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Ala. Code § 12-12-35 (2026)

Transfer of Adoption Proceedings to District Court from Probate Court; Maintenance of Records of Adoption Proceedings.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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THIS SECTION REPEALED BY ACT 2023-92, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024.

(a) Adoption proceedings, primarily cognizable before the probate court, may be transferred to the district court on motion of a party to the proceeding in probate court.

(b) When adoption proceedings are transferred to the district court, a copy of the record of such proceedings shall be filed in the probate court, and the probate court offices shall maintain records of all adoption proceedings within their respective counties.

(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-105.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1984–2024 · leading case: Ex Parte Hicks, 451 So. 2d 324 (Ala. Civ. App. 1984).
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Ex Parte Hicks, 451 So. 2d 324 (Ala. Civ. App. 1984). · cites it 7× “The majority said that removal of an adoption filed in probate court to juvenile court under § 12-12-35 upon motion of a party is not mandatory.”
E.W.H. v. A.M.P., 997 So. 2d 1008 (Ala. 2008). · cites it 5× “First, § 12-12-35, Ala.Code 1975, provides: “(a) Adoption proceedings, primarily cognizable before the probate court, may be transferred to the district court on motion of a party to the proceeding in probate court.”
T.C.M. v. W.L.K., 208 So. 3d 39 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “See Ala.Code 1975, § 12-12-35(a). Furthermore, both this court and our supreme *45 court have explained that a probate court, and not a circuit court or a juvenile court, is the proper court in which to seek to have a probate court’s adoption judgment set aside.”
R.L. v. J.E.R., 69 So. 3d 898 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). · cites it 3× “‘[Ujnless [a] juvenile court acquire[s] jurisdiction over a petition to adopt by the “transfer” mechanism found in § 12-12-35, [Ala.] Code 1975,[ 4 ] the juvenile court [is] without authority to grant an adoption.”
M.M. v. B.L., 926 So. 2d 1038 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005). “‘[Ujnless [a] juvenile court acquire[s] jurisdiction over a petition to adopt by the “transfer” mechanism found in § 12-12-35, [Ala.] Code 1975, the juvenile court [is] without authority to grant an adoption.”
O.S. v. E.S., 205 So. 3d 1233 (Ala. 2014). “Moreover, unless the juvenile court acquired jurisdiction over a petition to adopt by the ‘transfer’ mechanism found at § 12-12-35, Code 1975, the juvenile court would be without authority to grant an adoption.”
C.L.C. v. D.W.R., 897 So. 2d 234 (Ala. 2004). ““[U]nless [a] juvenile court acquire[s] jurisdiction over a petition to adopt by the ‘transfer’ mechanism found in § 12-12-35, [Ala.] Code 1975, the juvenile court [is] without authority to grant an adoption.”
I.B. v. T.N., 194 So. 3d 221 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “- “First, §12-12-35, Ala.Code 1975, provides: “ ‘(a) Adoption proceedings, primarily cognizable before the probate court, may be transferred to the district court on motion of a party to the proceeding in probate court.”
B.H. ex rel. E.D.E. v. R.E., 988 So. 2d 565 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “See § 12-12-35, Ala.Code 1975 (allowing such a transfer).”
K.L.B. v. W.M.F., 864 So. 2d 333 (Ala. Civ. App. 2002). “After the remand from this court and upon motion by the stepfather, the probate court transferred the case to the juvenile court, pursuant to § 12-12-35, Ala.Code 1975. The juvenile court entered a judgment finding that the father had impliedly consented to the adoption and…”
Ex Parte D.C.H., C.W.H. & J.L.H., 575 So. 2d 100 (Ala. Civ. App. 1990). “On authority of § 26-10-1, § 12-12-35, Ala.Code 1975, and Ex parte Hicks, 451 So.”
B.W.C. v. A.N.M., 590 So. 2d 282 (Ala. Civ. App. 1991). “Moreover, unless the juvenile court acquired jurisdiction over a petition to adopt by the “transfer” mechanism found at § 12-12-35, Code 1975, the juvenile court would be without authority to grant an adoption.”
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Ala. Code § 12-12-35(a): 3 cases
T.C.M. v. W.L.K., 208 So. 3d 39 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “See Ala.Code 1975, § 12-12-35(a). Furthermore, both this court and our supreme *45 court have explained that a probate court, and not a circuit court or a juvenile court, is the proper court in which to seek to have a probate court’s adoption judgment set aside.”
Opinion of the Clerk, 826 So. 2d 108 (Ala. 2001).
M.A.N. v. J.A.N., 611 So. 2d 1090 (Ala. Civ. App. 1992).
Ala. Code § 12-12-35(b): 3 cases
E.W.H. v. A.M.P., 997 So. 2d 1008 (Ala. 2008). “First, § 12-12-35, Ala.Code 1975, provides: “(a) Adoption proceedings, primarily cognizable before the probate court, may be transferred to the district court on motion of a party to the proceeding in probate court.”
I.B. v. T.N., 194 So. 3d 221 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “- “First, §12-12-35, Ala.Code 1975, provides: “ ‘(a) Adoption proceedings, primarily cognizable before the probate court, may be transferred to the district court on motion of a party to the proceeding in probate court.”
Ex Parte AMP, 997 So. 2d 1008 (Ala. 2008).
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