Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 26-10A-26 (2026)
Appeals.
✓ 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THIS SECTION REPEALED BY ACT 2023-92, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024.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, §26.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2004–2024 · leading case: Ex parte K.R., 210 So. 3d 1106 (Ala. 2016).
Ex parte K.R., 210 So. 3d 1106 (Ala. 2016). “Ala.Code 1975, § 26-10A-26(a). Thus, 14 days would be the presumptively reasonable time in matters relating to adoptions.”
J.B.M. v. J.C.M., 142 So. 3d 676 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “2008): “Section 26-10A-26, Ala.Code 1975, a part of the Alabama Adoption Code, provides that an appeal shall be filed within 14 days of the final order of adoption.”
R.W.S. v. C.B.D., 244 So. 3d 987 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “argues in his appellate brief that the probate court erred in determining that his February 3, 2017, postjudgment motion was denied by operation of law in appeal number 2060344. The period for timely appealing an adoption judgment of a probate court is 14 days from the entry of…”
J.D. v. M.B., 226 So. 3d 706 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “, and no notice- of appeal was filed by any party within 14 days of entry of the judgment pursuant to § 26-10A-26, Ala.Code 1975. On October 8, 2015, the father, through new counsel, filed a motion in the probate court pursuant to Rule 77(d) (“the Rule 77(d) motion”) seeking to…”
Ex parte T.C.M., 222 So. 3d 360 (Ala. 2016). “Furthermore, the Adoption Code provides that the probate court ‘may enter further orders concerning the custody of the adoptee pending appeal,’ Ala. Code 1975, § 26-10A-26(b), indicating that the probate court’s jurisdiction over an adoptee’s custody is not terminated by the…”
C.E.C. v. C.W.C., 202 So. 3d 338 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “filed his motion more than 14 days after the entry of the adoption judgment, and thus beyond the time for taking an appeal pursuant to § 26-10A-26, we treat his motion as having been filed solely pursuant to Rule 60(b).”
E.W.H. v. A.M.P., 997 So. 2d 1008 (Ala. 2008). “Section 26-10A-26, Ala.Code 1975, a part of the Alabama Adoption Code, provides that an appeal shall be filed within 14 days of the final order of adoption.”
K.L.R. v. K.G.S., 264 So. 3d 65 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “Code 1975, § 26-10A-14 and § 26-10A-26, respectively, the protective order does not address any of the issues disposed of by the summary judgment and the final decree of adoption in this case.”
L.C.S. v. J.N.F., 941 So. 2d 973 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005). “1982)), and although that statute does not expressly address direct appeals to this court (compare Ala.Code 1975, § 26-10A-26(b), pertaining to adoption appeals), this court has, nonetheless, sought to dispose of appeals from juvenile-court judgments with dispatch, given the…”
B.N.P. ex rel. J.F. v. D.M.P., 896 So. 2d 505 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004). “Further, pursuant to § 26-10A-26, Ala.Code 1975, anonymous terms were used for these same parties when the stepfather sought to adopt B.”
C.B.W.N. v. K.P.R., 266 So. 3d 47 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “Based on the current interpretation of § 26-10A-26, Ala. Code 1975, the appeal was required to be filed within 14 days of the entry of the order.”
C.B.W.N. v. K.P.R., 266 So. 3d 47 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “Based on the current interpretation of § 26-10A-26, Ala. Code 1975, the appeal was required to be filed within 14 days of the entry of the order.”
Ala. Code § 26-10A-26(a): 14 cases
Ex parte K.R., 210 So. 3d 1106 (Ala. 2016). “Ala.Code 1975, § 26-10A-26(a). Thus, 14 days would be the presumptively reasonable time in matters relating to adoptions.”
J.B.M. v. J.C.M., 142 So. 3d 676 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “2008): “Section 26-10A-26, Ala.Code 1975, a part of the Alabama Adoption Code, provides that an appeal shall be filed within 14 days of the final order of adoption.”
R.W.S. v. C.B.D., 244 So. 3d 987 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “argues in his appellate brief that the probate court erred in determining that his February 3, 2017, postjudgment motion was denied by operation of law in appeal number 2060344. The period for timely appealing an adoption judgment of a probate court is 14 days from the entry of…”
J.D. v. M.B., 226 So. 3d 706 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “, and no notice- of appeal was filed by any party within 14 days of entry of the judgment pursuant to § 26-10A-26, Ala.Code 1975. On October 8, 2015, the father, through new counsel, filed a motion in the probate court pursuant to Rule 77(d) (“the Rule 77(d) motion”) seeking to…”
C.M.K. v. E.D.K., 50 So. 3d 1096 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010).
Ala. Code § 26-10A-26(b): 8 cases
Ex parte T.C.M., 222 So. 3d 360 (Ala. 2016). “Furthermore, the Adoption Code provides that the probate court ‘may enter further orders concerning the custody of the adoptee pending appeal,’ Ala. Code 1975, § 26-10A-26(b), indicating that the probate court’s jurisdiction over an adoptee’s custody is not terminated by the…”
L.C.S. v. J.N.F., 941 So. 2d 973 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005). “1982)), and although that statute does not expressly address direct appeals to this court (compare Ala.Code 1975, § 26-10A-26(b), pertaining to adoption appeals), this court has, nonetheless, sought to dispose of appeals from juvenile-court judgments with dispatch, given the…”
T.C.M. v. W.L.K., 237 So. 3d 238 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017).
I.B. v. T.N., 194 So. 3d 221 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015).
Lcs v. Jnf, 941 So. 2d 973 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005).
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