Section 26-17-636 – Order Adjudicating Parentage; Limitation on Liability for Education and Support; Cost, Fees, and Expenses.
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 man alleged or claiming to be the father is the parent of the child. (b) An order adjudicating parentage must identify the child by name and date of birth, […]
Section 26-17-502 – Order for Testing.
Section 26-17-502 Order for testing. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article and Article 6, the court shall order the child and other designated individuals to submit to genetic testing if the request for testing is made by a party to the proceeding, the Alabama Department of Human Resources, or the representative of the […]
Section 26-17-607 – Action to Disprove Parentage When There Is a Presumed Father.
Section 26-17-607 Action to disprove parentage when there is a presumed father. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a presumed father may bring an action to disprove paternity at any time. If the presumed father persists in his status as the legal father of a child, neither the mother nor any other individual […]
Section 26-17-637 – Binding Effect of Determination of Parentage.
Section 26-17-637 Binding effect of determination of parentage. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a determination of parentage is binding on: (1) all signatories to an acknowledgement as provided in Article 3; and (2) all parties to an adjudication by a court acting under circumstances that satisfy the jurisdictional requirements of Section 30-3A-201. […]
Section 26-17-503 – Requirements for Genetic Testing.
Section 26-17-503 Requirements for genetic testing. (a) Genetic testing must be of a type reasonably relied upon by experts in the field of genetic testing and performed in a testing laboratory accredited by: (1) the American Association of Blood Banks, or a successor to its functions; (2) the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, or […]
Section 26-17-608 – Estoppel to Deny Paternity.
Section 26-17-608 Estoppel to deny paternity. (a) In a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child having a presumed father or to challenge the paternity of a child having an acknowledged father, the court may deny a complaint seeking to disprove paternity if the court determines that: (1) the conduct of the mother or […]
Section 26-17-638 – Post Judgment Motions and Hearings.
Section 26-17-638 Post judgment motions and hearings. Post judgment motions and hearings are governed by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure, and the Alabama Rules of Juvenile Procedure. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)
Section 26-17-504 – Report of Genetic Testing.
Section 26-17-504 Report of genetic testing. (a) A report of genetic testing must be in a record and signed under penalty of perjury by a designee of the testing laboratory. A report made under the requirements of this article is self-authenticating. (b) Documentation from the testing laboratory of the following information is sufficient to establish […]
Section 26-17-609 – Limitation: Child Having Acknowledged.
Section 26-17-609 Limitation: Child having acknowledged. (a) If a child has an acknowledged father, a signatory to the acknowledgment of paternity may maintain a proceeding seeking to rescind the acknowledgment or challenge the paternity of the child only within the time allowed under Section 26-17-307 or 26-17-308. (b) If a child has an acknowledged father, […]
Section 26-17-701 – Scope of Article.
Section 26-17-701 Scope of article. This article does not apply to the birth of a child conceived by means of sexual intercourse. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)