Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 30-3-27 (2026)
Inconvenient Forum; Communication Between Courts; Payment of Expenses.
✓ 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Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective January 1, 2000.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, §7.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases, 1984–2008 · leading case: Ballard v. Ballard, 444 So. 2d 872 (Ala. Civ. App. 1984).
Ballard v. Ballard, 444 So. 2d 872 (Ala. Civ. App. 1984). “at § 30-3-27. After considering testimony and other evidence on the jurisdiction issue, the trial court granted the wife's motion, dismissing the petition and assessing attorney fees and court costs against the husband.”
Bennett v. Bennett, 506 So. 2d 1021 (Ala. Civ. App. 1987). “) Under § 30-3-27, a court in Alabama may decline to exercise its jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding, whether an initial decree or a modification, if it determines that it is in the child's interest that another state assume jurisdiction.”
Case v. Case, 627 So. 2d 980 (Ala. Civ. App. 1993). “Section 30-3-27(a), Ala. Code 1975, provides: "(a) A court which has jurisdiction under this article to make an initial or modification *Page 983 decree may decline to exercise its jurisdiction any time before making a decree if it finds that it is an inconvenient forum to make…”
J.N.H. v. N.T.H., 705 So. 2d 448 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-27. An Aa-bama court has the right to communicate with another jurisdiction to determine whether Aabama would be an inconvenient forum.”
Ramsey v. Ramsey, 995 So. 2d 881 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “Former § 30-3-27 permitted a trial court having jurisdiction over a child-custody determination to decline to exercise jurisdiction.”
M.M.H. v. T.L.L., 634 So. 2d 567 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “§ 30-3-27. If the court assumes jurisdiction as the *570 most convenient forum, the court must determine if the action to be taken is precluded by an order or judgment of another state.”
P.A.T. v. D.B., 638 So. 2d 905 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-27(a), provides that a court may decline to exercise its jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding “if it finds that it is an inconvenient forum to make a custody determination under the circumstances of the ease and that a court of another state is a…”
Lyon v. Lyon, 618 So. 2d 127 (Ala. Civ. App. 1992). “PKPA, § 1738A(f)(2); UCCJA, § 30-3-27; Stevenson v. Stevenson , 452 So.”
Vick v. Vick, 675 So. 2d 1324 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996). “The trial court could, however, have declined to exercise jurisdiction in this case on the ground of inconvenient forum, pursuant to § 30-3-27, Ala. Code 1975. If the trial court had declined to exercise jurisdiction, the proper procedure would have been for the trial court to…”
Via v. Johnston, 521 So. 2d 1324 (Ala. Civ. App. 1987). “Ala. Code 1975, § 30-3-27(g). Clearly, the mother filed the modification proceedings in the wrong court, as the appropriate forum in this instance is Indiana.”
D.B. v. P.B., 692 So. 2d 856 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997). “See Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-27. The commentary to § 9 of the UCCJA, providing for information to be submitted to the court under oath, states: “It is important for the court to receive the information listed and other pertinent facts as early as possible for purposes of…”
L.L. v. St. Clair Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 659 So. 2d 618 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-27(a), provides that a court may decline to exercise its jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding “if it finds that it is an inconvenient forum to make a custody determination under the circumstances of the case and that a court of another state is a…”
— Ala. Code § 30-3-27(a) — 4 cases
Case v. Case, 627 So. 2d 980 (Ala. Civ. App. 1993). “Section 30-3-27(a), Ala. Code 1975, provides: "(a) A court which has jurisdiction under this article to make an initial or modification *Page 983 decree may decline to exercise its jurisdiction any time before making a decree if it finds that it is an inconvenient forum to make…”
P.A.T. v. D.B., 638 So. 2d 905 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-27(a), provides that a court may decline to exercise its jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding “if it finds that it is an inconvenient forum to make a custody determination under the circumstances of the ease and that a court of another state is a…”
L.L. v. St. Clair Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 659 So. 2d 618 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-27(a), provides that a court may decline to exercise its jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding “if it finds that it is an inconvenient forum to make a custody determination under the circumstances of the case and that a court of another state is a…”
Pat v. Db, 638 So. 2d 905 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994).
— Ala. Code § 30-3-27(c) — 2 cases
Case v. Case, 627 So. 2d 980 (Ala. Civ. App. 1993). “Section 30-3-27(a), Ala. Code 1975, provides: "(a) A court which has jurisdiction under this article to make an initial or modification *Page 983 decree may decline to exercise its jurisdiction any time before making a decree if it finds that it is an inconvenient forum to make…”
M.M.H. v. T.L.L., 634 So. 2d 567 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “§ 30-3-27. If the court assumes jurisdiction as the *570 most convenient forum, the court must determine if the action to be taken is precluded by an order or judgment of another state.”
— Ala. Code § 30-3-27(c)(1) — 1 case
Pat v. Db, 638 So. 2d 905 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994).
— Ala. Code § 30-3-27(c)(l) — 2 cases
P.A.T. v. D.B., 638 So. 2d 905 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-27(a), provides that a court may decline to exercise its jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding “if it finds that it is an inconvenient forum to make a custody determination under the circumstances of the ease and that a court of another state is a…”
L.L. v. St. Clair Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 659 So. 2d 618 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-27(a), provides that a court may decline to exercise its jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding “if it finds that it is an inconvenient forum to make a custody determination under the circumstances of the case and that a court of another state is a…”
— Ala. Code § 30-3-27(d) — 4 cases
J.N.H. v. N.T.H., 705 So. 2d 448 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-27. An Aa-bama court has the right to communicate with another jurisdiction to determine whether Aabama would be an inconvenient forum.”
Jnh v. Nth, 705 So. 2d 448 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997).
Dacheux v. Paschael, 743 So. 2d 484 (Ala. Civ. App. 1999).
Reyner v. Reyner, 646 So. 2d 118 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994).
— Ala. Code § 30-3-27(g) — 1 case
Via v. Johnston, 521 So. 2d 1324 (Ala. Civ. App. 1987). “Ala. Code 1975, § 30-3-27(g). Clearly, the mother filed the modification proceedings in the wrong court, as the appropriate forum in this instance is Indiana.”
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