Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 26-17-101 (2026)
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✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act (2008).
(Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 36
cases (9 in the last 5 years), 2009–2026 · leading case: M.D.C. v. K.D., 39 So. 3d 1117 (Ala. 2009).
M.D.C. v. K.D., 39 So. 3d 1117 (Ala. 2009). “Code 1975, § 26-17-2 (superseded, effective January 1, 2009, by Ala.Code 1975, § 26-17-101 et seq.). The recent amendments and commentary to the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act, Ala.”
R.W. v. T.J., 89 So. 3d 744 (Ala. 2012). “(“the AUPA”), a presumption of paternity arises in favor of the mother’s husband when (1) a child is born during the marriage (§ 26 — 17—204(a)(l)); (2) a child is conceived during the marriage (§ 26-17-204(a)(2)); (3) a child is conceived or born during an invalid marriage (§…”
L.R.S. v. M.J., 229 So. 3d 772 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “Code 1975, § 12-15-115(a)(6), which, by reference to the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act, Ala. Code 1975, § 26-17-101 ét seq., gives the juvenile court jurisdiction to decide the custody of the subject child and to assess child support.”
L.R.B. v. Talladega Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 223 So. 3d 923 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “Under the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act, codified at Ala. Code 1975, § 26-17-101 et seq. (“the AUPA”), by virtue of his being married to the mother at the time of the birth of the child, the presumed father was afforded a *925 presumption of paternity.”
B.F.G. v. C.N.L., 204 So. 3d 399 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “If this court treats the father’s petition filed in the Alabama courts as one seeking to establish his paternity under the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act (“the ÁUPA”), § 26-17-101 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, and the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act (“the AJJA”), § 12-15-101 et seq.”
F.T.G. v. T.T.R., 199 So. 3d 82 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “Code 1975, a part of the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act (2008), § 26-17-101 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, provides: “A circuit or district court of this state or any other court of this state, as provided by law, shall have original jurisdiction to adjudicate parentage pursuant to this…”
J.O.J. v. R.M., 205 So. 3d 726 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “The Alabama Uniform Parentage Act (“the AUPA”), § 26-17-101 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, governs the establishment of a parent/child relationship under Alabama law.”
D.B. v. A.K., 93 So. 3d 946 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “Pursuant to the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act (“the AUPA”), Ala.Code 1975, § 26-17-101 et seq., J.K. is the presumed father of the child because the child was conceived and born during the mother’s marriage to J.”
C.C.N. v. R.E.S., 239 So. 3d 1164 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “Code 1975, § 12-15-115(a)(6), which, by reference to the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act, Ala. Code 1975, § 26-17-101 et seq., gives the juvenile court jurisdiction to decide the custody of the subject child and to assess child support.”
Brock v. Herd, 187 So. 3d 1161 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “exercise original jurisdiction” over proceedings to determine parentage pursuant to the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act, codified at § 26-17-101 ,et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the Parentage Act”).”
D.F.H. v. J.D.G., 125 So. 3d 146 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “Various provisions of the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act (“AUPA”), § 26-17-101 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, govern this dispute.”
R.W. v. T.J., 74 So. 3d 447 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “The Alabama Uniform Parentage Act (“the AUPA”), codified at § 26-17-101 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, sets forth the statutory criteria for determining the paternity of a child.”
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