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