2012 Code of Alabama
Title 26 - INFANTS AND INCOMPETENTS.
Chapter 17 - ALABAMA UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT.
Section 26-17-606 - No limitation to adjudicate parentage for a child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father; limitation for child support.


AL Code § 26-17-606 (2012) What's This?
Section 26-17-606No limitation to adjudicate parentage for a child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father; limitation for child support.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father may be commenced at any time, even after:

(1) the child becomes an adult, but only if the child initiates the proceeding; or

(2) an earlier proceeding to adjudicate paternity has been dismissed based on the application of a statute of limitation then in effect.

(b) An action to determine paternity for the purposes of obtaining support shall not be brought after the child obtains age 19, unless otherwise provided by law.

(Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)

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