Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 30-3A-602 (2026)
Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement.
✓ 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Repealed by Act 2015-284 effective June 2, 2015.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 17
cases, 2010–2019 · leading case: Ex Parte Owens, 65 So. 3d 953 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010).
Ex Parte Owens, 65 So. 3d 953 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “We dismissed the former husband's appeal after concluding that "the trial court never obtained subject-matter jurisdiction to enforce the foreign child-support order" because the former wife had failed to meet the statutory requirements of § 30-3A-602, Ala.Code 1975, part of the…”
Ex parte Reynolds, 209 So. 3d 1122 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “The father filed a motion to dismiss the mother’s petition on September 9, 2015, asserting that the mother had failed to follow the requirements for registering the Georgia divorce judgment as set forth in former § 30-3A-602, Ala.Code 1975, a part of Alabama’s former…”
Williams v. Williams, 91 So. 3d 56 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in [§ 30-3A-602, Ala. Code 1975,] if the order has not been registered.”
Owens v. Owens, 51 So. 3d 364 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “Because the former wife sought to enforce the provisions of the foreign child-support order, she was required to register the foreign child-support order according to the requirements set forth in § 30-3A-602, Ala.Code 1975. That section provides: “(a) A support order or…”
Dorning v. Ortiz, 108 So. 3d 1046 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “The father specifically argues that the mother failed to comply with the registration requirements of § 30-3A-602, Ala. Code 1975, a part of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“the UIFSA”), Ala.”
Ex Parte Davis, 2100515 (ala.civ.app. 10-7-2011), 82 So. 3d 695 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “The father specifically argues that the mother failed to comply with the registration requirements of § 30-3A-602, Ala.Code 1975, a part of the UIFSA, and § 30-3B-305, Ala.”
Mattes v. Mattes, 60 So. 3d 887 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “A party seeking to enforce a foreign child-support order must register the foreign child-support order according to the requirements of § 30-3A-602 of the UIFSA, which provides: “(a) A support order or income-withholding order of another state may be registered in this state by…”
L.V. v. I.H., 123 So. 3d 954 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “argues that the family court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to enforce the German child-support order because, he says, that foreign judgment was not properly registered, as required by § 30-3A-602, Ala.”
Davis v. Self, 960 F. Supp. 2d 1276 (N.D. Ala. 2013). “The father specifically argues that the mother failed to comply with the registration requirements of § 30-3A-602, Ala.Code 1975, a part of the UIFSA, and § 30-3B-305, Ala.”
Davis v. Blackstock, 159 So. 3d 708 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “This court explained its rejection of the father’s arguments that the trial court had lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to rule on the issue of child support as follows: “The father specifically argues that the mother failed to comply with the registration requirements of §…”
R.J.R. v. C.J.S., 72 So. 3d 643 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “” § 30-3A-602. Section 30-3A-605 of the UIFSA provides for certain notice to the nonregistering party: “(a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered, the registering court shall notify the nonregistering party as provided under the…”
Herzog v. Stonerook, 160 So. 3d 340 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014). “Because the former husband sought to modify both the Hawaii divorce judgment and the Hawaii amended judgment (some *344 times hereinafter referred to collectively as “the Hawaii judgments”), he was required to register those judgments in strict compliance with § 30-3A-602. The…”
— Ala. Code § 30-3A-602(a) — 3 cases
Ex parte Reynolds, 209 So. 3d 1122 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “The father filed a motion to dismiss the mother’s petition on September 9, 2015, asserting that the mother had failed to follow the requirements for registering the Georgia divorce judgment as set forth in former § 30-3A-602, Ala.Code 1975, a part of Alabama’s former…”
Williams v. Williams, 91 So. 3d 56 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in [§ 30-3A-602, Ala. Code 1975,] if the order has not been registered.”
L.V. v. I.H., 123 So. 3d 954 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “argues that the family court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to enforce the German child-support order because, he says, that foreign judgment was not properly registered, as required by § 30-3A-602, Ala.”
— Ala. Code § 30-3A-602(a)(2) — 2 cases
Dorning v. Ortiz, 108 So. 3d 1046 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “The father specifically argues that the mother failed to comply with the registration requirements of § 30-3A-602, Ala. Code 1975, a part of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“the UIFSA”), Ala.”
L.V. v. I.H., 123 So. 3d 954 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “argues that the family court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to enforce the German child-support order because, he says, that foreign judgment was not properly registered, as required by § 30-3A-602, Ala.”
— Ala. Code § 30-3A-602(a)(3) — 1 case
Herzog v. Stonerook, 160 So. 3d 340 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014). “Because the former husband sought to modify both the Hawaii divorce judgment and the Hawaii amended judgment (some *344 times hereinafter referred to collectively as “the Hawaii judgments”), he was required to register those judgments in strict compliance with § 30-3A-602. The…”
— Ala. Code § 30-3A-602(a)(l) — 1 case
R.J.R. v. C.J.S., 72 So. 3d 643 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “” § 30-3A-602. Section 30-3A-605 of the UIFSA provides for certain notice to the nonregistering party: “(a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered, the registering court shall notify the nonregistering party as provided under the…”
— Ala. Code § 30-3A-602(b) — 1 case
R.J.R. v. C.J.S., 72 So. 3d 643 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “” § 30-3A-602. Section 30-3A-605 of the UIFSA provides for certain notice to the nonregistering party: “(a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered, the registering court shall notify the nonregistering party as provided under the…”
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