Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 26-10A-27 (2026)
Stepparent Adoptions.
✓ 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THIS SECTION REPEALED BY ACT 2023-92, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024.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, §27.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases, 2001–2017 · leading case: In re Adoption of K.R.S., 109 So. 3d 176 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012).
In re Adoption of K.R.S., 109 So. 3d 176 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “child”) under § 26-10A-27, Ala.Code 1975, a part of the Alabama Adoption Code, § 26-10A-1 et seq.”
Searcy v. Strange, 81 F. Supp. 3d 1285 (S.D. Ala. 2015). “” Ala.Code § 26-10A-27. Searcy filed a petition in the Probate Court of Mobile County seeking to adopt K.”
State ex rel. Alabama Policy Inst., 200 So. 3d 495 (Ala. 2015). “” § 26-10A-27, Ala.Code 1975. In April 2012, the Mobile Probate Court, acting through Judge Don Davis, entered a *508 final judgment denying C.”
L.B.S. v. L.M.S., 826 So. 2d 178 (Ala. Civ. App. 2002). “Code 1975, provides: “(a) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘grandparent’ means the parent of a parent of a minor child, the parent of a minor child’s parent who has died, or the parent of a minor child’s parent whose parental rights have been terminated when the child…”
T.R.S.S. v. R.S., 828 So. 2d 327 (Ala. Civ. App. 2002). “are not parents of a parent whose parental rights have been terminated when the child has been adopted pursuant to § 26-10A-27 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. The father voluntarily terminated his parental rights in order to extinguish any duty he owed to the child as a parent; the…”
J.S. v. D.W., 835 So. 2d 174 (Ala. Civ. App. 2001). “1 defines a “grandparent” as “the parent of a parent of a minor child, the parent of a minor child’s parent who has died, or the parent of a minor child’s parent whose parental rights have been terminated when the child has been adopted pursuant to Section 26-10A-27, 26-10A-28,…”
K.H.M. v. D.l.i., Jr., 895 So. 2d 950 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “” They contend that the case should have then proceeded under § 26-10A-5 and § 26-10A-27, which provides that a stepparent may adopt a child so long as the child has lived with the stepparent for one year.”
Riggs v. Krukenberg (Ex parte Krukenberg), 252 So. 3d 676 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “In September 2014, while the 2014 enforcement action was pending in the circuit court, the mother's husband, Shane Krukenberg ("the stepfather"), filed in the Lee Probate Court ("the probate court") a complaint seeking to adopt the children ("the adoption action") pursuant to…”
J.L.W. v. E.O.J., 992 So. 2d 727 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “The statute provides as follows: "(a) For the purposes of this section, the term 'grandparent' means the parent of a parent of a minor child, the parent of a minor child’s parent who has died, or the parent of a minor child's parent whose parental rights have been terminated…”
L.A.M. v. B.M., 906 So. 2d 942 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004). “1(a), a grandparent is defined as “the parent of a parent of a minor child, the parent of a minor child’s parent who has died, or the parent of a minor child’s parent whose parental rights have been terminated when the child has been adopted pursuant to Section 26-10A-27,…”
Trss v. Rs, 828 So. 2d 327 (Ala. Civ. App. 2002). “are not parents of a parent whose parental rights have been terminated when the child has been adopted pursuant to § 26-10A-27 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. The father voluntarily terminated his parental rights in order to extinguish any duty he owed to the child as a parent; the…”
A.S. v. N.E.F., 91 So. 3d 656 (Ala. 2011). “1(a) is “the parent of a minor child’s parent whose parental rights have been *657 terminated when the child has been adopted pursuant to Section 26-10A-27, 26-10A-28, or 26-10A-30, dealing with stepparent and relative adoption,” while § 26-10A-30 addresses the visitation rights…”
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