Section 26-17-105 – Protection of Participants.
Section 26-17-105 Protection of participants. Proceedings under this chapter are subject to other law of this state governing the health, safety, privacy, and liberty of a child or other individual who could be jeopardized by disclosure of identifying information, including address, telephone number, place of employment, Social Security number, and the child’s day-care facility and […]
Section 26-17-312 – Forms for Acknowledgment.
Section 26-17-312 Forms for acknowledgment. (a) To facilitate compliance with this article, the Alabama Department of Human Resources shall prescribe forms for the acknowledgment of paternity. The affidavit shall include the Social Security number and current address of each parent, a listing of the rights and responsibilities of acknowledging paternity, including the duty to financially […]
Section 26-17-106 – Determination of Maternity.
Section 26-17-106 Determination of maternity. Provisions of this chapter relating to determinations of paternity apply to determinations of maternity. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)
Section 26-17-201 – Establishment of Parent-Child Relationship.
Section 26-17-201 Establishment of parent-child relationship. (a) The mother-child relationship may be established between a woman and a child by: (1) the woman’s having given birth to the child; (2) an adjudication of the woman’s maternity; or (3) adoption of the child by the woman. (b) The father-child relationship may be established between a man […]
Section 26-17-202 – No Discrimination Based on Marital Status.
Section 26-17-202 No discrimination based on marital status. A child born to parents who are not married to each other has the same rights under the law as a child born to parents who are married to each other. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)
Section 26-17-203 – Consequences of Establishment of Parentage.
Section 26-17-203 Consequences of establishment of parentage. Unless parental rights are terminated, a parent-child relationship established under this chapter applies for all purposes, except as otherwise specifically provided by other law of this state. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)
Section 26-17-204 – Presumption of Paternity.
Section 26-17-204 Presumption of paternity. (a) A man is presumed to be the father of a child if: (1) he and the mother of the child are married to each other and the child is born during the marriage; (2) he and the mother of the child were married to each other and the child […]
Section 26-17-301 – Acknowledgment of Paternity.
Section 26-17-301 Acknowledgment of paternity. The mother of a child and a man claiming to be the genetic father of the child may sign an acknowledgment of paternity with intent to establish the man’s paternity. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)
Section 26-17-302 – Execution of Acknowledgment of Paternity.
Section 26-17-302 Execution of acknowledgment of paternity. (a) An acknowledgment of paternity must: (1) be in a record filed with the Alabama Office of Vital Statistics; (2) be signed, and notarized, under penalty of perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to establish his paternity; (3) state that the child whose paternity is […]
Section 26-16-92 – State Policy.
Section 26-16-92 State policy. It is the policy of this state that responding to unexpected/unexplained child deaths is a state and a community responsibility and must include an accurate and complete determination of the cause of death. (Act 97-893, p. 252, §3.)