Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 8-8-11 (2026)
Application of Partial Payments to Principal and Interest.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Except as provided in this section, when partial payments are made, the interest due is first to be paid and the balance applied to the payment of the principal. In the case of a judgment for child or spousal support, or a judgment for medical support of a child or spouse, any partial payment shall be applied first to the principal, and the remaining balance, if any, shall be applied to the interest.
(Code 1852, §1522; Code 1867, §1830; Code 1876, §2091; Code 1886, §1753; Code 1896, §2629; Code 1907, §4622; Code 1923, §8566; Code 1940, T. 9, §64; Acts 1995, No. 95-391, p. 799, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1984–2011 · leading case: Life Ins. Co. of Georgia v. Johnson, 725 So. 2d 934 (Ala. 1998).
Life Ins. Co. of Georgia v. Johnson, 725 So. 2d 934 (Ala. 1998). “Johnson's argument that the check constituted a partial payment that, pursuant to § 8-8-11, Ala.Code 1975, was due to be applied first to the interest that had accrued upon the entire $3.”
Schulte v. Smith, 708 So. 2d 138 (Ala. 1997). “See § 8-8-11, Ala.Code 1975. [2] Because the parties agree that the three payments made in this case should be treated as partial payments on the judgment from the time paid, pursuant to § 8-8-11, Ala.”
State ex rel. W.M.E. v. G.C., 73 So. 3d 593 (Ala. 2011). “1999) (judgment for past-due child support bears interest at 12 percent per annum); see also Ala.Code 1975, § 8-8-11 (“In the case of a judgment for child .”
T.L.D. v. C.G., 849 So. 2d 200 (Ala. Civ. App. 2002). “) Section 8-8-11, Ala. Code 1975, provides: “Except as provided in this section, when partial payments are made, the interest due is first to be paid and the balance applied to the payment of the principal.”
Birmingham Pain Ctr., Inc. v. Cosgrove, 896 So. 2d 538 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004). “§ 8-8-11, Ala.Code 1975; Schulte, 708 So.”
Tld v. Cg, 849 So. 2d 200 (Ala. Civ. App. 2002). “) Section 8-8-11, Ala. Code 1975, provides: "Except as provided in this section, when partial payments are made, the interest due is first to be paid and the balance applied to the payment of the principal.”
Ames v. Cent. Bank of Birmingham, 460 So. 2d 1213 (Ala. 1984). “Therefore, we think the trial court’s failure to observe the requirement of Code 1975, § 8-8-11, namely, that “[w]hen partial payments are made, the interest due is first to be paid and the balance applied to the payment of the principal” (emphasis added), resulted in no…”
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