2013 Code of Alabama
Title 26 - INFANTS AND INCOMPETENTS.
Chapter 17 - ALABAMA UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT.

Section 26-17-1 - Short title.
Section 26-17-2 - Parent and child relationship - Defined.
Section 26-17-3 - Parent and child relationship - Relationship not dependent upon marriage.
Section 26-17-4 - Parent and child relationship - How established.
Section 26-17-5 - Presumption of paternity; rebuttal.
Section 26-17-6 - Action to determine father and child relationship.
Section 26-17-7 - Style of proceedings; prosecution of proceedings.
Section 26-17-8 - Limitation on liability for education and support; when action for purposes of support may be brought; rights of inheritance and succession.
Section 26-17-9 - Nature of actions; rules of procedure; who may testify; other evidence; joinder; pleadings; enforcement of support under criminal code.
Section 26-17-10 - Jurisdiction; venue; where complaint filed; process; conduct of hearing; jury.
Section 26-17-11 - Parties; representation of minor child; aligning parties.
Section 26-17-12 - Genetic tests; selection and compensation of experts; admissibility.
Section 26-17-13 - Evidence relating to paternity; refusal to testify; immunity; evidence of intercourse with other men; medical and health care bills.
Section 26-17-14 - Orders - Determinative for all purposes; provision for support; statement of jurisdiction in case of out-of-state service; new birth certificate; other provisions; how support to be paid; amount of support; proof required for support order.
Section 26-17-15 - Orders - Enforcement.
Section 26-17-16 - Promise to render support; stipulations barring paternity action.
Section 26-17-17 - Right to counsel; representation of minors; fees, expenses, and costs.
Section 26-17-18 - Action to declare mother and child relationship.
Section 26-17-19 - Issuance and contents of new birth certificate; confidentiality of evidence and original birth certificate.
Section 26-17-20 - Appeals.
Section 26-17-21 - Artificial insemination.
Section 26-17-22 - Hospital paternity acknowledgement program.

Article 1 General Provisions.

Article 2 Parent-child Relationship.

Article 3 Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity.

Article 4 Registry of Paternity.
Part 1 General Provisions.

Part 2 Operation of registry.

Part 3 Search of Registries.

Article 5 Genetic Testing.

Article 6 Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage.
Part 1 Nature of Proceeding.

Part 2 Special Rules for Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage.

Part 3 Hearings and Adjudication.

Article 7 Child of Assisted Reproduction.

Article 8 Gestational Agreement.

Section 26-17-801 - Reserved.

Article 9 Miscellaneous Provisions.

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2013 Code of AlabamaTitle 26 - INFANTS AND INCOMPETENTS.Chapter 17 - ALABAMA UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT.

2013 Code of Alabama
Title 26 - INFANTS AND INCOMPETENTS.
Chapter 17 - ALABAMA UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT.