Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 30-3A-201 (2026)
Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.
✓ 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Repealed by Act 2015-284 effective June 2, 2015.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 8
cases, 2003–2016 · leading case: Ex parte J.B., 223 So. 3d 251 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016).
Ex parte J.B., 223 So. 3d 251 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “Code 1975, former § 30-3A-201, the precursor statute to § 30-3D-201, in Ex parte W.”
Dorning v. Ortiz, 108 So. 3d 1046 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “As a result, the trial court erred in denying the father’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. The father also contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the mother’s action for lack of personal jurisdiction, pursuant to Ala.”
Hein v. Fuller, 93 So. 3d 961 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “In addition, we note that the Canadian judgment would not have been recognized under UIFSA, based on the fact that the father met none of the bases for the exercise of personal jurisdiction set out in § 30-3A-201, which provides: “In a proceeding to establish, enforce, or modify…”
N.L.J. v. W.C.R., 98 So. 3d 1144 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “In denying the alleged father’s motion to dismiss, the trial court determined that it had personal jurisdiction over the father pursuant to § 30-3A-201. Section 30-3A-201 states: “In a proceeding to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine parentage, a court…”
Coleman v. Coleman, 864 So. 2d 371 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “Section 30-3A-201, Ala.Code 1975, establishes the basis for personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in an action pertaining to orders of support.”
Park v. Bailey, 765 S.E.2d 721 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). “*573 The Chilton County District Court could (and did) properly exercise jurisdiction over Mayo pursuant to Alabama Code § 30-3A-201 (6), 7 and, thus, Bailey filed his notice of intent to claim paternity under Alabama Code § 26-10C-1 (c), which provides: A person filing a notice…”
Kimbrell v. Kimbrell, 180 So. 3d 30 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “This Court lacks jurisdiction over him as none of the bases for jurisdiction over a nonresident set forth in § 30-3A-201, Ala.Code 1975, exist.1 “FINDINGS OF FACT “1.”
Janna Brook Park v. Tracy Blake Bailey (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). “”5 Accordingly, we must determine whether Bailey’s successful action to claim paternity in an Alabama court, and subsequent filing of that order with his pleadings in the Tattnall County Superior Court proceedings, constituted substantial compliance with the relevant Georgia law.”
— Ala. Code § 30-3A-201(8) — 3 cases
Ex parte J.B., 223 So. 3d 251 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “Code 1975, former § 30-3A-201, the precursor statute to § 30-3D-201, in Ex parte W.”
Dorning v. Ortiz, 108 So. 3d 1046 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “As a result, the trial court erred in denying the father’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. The father also contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the mother’s action for lack of personal jurisdiction, pursuant to Ala.”
N.L.J. v. W.C.R., 98 So. 3d 1144 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “In denying the alleged father’s motion to dismiss, the trial court determined that it had personal jurisdiction over the father pursuant to § 30-3A-201. Section 30-3A-201 states: “In a proceeding to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine parentage, a court…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.