Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 26-17-2 (2026)
Parent and Child Relationship - Defined.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2008-376, p. 666, §1, effective January 1, 2009.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-244, p. 375, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1987–2009 · 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). “” Ala.Code 1975, § 26-17-2 (superseded, effective January 1, 2009, by Ala.”
McCoy v. McCoy, 549 So. 2d 53 (Ala. 1989). “Code 1975, § 26-17-2, defines the "parent-child relationship" under this chapter as: "[T]he legal relationship existing between a child and his natural or adoptive parents incident to which the law confers or imposes rights, privileges, duties and obligations.”
Ex Parte Jones, 592 So. 2d 608 (Ala. 1991). “Section 26-17-2 declares the object of the Act, which is to apply the consequences of the "parent and child relationship .”
C.G. v. State, 841 So. 2d 281 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “The Alabama Uniform Parentage Act defines the “parent-and-child relationship” as “the legal relationship existing between a child and his natural or adoptive parents incident to which the law confers or imposes rights, privileges, duties and obligations.”
Jones v. Williams, 592 So. 2d 605 (Ala. Civ. App. 1991). “, Code of Alabama, 1975, in § 26-17-2 & -3 defines a `parent and child relationship' as the legal relationship between a child and natural or *607 adoptive parents.”
J.W.O. v. C.A.P., 683 So. 2d 1004 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996). “” Ala.Code 1975, § 26-17-2. Although it is clear that a child can have only one father, courts have historically considered that a determination regarding parental rights and the best interests of a child involve more than a biological connection.”
Ex Parte Mdc, 39 So. 3d 1117 (Ala. 2009). “" Ala.Code 1975, § 26-17-2 (superseded, effective January 1, 2009, by Ala.”
State ex rel. Snow v. Armstrong, 508 So. 2d 266 (Ala. 1987). “” Code 1975, § 26-17-2. The AUPA expands the class of persons entitled to bring an action to determine the father and child relationship, and for the first time authorizes such an action by the child.”
CG v. State, 841 So. 2d 281 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “The Alabama Uniform Parentage Act defines the "parent-and-child relationship" as "the legal relationship existing between a child and his natural or adoptive parents incident to which the law confers or imposes rights, privileges, duties and obligations.”
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