Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-3-10 (2026)
Appellate Jurisdiction of Court of Civil Appeals.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The Court of Civil Appeals shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction of all civil cases where the amount involved, exclusive of interest and costs, does not exceed $50,000, all appeals from administrative agencies other than the Alabama Public Service Commission, all appeals in workers’ compensation cases, all appeals in domestic relations cases, including annulment, divorce, adoption, and child custody cases and all extraordinary writs arising from appeals in said cases. Where there is a recovery in the court below of any amount other than costs, the amount of such recovery shall be deemed to be the amount involved; otherwise, the amount claimed shall be deemed to be the amount involved; except, that in actions of detinue the alternate value of the property as found by the court or jury shall be deemed to be the amount involved.
(Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §3; Acts 1993, No. 93-346, p. 536, §5.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 160
cases (22 in the last 5 years), 1981–2026 · leading case: Ex Parte Bayliss, 550 So. 2d 986 (Ala. 1989).
Ex Parte Bayliss, 550 So. 2d 986 (Ala. 1989). “By this opinion, we are unsettling things that have been established by the appellate court of this State (the Court of Civil Appeals) that has exclusive appellate jurisdiction of "all appeals in domestic relations cases, including annulment, divorce, adoption and child custody…”
Collins v. Alabama Dept. of Corr., 911 So. 2d 739 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004). “On remand from the Alabama Supreme Court's decision in Ex parte Boykins, this court stated: "[S]hould an appeal be taken from the Montgomery Circuit Court's judgment, the appeal should be filed with the Court of Civil Appeals, because Boykins's case would be an appeal from an…”
Christopher v. Christopher, 145 So. 3d 60 (Ala. 2013). “By this opinion, we are unsettling things that have been established by the appellate court of this State (the Court of Civil Appeals) that has exclusive appellate jurisdiction of ‘all appeals in domestic relations cases, including annulment, divorce, adoption and child custody…”
Ruiz v. Nat'l Dairy, LLC, 164 So. 3d 602 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014). “Ala.Code 1975, 12-3-10, IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that this cause is transferred to the Court of Civil Appeals.”
McMichael v. McMichael, 62 So. 3d 465 (Ala. 2010). “See § 12-3-10; § 12-3-11. C. The propriety of the Talladega Circuit Court's finding of contempt Forney argues that the Talladega Circuit Court erred by finding him in contempt of its September 28, 2009, consent order; however, Forney may not seek relief from a finding of…”
Pack v. Blankenship, 612 So. 2d 399 (Ala. 1992). “He says that the present action involves an appeal of a regulatory action taken by a state agency, and that under Ala.Code 1975, § 12-3-10, such an appeal should be to the Court of Civil Appeals rather than this Court.”
Boykins v. State, 862 So. 2d 594 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “Finally, we note that should an appeal be taken from the Montgomery Circuit Court's judgment, the appeal should be filed with the Court of Civil Appeals, because Boykins's case would be an appeal from an administrative agency, see § 12-3-10, Ala.Code 1975, rather than an appeal…”
Thompson v. Bd. of Pardons & Paroles, 806 So. 2d 374 (Ala. 2001). “The Court of Civil Appeals recognized that it did not have jurisdiction over the case, because it concerned a matter not expressly assigned to that court by § 12-3-10, Ala.Code 1975; it transferred this appeal to this Court, pursuant to § 12-1-4, Ala.”
State v. Greenetrack, Inc., 154 So. 3d 940 (Ala. 2014). “See generally § 12-3-10, Ala.Code 1975 (assigning to the Court of Civil Appeals appellate jurisdiction over civil matters where the amount in controversy does not exceed $50,000).”
Nix v. Franklin Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 234 So. 3d 450 (Ala. 2017). “” § 12-3-10, Ala. Code 1975. The present case is not one of the types of cases upon which appellate jurisdiction has been expressly assigned to that court by § 12-3-10.”
Goldome Credit Corp. v. Player, 869 So. 2d 1146 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “See § 12-3-10, Ala. Code 1975 (providing that the Court of Civil Appeals has original jurisdiction of all civil cases where the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, does not exceed $50,000).”
Ex Parte Publix Super Markets, Inc., 963 So. 2d 654 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007). “2d 1099 (Ala.Civ.App. 2003). The employer has properly invoked that jurisdiction by timely filing its petition for a writ of mandamus within a reasonable time following the entry of the order of which it complains.”
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