Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 30-3-24 (2026)
Notice and Opportunity to Be Heard.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective January 1, 2000.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-92, p. 121, §4.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1983–1997 · leading case: Ex Parte Izundu, 568 So. 2d 771 (Ala. 1990).
Ex Parte Izundu, 568 So. 2d 771 (Ala. 1990). “In particular, he contends that the order was invalid in the absence of notice to his relatives in Nigeria of the pending custody proceeding and the joinder of those parties in the action.”
Krier v. Krier, 676 So. 2d 1335 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996). “" § 30-3-24, Ala.Code 1975 (emphasis added).”
Black v. Black, 625 So. 2d 450 (Ala. Civ. App. 1993). “She argues that such notice is required pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 30-3-24. She further argues that the trial court erred in awarding custody of the oldest child to the husband, who she says is a non-parent, over a natural parent.”
Vick v. Vick, 675 So. 2d 1324 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996). “However, she claims that she was not provided adequate notice of the date the hearing was scheduled and was, therefore, not provided with an "opportunity to be heard" as required by § 30-3-24. In a custody modification action, "[p]rocedural due process should be scrupulously…”
P.A.T. v. D.B., 638 So. 2d 905 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-24, states that “reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard shall be given to .”
Izundu v. Izundu, 563 So. 2d 1042 (Ala. Civ. App. 1990). “Pursuant to § 30-3-24, Code 1975, before a court issues a decree under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, §§ 30-3-20 through -43, Code 1975, “reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard shall be given to the contestants, any parent whose parental rights have not been…”
Johnston v. Johnston, 440 So. 2d 1112 (Ala. Civ. App. 1983). “Appellant claims the trial court erred in failing to issue the writ of habeas corpus as the ex parte custody order rendered on March 2, 1983, was without notice to her as required by § 30-3-24 of the Code. Appellant cites Wyatt v.”
Pat v. Db, 638 So. 2d 905 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-24, states that "reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard shall be given to .”
D.L.T. v. D.L., 707 So. 2d 271 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997). “Section 30-3-24, a part of that chapter, provides for notice and for an opportunity to be heard in a child custody proceeding: “Before making a decree under this article, reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard shall be given to the contestants, any parent whose parental…”
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