Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 26-18-2 (2026)
Purpose; Precedence of Appeals.
✓ 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Repealed by Act 2008-277, §30, effective January 1, 2009.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, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 25
cases, 1988–2015 · 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). “" § 26-18-2, Ala.Code 1975. Section 26-18-7, Ala.”
JC v. State Dep't of Human Resources, 986 So. 2d 1172 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007). “Section 26-18-2 of the CPA provides that the guidelines established by the CPA are to be "used .”
Ex Parte Beasley, 564 So. 2d 950 (Ala. 1990). “" The purpose of the 1984 Child Protection Act is set out in § 26-18-2, which states: "It is the purpose of this chapter to provide meaningful guidelines to be used by the juvenile court in cases involving the termination of parental rights in such a manner as to protect the…”
Ex Parte State Dept. of Human Resources, 890 So. 2d 114 (Ala. 2004). “Code 1975 (providing that the purpose of the Child Protection Act is "to protect the welfare of children by providing stability and continuity in their lives, and at the same time to protect the rights of their parents"). Indeed, termination-of-parental-rights proceedings are…”
M.D.C. v. K.D., 39 So. 3d 1117 (Ala. 2009). “’ “Ala.Code 1975, § 26-18-2 [repealed effective January 1, 2009].”
J.E. v. V.C.E., 1 So. 3d 1002 (Ala. 2008). “1990); see also Ala.Code 1975, § 26-18-2, a part of Alabama’s Child Protection Act, § 26-18-1 et seq.”
C.C. v. L.J., 176 So. 3d 183 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “The CPA was intended “to provide meaningful guidelines to be used by the juvenile court in cases involving the termination of parental rights,” Ala.Code 1975, § 26-18-2 (repealed) (emphasis added), and 'provided, for the first time, that such a petition could “be filed by .”
Ex parte L.J., 176 So. 3d 186 (Ala. 2014). “" § 26-18-2 (repealed). Under the CPA, § 26-18-5 set out who could file a petition to terminate parental rights: "A petition may be filed by any public or private licensed child-placing agency or parent, with permission of the court, or any interested party.”
A.R. v. State Dep't of Human Resources, 992 So. 2d 748 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “Section 26-18-7 of the CPA provides: “(a) If 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 and for the child, or that the conduct or…”
T.V. v. B.S., 7 So. 3d 346 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “” Ala.Code 1975, § 26-18-2. The CPA states, in pertinent part: “If 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 and for the child, or…”
S.D.P. v. U.R.S., 18 So. 3d 936 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “Section 26-18-7 does not explicate on the factors a juvenile court should consider in exercising that discretion, but § 26-18-2, Ala.Code 1975, provides that the foremost purpose of the entire statutory scheme regulating the termination of parental rights is “to protect the…”
M.D.C. v. K.D., 39 So. 3d 1105 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “See § 26-18-2, Ala.Code 1975; and A.J.H.T. v.”
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