Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 30-3-29 (2026)

Information Under Oath to Be Submitted to Court; Continuing Duty to Inform.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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Repealed by Act 99-438, p. 866, 1999 Regular Session, effective January 1, 2000.

(Acts 1980, No. 80-92, p. 121, §9.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1982–1997 · leading case: Berry v. Berry, 466 So. 2d 138 (Ala. Civ. App. 1985).
Berry v. Berry, 466 So. 2d 138 (Ala. Civ. App. 1985). · cites it 4× “We need not address the mother's contention, raised for the first time on appeal, that the trial court erred in allowing the father to proceed without filing the affidavit required by Ala. Code (1975), § 30-3-29. Chatman v. City of Prichard , 431 So.”
J.N.H. v. N.T.H., 705 So. 2d 448 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “Ala.Code § 30-3-29. Neither the wife nor the husband revealed in any affidavit that the child was the subject of a custody judgment in Virginia.”
P.A.T. v. D.B., 638 So. 2d 905 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). · cites it 4× “The grandmother further filed custody affidavits in compliance with Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-29, stating that those children resided in Birmingham, Alabama, at the time of the filing of the petition, and that they had lived there five years preceding.”
In Re Carter, 412 So. 2d 811 (Ala. Civ. App. 1982). “Though the Georgia complaint did not inform concerning the pending custody proceeding in Alabama as required by the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act [in Alabama, § 30-3-29 (a)(2)], Mitchell had a right to pursue a divorce from the alleged new marriage and to have counsel…”
D.B. v. P.B., 692 So. 2d 856 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “Compare *862 Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-29. The affidavit must state any information the party has concerning litigation in any other jurisdiction dealing with the child’s custody.”
Pat v. Db, 638 So. 2d 905 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). · cites it 4× “The grandmother further filed custody affidavits in compliance with Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-29, stating that those children resided in Birmingham, Alabama, at the time of the filing of the petition, and that they had lived there five years preceding.”
Dean v. Dean, 447 So. 2d 728 (Ala. Civ. App. 1982). “Appellant also contends that it was reversible error for the trial court to overrule her objections to Marvin’s failure to submit the affidavit required by § 30-3-29, Code 1975, with his petition to the Alabama court.”
Db v. Pb, 692 So. 2d 856 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “Compare *862 Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-29. The affidavit must state any information the party has concerning litigation in any other jurisdiction dealing with the child's custody.”
Jnh v. Nth, 705 So. 2d 448 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “Ala.Code § 30-3-29. Neither the wife nor the husband revealed in any affidavit that the child was the subject of a custody judgment in Virginia.”
— Ala. Code § 30-3-29(c) — 2 cases
P.A.T. v. D.B., 638 So. 2d 905 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “The grandmother further filed custody affidavits in compliance with Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-29, stating that those children resided in Birmingham, Alabama, at the time of the filing of the petition, and that they had lived there five years preceding.”
Pat v. Db, 638 So. 2d 905 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “The grandmother further filed custody affidavits in compliance with Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-29, stating that those children resided in Birmingham, Alabama, at the time of the filing of the petition, and that they had lived there five years preceding.”
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