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2025 Code of Alabama
Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.
Chapter 10F - Alabama Adult Adoption Code.
- Section 26-10F-1 - Short Title.
- Section 26-10F-2 - Definitions.
- Section 26-10F-3 - Jurisdiction Under This Chapter.
- Section 26-10F-4 - Residency of Petitioners; Venue.
- Section 26-10F-5 - Who May Adopt.
- Section 26-10F-6 - Who May Be Adopted.
- Section 26-10F-7 - Consent to Adoption.
- Section 26-10F-8 - Petition for Adoption.
- Section 26-10F-9 - Notice of Pendency of Adoption Proceeding.
- Section 26-10F-10 - Acknowledgement of Consent; Withholding of Consent by Guardian Ad Litem.
- Section 26-10F-11 - Investigations.
- Section 26-10F-12 - Contested Hearing.
- Section 26-10F-13 - Dispositional Hearing; Final Judgment.
- Section 26-10F-14 - Challenge of Final Judgment; Appeals.
- Section 26-10F-15 - Closed Hearings; Confidentiality of Records.
- Section 26-10F-16 - Name and Status of Adoptee.
- Section 26-10F-17 - Birth Certificates.
- Section 26-10F-18 - Application of Court Rules.
- Section 26-10F-19 - Validity and Effect of Prior Adoptions; Application of Chapter.
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