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Title 26 - Infants and Inco...
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Chapter 10A - Alabama Adoption Code.
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.