Ala. Code
Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 13A-13-5 (2026)

Abandonment of Child.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section JustiaAla. Code CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

(a) A man or woman commits the crime of abandonment of a child when, being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than 18 years old, he or she deserts such child in any place with intent wholly to abandon it.

(b) Abandonment of a child is a Class A misdemeanor.

(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §7030.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1993–2018 · leading case: Ibarra v. Holder, Jr., 736 F.3d 903 (10th Cir. 2013).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Ibarra v. Holder, Jr., 736 F.3d 903 (10th Cir. 2013). “Code § 13A-13-6 (Michie, Westlaw through 1996 legislation) (Alabama at least criminalizes intentionally abandoning children, Ala.Code §§ 13A-13-5 (Michie, Westlaw through 1996 legislation), and “willfully maltreat[ing]” children, Ala.”
Cottrell v. Nat. Collegiate Athletic Ass'n, 975 So. 2d 306 (Ala. 2007). “Code 1975, which states, in pertinent part: *347 "A man or woman commits the crime of abandonment of a child when, being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than 18 years old, he or she deserts such child in a place with…”
Pruitt v. State, 272 So. 3d 732 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “f obscene matter containing visual reproduction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts); § 13A-12-192 (prohibiting the possession of obscene matter containing visual reproduction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts); § 13A-12-196…”
State v. Woodard, 631 So. 2d 1065 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993). “containing visual reproduction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts); § 13A-12-196 (prohibiting parents or guardians from permitting children to engage in production of obscene matter); § 13A-12-197 (prohibiting the production of obscene matter depicting…”
Pruitt v. State, 272 So. 3d 732 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “f obscene matter containing visual reproduction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts); § 13A-12-192 (prohibiting the possession of obscene matter containing visual reproduction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts); § 13A-12-196…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.