Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 30-3A-101 (2026)
Definitions.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2015-284 effective June 2, 2015.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-245, p. 398, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2026 · leading case: Hein v. Fuller, 93 So. 3d 961 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012).
Hein v. Fuller, 93 So. 3d 961 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “The statute governing jurisdiction over child-support orders is Alabama’s version of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“UIFSA”), codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3A-101 et seq. Under UIFSA, an Alabama court may issue a child-support order if no other child-support order…”
Davis v. Self, 960 F. Supp. 2d 1276 (N.D. Ala. 2013). “Blackstock had not complied with various provisions of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“UIFSA”), Ala.Code § 30-3A-101 et seq., and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (“UCCJEA”), Ala.”
Ex Parte Owens, 65 So. 3d 953 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “Code 1975, part of the Alabama Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, codified at § 30-3A-101 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, which sets forth the specific procedure for registering a foreign child-support order for enforcement by an Alabama court.”
Mattes v. Mattes, 60 So. 3d 887 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “The Alabama Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“the UIF-SA”), codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3A-101 et seq., governs Alabama courts’ jurisdiction over foreign child-support orders.”
Williams v. Williams, 91 So. 3d 56 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “During the presentation of the evidence, the trial court raised an issue, sua sponte, as to whether it had subject-matter jurisdiction over the father’s petition, asking the parties if the divorce judgment had been properly registered in the 2005 action as required by the…”
R.J.R. v. C.J.S., 72 So. 3d 643 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “On appeal, the father contends for the first time in his reply brief that the circuit court was without jurisdiction over the action because the Tennessee judgment was not registered for modification or enforcement with an Alabama court in accordance with the Uniform Interstate…”
Dorning v. Ortiz, 108 So. 3d 1046 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “Code 1975, a part of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“the UIFSA”), Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3A-101 et seq. Section 30-3A-602 of the UIFSA provides the following method for registering a foreign child-support order in a court of this state: “(a) A support order or…”
Owens v. Owens, 51 So. 3d 364 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “1 The jurisdiction of an Alabama court to enforce a foreign child-support order is governed by the Alabama Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“the UIFSA”), codified at § 30-3A-101 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. Because the former wife sought to enforce the provisions of the foreign…”
Ex Parte Davis, 2100515 (ala.civ.app. 10-7-2011), 82 So. 3d 695 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “2 The father alleged that the 2006 judgment was void for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction because of the mother’s noncompliance with various provisions of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“the UIFSA”), § 30-3A-101 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, and the Uniform Child…”
Ex parte Reynolds, 209 So. 3d 1122 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “Code 1975, a part of Alabama’s former codification of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“the UIFSA”), former § 30-3A-101 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, which has been repealed and replaced by § 30-3D-101 et seq.”
Coleman v. Coleman, 864 So. 2d 371 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act ("UIFSA") controls child support and the Alabama Legislature adopted a version of the Act in 1997; it is set out at § 30-3A-101, et seq. Under the UCCJEA, it is not necessary for a court to obtain personal jurisdiction over both parents…”
Garrett v. Williams, 68 So. 3d 846 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “Code 1975, a part of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“the UIFSA”), § 30-3A-101 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, deprives a trial court of subject-matter jurisdiction to enforce a foreign child-support order.”
— Ala. Code § 30-3A-101(15) — 1 case
S.A.T. v. E.D., 972 So. 2d 804 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007).
— Ala. Code § 30-3A-101(20) — 1 case
Hein v. Fuller, 93 So. 3d 961 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “The statute governing jurisdiction over child-support orders is Alabama’s version of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“UIFSA”), codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3A-101 et seq. Under UIFSA, an Alabama court may issue a child-support order if no other child-support order…”
— Ala. Code § 30-3A-101(22) — 3 cases
R.J.R. v. C.J.S., 72 So. 3d 643 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “On appeal, the father contends for the first time in his reply brief that the circuit court was without jurisdiction over the action because the Tennessee judgment was not registered for modification or enforcement with an Alabama court in accordance with the Uniform Interstate…”
Davis v. Self, 960 F. Supp. 2d 1276 (N.D. Ala. 2013). “Blackstock had not complied with various provisions of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“UIFSA”), Ala.Code § 30-3A-101 et seq., and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (“UCCJEA”), Ala.”
Herzog v. Stonerook, 160 So. 3d 340 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014).
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