Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 30-3-4 (2026)
Visitation Rights for Grandparents.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 99-436, p. 862, §2, effective September 1, 1999.
(Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-176, p. 345, §1; Acts 1989, No. 89-864, p. 1731, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-584, p. 1242, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26
cases, 1989–2017 · leading case: Dodd v. Burleson, 932 So. 2d 912 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005).
Dodd v. Burleson, 932 So. 2d 912 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005). “' "In 1983, the Alabama legislature repealed § 30-3-3 and enacted § 30-3-4, Ala.Code 1975. One aspect of the intent of the legislature in enacting the 1983 statute was to expand `grandparental rights to visitation to include the situation involving the death of one of the…”
Ex Parte Bayliss, 550 So. 2d 986 (Ala. 1989). “Ten months before the decision in Brewington was announced, the Alabama Legislature had enacted what is now Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-4, which allowed courts to grant visitation rights for grandparents of "minor grandchildren.”
B.R.O. v. G.C.O., 646 So. 2d 126 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-4, was amended in 1989 by Act No.”
Castagno v. Wholean, 684 A.2d 1181 (Conn. 1996). “See Ala. Code § 30-3-4 (1989); Alaska Stat. § 25.”
K.R.D. v. E.D., 622 So. 2d 398 (Ala. Civ. App. 1993). “The mother filed a motion to strike the grandparents’ motion for temporary visitation, and alleged that no adjudication of dependency had been made; that the only provision for visitation by grandparents was pursuant to § 30-3-4, Code 1975; and, that the juvenile court had no…”
Peters v. Costello, 891 A.2d 705 (Pa. 2005). “If the legislature wishes to grant standing to persons who act like grandparents, it may do so.”
Richburg v. Richburg, 895 So. 2d 311 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004). “[2] In 1983, the legislature repealed § 30-3-3 and adopted § 30-3-4, with the intent of expanding "grandparental rights to visitation to include the situation involving the death of one of the grandchild's parents.”
J.S. v. D.W., 835 So. 2d 174 (Ala. Civ. App. 2001). “In 1983, the legislature repealed § 30-3-3 and enacted § 30-3-4. The intent of the 1983 statute was to expand “grandparental rights to visitation to include the situation involving the death of one of the grandchild’s parents.”
Ex Parte K.L.P., 868 So. 2d 454 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “, the paternal grandparents, petitioned the juvenile court for visitation with their three-year-old and one-year-old grandchildren, 1 pursuant to § 30-3-4, Ala.Code 1975. 2 The grandparents contended that the grandchildren were “dependent upon contact” with them and that lack of…”
Michael v. Hertzler, 900 P.2d 1144 (Wyo. 1995). “APPENDIX A Alabama Code § 30-3-4 (Michie 1989) Alaska Statutes § 25.”
Preston v. Mercieri, 573 A.2d 128 (N.H. 1990). “, Ala. Code § 30-3-4 (Supp. 1989); Ark. Stat.”
Ex parte Gentry, 228 So. 3d 1016 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “One of the arguments the father asserted in his motion, as amended, was that the maternal step-grandfather and the paternal stepgrand-mother should be dismissed as parties to their respective actions because, he contended, neither is a “grandparent” as that term is defined in §…”
— Ala. Code § 30-3-4(a) — 1 case
Bro v. Gco, 646 So. 2d 126 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994).
— Ala. Code § 30-3-4(c) — 2 cases
B.R.O. v. G.C.O., 646 So. 2d 126 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-4, was amended in 1989 by Act No.”
Bro v. Gco, 646 So. 2d 126 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994).
— Ala. Code § 30-3-4(e) — 1 case
B.R.O. v. G.C.O., 646 So. 2d 126 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3-4, was amended in 1989 by Act No.”
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