Chapter10A. ALABAMA ADOPTION CODE.  


§ 26-10A-1. Short title.
§ 26-10A-2. Definitions.
§ 26-10A-3. Jurisdiction.
§ 26-10A-4. Venue.
§ 26-10A-5. Who may adopt.
§ 26-10A-6. Who may be adopted.
§ 26-10A-7. Persons whose consents or relinquishment are required.
§ 26-10A-8. Consent or relinquishment by a minor parent.
§ 26-10A-9. Implied consent or relinquishment.
§ 26-10A-10. Persons whose consents or relinquishments are not required.
§ 26-10A-11. Consent or relinquishment.
§ 26-10A-12. Persons who may take consent or relinquishments; forms.
§ 26-10A-13. Time of consent or relinquishment; filing with court.
§ 26-10A-14. Withdrawal of consent or relinquishment.
§ 26-10A-15. Surrender of custody of minor under age of majority.
§ 26-10A-16. Petition.
§ 26-10A-17. Notice of petition.
§ 26-10A-18. Custody pending final decree.
§ 26-10A-19. Investigation.
§ 26-10A-20. Removal of adoptee from county.
§ 26-10A-21. Related proceedings.
§ 26-10A-22. Attorney participation and appointment of attorney for the adoptee or other party.
§ 26-10A-23. Fees and charges.
§ 26-10A-24. Contested hearing.
§ 26-10A-25. Final decree; dispositional hearing.
§ 26-10A-26. Appeals.
§ 26-10A-27. Stepparent adoptions.
§ 26-10A-28. Adoption by other relatives.
§ 26-10A-29. Name and status of adoptee.
§ 26-10A-30. Grandparent visitation.
§ 26-10A-31. Confidentiality of records, hearing; parties.
§ 26-10A-32. Birth certificates.
§ 26-10A-33. Crime to place children for adoption.
§ 26-10A-34. Payments to parent for placing minor for adoption; maternity expenses; receipt of financial benefits by father.
§ 26-10A-35. Bringing child into state for adoption purposes.
§ 26-10A-36. Advertisement as to adoption by persons, organizations, etc., not licensed by Department of Human Resources.
§ 26-10A-37. Rules of procedure and rules of evidence.
§ 26-10A-38. Application to existing adoptions.