Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 26-10A-1 (2026)
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✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
THIS SECTION REPEALED BY ACT 2023-92, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-554, p. 912, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 71
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1991–2025 · leading case: F.P. v. J.K.M., 857 So. 2d 125 (Ala. 2003).
F.P. v. J.K.M., 857 So. 2d 125 (Ala. 2003). “We stated, in part: “ ‘It follows, therefore, that Ala.Code 1975, § 26-10A-1 et seq., the Alabama Adoption Code (AAC) must be read in pari materia with Ala.”
Hays v. Hays, 946 So. 2d 867 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006). “Statutory Construction Second, however, purely as a matter of statutory construction, I do not think the Alabama Adoption Code ("the AAC"), Ala. Code 1975, § 26-10A-1 et seq., may properly be interpreted to authorize children to unilaterally terminate their legal relationship…”
Ex parte J.W.B., 230 So. 3d 783 (Ala. 2016). “asking the probate court to address whether the Alabama Adoption Code, § 26-10A-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, and/or the PFRA is unconstitutional or whether the Alabama Adoption Code and/or the PFRA as applied to him is unconstitutional.”
S.A. v. M.T.O., 143 So. 3d 799 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “” Ala.Code 1975, § 26-10A-7(a)(2). As the Comment to that statute, which was published in the Alabama Code along with the statute itself, states, “the persons listed in section 26-10A-7 have an absolute veto power over the proposed adoption.”
Ex parte W.L.K., 222 So. 3d 357 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “Based on that determination and our construction of the Alabama Adoption Code, Ala.Code 1975, § 26-10A-1 et seq., we ordered the probate court to enter a judgment concluding the adoption proceeding in compliance with § 26-10A-24(d), which reads as follows: “(d) After hearing…”
F.P. v. J.K.M., 857 So. 2d 110 (Ala. Civ. App. 2001). “We stated, in part: “It follows, therefore, that Ala.Code 1975, § 26-10A-1 et seq., the Alabama Adoption Code (AAC) must be read in pari materia with Ala.”
J.N.F. v. A.S., 866 So. 2d 582 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “In reversing the probate court’s judgment and remanding this case, however, we note that the law in this area is in a state of relative flux. As the putative father correctly notes, a number of recent opinions issued by the Alabama Supreme Court and this court have considered…”
M.D.C. v. K.D., 39 So. 3d 1117 (Ala. 2009). “For example, the Alabama Adoption Code, Ala. Code 1975, § 26-10A-1 et seq., provides that a parent who consents to the adoption of his or her child forfeits ‘all rights and obligations,’ Ala.”
O.S. v. E.S., 205 So. 3d 1233 (Ala. 2014). “The grandparents also asserted that the wife’s claim was barred by the Alabama Adoption Code, § 26-10A-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, specifically, § 26-10A-14(a), Ala.”
T.S. v. J.P., 674 So. 2d 535 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995). “The mother raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether Ala.Code 1975, § 26-10A-1 et seq., the Alabama Adoption Code, violates the due process and equal protection guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.”
R.W.S. v. C.B.D., 244 So. 3d 987 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “Clair Probate Court ("the probate court") a petition under the Alabama Adoption Code ("the AAC"), § 26-10A-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975. In that petition, the stepfather sought to adopt a child born in April 2015 to his wife, A.”
O.S. v. E.S., 205 So. 3d 1219 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “The grandparents also asserted that the wife’s claim was barred by the Alabama Adoption Code, § 26-10A-1 et seq,, Ala.Code 1975, specifically, § 26-10A-14(a), ■ Ala.”
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