Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 26-18-1 (2026)
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✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2008-277, §30, effective January 1, 2009.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-261, p. 442, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 75
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2023 · leading case: A.D.B.H. v. Houston Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 1 So. 3d 53 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008).
A.D.B.H. v. Houston Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 1 So. 3d 53 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “In addition, I agree with Judge Moore that the present method by which we terminate parental rights is not in accordance with either the Child Protection Act, codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 26-18-1 et seq., or the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, codified at, among other…”
Ex Parte Beasley, 564 So. 2d 950 (Ala. 1990). “We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether the Court of Civil Appeals erred in holding that the 1984 Child Protection Act, Ala.Code 1975, §§ 26-18-1 to 26-18-10, requires a juvenile court to make a "finding of dependency" before parental rights can be terminated.”
F.P. v. J.K.M., 857 So. 2d 125 (Ala. 2003). “, the Alabama Adoption Code (AAC) must be read in pari materia with Ala.Code 1975, § 26-18-1 et seq., the 1984 Child Protection Act (CPA).”
HH v. Baldwin Cnty. DHR, 989 So. 2d 1094 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “Section 26-18-7(a)(6) of the 1984 Child Protection Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 26-18-1 et seq. ("the CPA"), further implies that DHR has a duty to use reasonable efforts leading toward the rehabilitation of the parent.”
Jb v. Jefferson Cnty. Dhr, 869 So. 2d 475 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “("the CPA"), provides, in pertinent part, that a court may terminate parental rights "[i]f the court finds from clear and convincing evidence, competent, material and relevant in nature, that the parents of a child are unable or unwilling to discharge their responsibilities to…”
A.A. v. Cleburne Cnty. Dhr, 912 So. 2d 261 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005). “("the CPA"), provides, in pertinent part, that a court may terminate parental rights "[i]f the court finds from clear and convincing evidence, competent, material, and relevant in nature, that the parents of a child are unable or unwilling to discharge their responsibilities to…”
C.V. v. J.M.J., 810 So. 2d 700 (Ala. 2001). “Moreover, the age-old principle that, as against a challenge by a nonparent, a parent who is neither unfit nor guilty of forfeiting his or her parental rights is entitled to custody *721 has been strengthened rather than weakened by the 1984 adoption of the Uniform Child…”
C.C. v. L.J., 176 So. 3d 183 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “, the 1984 Child Protection Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 26-18-1 et seq. (“the CPA”), applied to proceedings in which termination of parental rights was sought.”
M.D.C. v. K.D., 39 So. 3d 1117 (Ala. 2009). “We granted certiorari review to consider a material question of first impression for this Court: whether the Alabama Child Protection Act, § 26-18-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 (“CPA”), 1 which governs the termination of parental rights, also terminates a parent’s responsibility to…”
D.P. v. Limestone Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 28 So. 3d 759 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “Code 1975, and the Child Protection Act (“CPA”), § 26-18-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, in order to comply with federal legislation known as the Adoption and Safe Families Act (“ASFA”), 42 U.”
T.V. v. B.S., 7 So. 3d 346 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “Code 1975, and the Child Protection Act, § 26-18-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975. BRYAN, J.”
J.B. v. DeKalb Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 12 So. 3d 100 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “The 1984 Child Protection Act (“the CPA”), Ala.Code 1975, § 26-18-1 et seq., controls the law governing termination-of-parental-rights cases and defines abandonment as “[a] voluntary and intentional relinquishment of the custody of a child by a parent, or a withholding from the…”
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