebuttable Presumption That Custody With Perpetrator Detrimental to Child. - In every proceeding where there is at issue a dispute...
Section 30-3-132 - Factors Court Must Consider. - (a) In addition to other factors that a court is...
Section 30-3-133 - Determination Raises Rebuttable Presumption That Child Reside With Parent Not Perpetrator. - In every proceeding where there is at issue a dispute...
Section 30-3-134 - Finding of Domestic Violence Constitutes Change in Circumstances. - In every proceeding in which there is at issue the...
Section 30-3-135 - Visitation by Parent Who Committed Violence. - (a) A court may award visitation by a parent who...
Section 30-3-136 - Construction of Provisions. - The provisions of this article are supplemental and shall be...
Article 7 - Joint Custody.
Section 30-3-150 - State Policy. - Joint Custody. It is the policy of this state to...
Section 30-3-151 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article the following words shall...
Section 30-3-152 - Factors Considered; Order Without Both Parents' Consent; Presumption Where Both Parents Request Joint Custody. - (a) The court shall in every case consider joint custody...
Section 30-3-153 - Implementation; Required Provisions; Plan Set by Court. - (a) In order to implement joint custody, the court shall...
Section 30-3-154 - Availability of Records to Both Parents. - Unless otherwise prohibited by court order or statute, all records...
Section 30-3-155 - Determination of Child Support. - In making a determination of child support, the court shall...
Section 30-3-156 - Interference With Custody or Violation of Chapter 3b. - The fact that joint custody has been awarded to both...
Section 30-3-157 - Construction of Article With Respect to Existing Orders. - This article shall not be construed as grounds for modification...
Article 7A - Alabama Parent-Child Relationship Protection Act.
Section 30-3-160 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 30-3-161 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 30-3-162 - Applicability. - (a) Except as provided otherwise by this chapter, the provisions...
Section 30-3-163 - Change of Principal Residence - Child. - Except as provided by Section 30-3-167, a person who has...
Section 30-3-164 - Change of Principal Residence - Custodial Party, Persons With Visitation Rights. - Except as provided by Section 30-3-167, a person entitled to...
Section 30-3-165 - Notice. - (a) When a notice is required by either Section 30-3-163...
Section 30-3-166 - Language Required in Child Custody Determination. - After September 1, 2003, every child custody determination shall include...
Section 30-3-167 - Disclosure Exceptions. - (a) In order to protect the identifying information of persons...
Section 30-3-168 - Failure to Give Notice. - (a) Except as provided in Section 30-3-167, if a person...
Section 30-3-169 - Objection to Change of Principal Residence. - The person entitled to determine the principal residence of a...
Section 30-3-169.1 - Proceedings. - (a) A person entitled to custody of or visitation with...
Section 30-3-169.2 - Court Order. - (a) Where the ends of justice dictate, the court may...
Section 30-3-169.3 - Change of Custody. - (a) Upon the entry of a temporary order or upon...
Section 30-3-169.4 - Burden of Proof. - In proceedings under this article unless there has been a...
Section 30-3-169.5 - Obstructions to Custody or Visitation. - If on final hearing the change of principal residence of...
Section 30-3-169.6 - Sanctions. - (a) Where a party commences an action without good cause...
Section 30-3-169.7 - Change of Principal Residence Raised in Conjunction With Other Petition. - If the issue of change of principal residence of a...
Section 30-3-169.8 - Award of Expenses. - The court may award any party necessary and reasonable expenses...
Section 30-3-169.9 - Change of Principal Residence Outside State. - (a) In those instances where the change of principal residence...
Section 30-3-169.10 - Appeal. - An appeal may be taken from a final order in...
Article 8 - Driver's License Suspension or Revocation for Failure to Pay Support Payments.
Section 30-3-170 - Definitions. - When used in this article, the following words shall have...
Section 30-3-171 - Issuance of Notice to Withhold, etc., License. - Upon application to the department for support services by an...
Section 30-3-172 - Request for Hearing; Purpose of Hearing; Notification of Decision; Appeal; Suspension of License. - (a) Upon receipt of a request for a hearing, the...
Section 30-3-173 - Multiple Delinquencies; Revocation of License. - If the obligor has received two suspensions of a license...
Section 30-3-174 - Implementation by Licensing Authority of Withholding, etc.; Additional Review Precluded; Continuation of Withholding, etc.; Exemption of Licensing Authority From Liability. - (a) Upon receipt of a notice from the department or...
Section 30-3-175 - Reinstatement of Withheld, etc., License; Obtaining New License After Revocation. - (a) When, following the withholding, restricted use, or suspension of...
Section 30-3-176 - Fees and Costs. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the licensing authority may...
Section 30-3-177 - Contempt Petition; Applicability of Article to Obligors Who Failed to Follow Previous Orders. - In addition to the foregoing provisions of this article, if...
Section 30-3-178 - Applicability of Article to Courts and Agencies of Other States and United States. - This article shall apply to support ordered by a court...
Section 30-3-179 - Legislative Intent. - It is the intent of the Legislature that this article...
Article 9 - Alabama Child Support Reform Act of 1997.
Section 30-3-190 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and cited as the "Alabama...
Section 30-3-191 - Definitions. - When used in Sections 30-3-191 to 30-3-199, inclusive, the following...
Section 30-3-192 - Data Match System; Accounts Encumbered or Surrendered; Reasonable Fees; Liability; Disclosure of Financial Records; Penalties. - (a) The state Title IV-D agency shall enter into agreements...
Section 30-3-193 - Requests for Information by the State Title Iv-D Agency. - (a) Subject to due process safeguards, including requirements for notice,...
Section 30-3-194 - Issuance or Renewal of License, etc.; Social Security Number Requirements. - (a) Any agency charged with the administration of any law...
Section 30-3-195 - State Disbursement Unit. - (a) The state Title IV-D agency shall establish and operate...
Section 30-3-196 - State Case Registry. - (a) The state Title IV-D agency shall maintain a central...
Section 30-3-197 - Authorized Actions; Safeguards. - (a) Provided that no actions are pending before any circuit...
Section 30-3-198 - Notice of Lien. - (a) The state Title IV-D agency, by or through any...
Section 30-3-199 - Establishment and Enforcement of Confidential Information Rules and Regulations. - The state Title IV-D agency shall establish and enforce rules...
Section 30-3-200 - Liability for Disclosure of Information. - No public or private entity or agency or individual shall...