Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 30-4-81 (2026)
Definitions.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 97-245, p. 398, §1, effective January 1, 2000.
(Acts 1951, No. 879, p. 1515, §2; Acts 1997, No. 97-245, p. 398, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1982–1995 · leading case: Ex Parte State Ex Rel. Summerlin, 634 So. 2d 539 (Ala. 1993).
Ex Parte State Ex Rel. Summerlin, 634 So. 2d 539 (Ala. 1993). “" 464 So.2d at 114 . Therefore, if there is no duty of support specifically imposed under the divorce judgment, such a duty is "imposable" within the meaning of URESA, § 30-4-81(6), Ala.”
Ex Parte O'Neill, 420 So. 2d 264 (Ala. 1982). “" § 30-4-81 (2). Therefore, we do not interpret URESA to require the "initiating state" to be the same state which issued the original support order.”
Ex Parte State of California & Millender, 669 So. 2d 884 (Ala. 1995). “Under § 30-4-81, Ala. Code 1975, the issue to be determined in a URESA action is whether the defendant must pay child support for a child that he fathered.”
Northcutt v. Cleveland, 464 So. 2d 112 (Ala. Civ. App. 1985). “Under Alabama's URESA, section 30-4-81, Ala. Code (1975), the duty of support is defined as that "imposed or imposable by law or by any court order, decree or adjudgment, whether interlocutory or final, whether incidental to a proceeding for divorce, judicial separation,…”
— Ala. Code § 30-4-81(6) — 1 case
Ex Parte State Ex Rel. Summerlin, 634 So. 2d 539 (Ala. 1993). “" 464 So.2d at 114 . Therefore, if there is no duty of support specifically imposed under the divorce judgment, such a duty is "imposable" within the meaning of URESA, § 30-4-81(6), Ala.”
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