Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 30-3-169 (2026)
Objection to Change of Principal Residence.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The person entitled to determine the principal residence of a child may change the principal residence of a child after providing notice as provided herein unless a person entitled to notice files a proceeding seeking a temporary or permanent order to prevent the change of principal residence of a child within 30 days after receipt of such notice.
(Act 2003-364, p. 1017, §10.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2007–2026 · leading case: Bates v. Bates, 103 So. 3d 836 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012).
Bates v. Bates, 103 So. 3d 836 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “See Ala.Code 1975, §§ 30-3-169 & 30-3-169.1. When, in response to the father’s objection to her proposed relocation, the mother did file a counterpetition seeking to relocate, Alabama law did not require that the counter-petition be verified.”
T.C. v. C.E., 63 So. 3d 627 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “The father filed a motion to dismiss the mother’s action, asserting that the mother had not brought her action within 30 days of receipt of the notice of the planned relocation as required by Ala. Code 1975, § 30-3-169. The juvenile court, at the outset of trial on May 6, 2009,…”
Reeves v. Fancher, 210 So. 3d 595 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “See § 30-3-169, Ala. Code 1975. The mother answered the father’s July 1, 2014, petition and counterclaimed, also seeking an award of custody of the child.”
T.C. v. C.E., 91 So. 3d 684 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “The father filed a motion to dismiss the mother’s action, asserting that the mother had not brought her action within 30 days of receipt of the notice of the planned relocation as required by Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-169. The juvenile court, at the outset of trial on May 6, 2009,…”
Ex Parte C.E. (In Re: T.C. v. C.E.)., 91 So. 3d 687 (Ala. 2011). “Section 30-3-169, Ala.Code 1975, states: “The person entitled to determine the principal residence of a child may change the principal residence of a child after providing notice as provided herein unless a person entitled to notice files a proceeding seeking a temporary or…”
Wills v. Philbrook, 976 So. 2d 1014 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007). “" (emphasis added)); and § 30-3-169, Ala.Code 1975 ("The person entitled to determine the principal residence of a child may change the principal residence of a child after providing notice as provided herein unless a person entitled to notice files a proceeding seeking a…”
Ex Parte TC, 63 So. 3d 627 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “The father filed a motion to dismiss the mother's action, asserting that the mother had not brought her action within 30 days of receipt of the notice of the planned relocation as required by Ala. Code 1975, § 30-3-169. The juvenile court, at the outset of trial on May 6, 2009,…”
Arundhati Sawant v. Gurudatta Anand Naik (Ala. Civ. App. 2026). “See Ala. Code 1975, § 30-3-169 (providing that "[t]he person entitled to determine the principal residence of a child may change the principal residence of a child after providing notice as provided herein unless a person entitled to notice files a proceeding seeking a temporary…”
Crum v. Crum, 161 So. 3d 1212 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014). “In her petition, the mother argues that, because the father failed to object to her August 2012 notice of relocation, she was automatically permitted to move to Wisconsin pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-169, which provides: “The person entitled to determine the principal…”
Thompson v. Thompson (Ex parte Thompson), 255 So. 3d 779 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “§ 30-3-169, Ala. Code 1975. In support of his assertion that the trial court never obtained subject-matter jurisdiction over the mother's objection because she failed to pay a filing fee within the required 30 days, the father cites Hicks v.”
Mary Ellen Williams v. Thomas M. Williams, Jr. (Ala. Civ. App. 2026). “§ 30-3-169, Ala. Code 1975. Section 30-3-169.”
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