Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title26 INFANTS AND INCOMPETENTS. |
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. |