2013 Code of Alabama
Title 30 - MARITAL AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS.
Chapter 3A - ALABAMA UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT.
Section 30-3A-701 - Proceeding to determine parentage.


AL Code § 30-3A-701 (2013) What's This?
Section 30-3A-701Proceeding to determine parentage.

(a) A court of this state may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child or to determine that a respondent is a parent of that child.

(b) In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding court of this state shall apply the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act and the procedural and substantive laws of this state, and the rules of this state on choice of law.

(Acts 1997, No. 97-245, p. 398, §1.)

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