Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 30-3B-101 (2026)
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✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
(Act 99-438, p. 866, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 146
cases (26 in the last 5 years), 2001–2026 · leading case: Fordham v. Siderius, 144 So. 3d 319 (Ala. 2013).
Fordham v. Siderius, 144 So. 3d 319 (Ala. 2013). “The Spokane trial court also scheduled initial divorce, custody, and contempt hearings, and a telephone conference with the Mobile Circuit Court pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, § 30-3B-101 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the UCCJEA”).”
Ex Parte Blackstock, 47 So. 3d 801 (Ala. 2009). “NOTES [1] The Court of Civil Appeals concluded that the Lauderdale Circuit Court's assumption of jurisdiction was consistent with the provisions of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3B-101 et seq. This conclusion appears to be…”
Stouffer v. Wilson, 214 So. 3d 1192 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “Because that award merely reaffirmed the North Carolina modification judgment regarding custody of the child, albeit using different terminology, that aspect of the custody award did not amount to a modification of custody pursuant to Alabama’s version of the Uniform Child…”
Patrick v. Williams, 952 So. 2d 1131 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006). “§ 1738A, and Alabama's version of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (`UCCJEA'), codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3B-101 et seq., govern when a state has jurisdiction to decide a child-custody issue.”
C.J.L. v. M.W.B., 868 So. 2d 451 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “§ 1738A (“the PKPA”), and Alabama’s version of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3B-101 et seq. (“the UCCJEA”).”
Hensley v. Kanizai, 143 So. 3d 186 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “§ 1738A, and Alabama’s version of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (“UCCJEA”), codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3B-101 et seq., govern when a state has *195 jurisdiction to decide a child-custody issue.”
Ex parte Gallant, 221 So. 3d 1120 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “The father filed his petition for a writ' of mandamus on August 30, 2016; Analysis The father argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to set aside' the January 19, 2016, judgment, which, he asserts, is void because the trial court lacked subject-matter…”
Ex Parte Davis, 2100515 (ala.civ.app. 10-7-2011), 82 So. 3d 695 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “The supreme court agreed with this court that the Alabama trial court’s “assumption of jurisdiction was consistent with the provisions of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3B-101 et seq.” Ex parte Blackstock, 47 So.”
Meadows v. Meadows, 3 So. 3d 221 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “§ 1738A, and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act ("UCCJEA"), codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3B-101 et seq. Both acts are designed to resolve disputes among the states regarding which state has jurisdiction to determine the custody of children when the…”
A.K. v. N.B., 66 So. 3d 249 (Ala. 2010). “contended that under the PKPA and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 30-3B-101 et seq. (“the UCCJEA”), only the California trial court could properly exercise jurisdiction as to A.”
Ex parte J.B., 223 So. 3d 251 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “and that it also lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over the Alabama action under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (“the UCCJEA”), codified at Ala. Code 1975, § 30-3B-101 et seq. We must first consider whether the jurisdiction of this court was timely…”
Ashby v. State, 779 N.W.2d 343 (Neb. 2010). “[55] See, Ala.Code §§ 30-3B-101 to 30-3B-405 (West Cum.”
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