Alabama Code — 30
Browse 468 sections in division 30 of the Alabama code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 30-1-3. Issue of Incestuous Marriages Not Deemed Illegitimate.
- § 30-1-4. Minimum Age for Contracting Marriage.
- § 30-1-5. Consent of Parents Required for Marriage of Certain Minors.
- § 30-1-6. Solemnization of Marriage of Parties Under Age of Consent or Within Prohibited Degrees, Etc.
- § 30-1-7. Persons Authorized to Solemnize Marriages.
- § 30-1-8. Fee for Performing Marriage.
- § 30-1-9. Marriage Not to Be Solemnized Without License; Issuance, Effect and Duration of License; Solemnization of Marriage When License Void.
- § 30-1-9.1. Requirements for Marriage; Validity; Construction with Other Laws.
- § 30-1-10. Penalty for Issuance of Marriage License to Minor Contrary to Provisions of Chapter.
- § 30-1-11. Penalty for Solemnization of Marriage Without License.
- § 30-1-12. Probate Judge to Maintain Register of Licenses; Register Deemed Presumptive Evidence of Facts.
- § 30-1-13. Persons Solemnizing Marriages to Execute Certificate; Recordation Thereof; Marriage Certificate Deemed Presumptive Evidence of Fact.
- § 30-1-14. Failure of Minister, Etc., to Return Marriage Certificate to Probate Judge.
- § 30-1-16. Correction of Vital Error in Marriage Records.
- § 30-1-17. Correction of Marriage Records.
- § 30-1-18. Probate Judge to Notify District Attorney of Offenses Under Chapter.
- § 30-1-19. Marriage, Recognition Thereof, Between Persons of the Same Sex Prohibited.
- § 30-1-20. Common-Law Marriage Abolished.
- § 30-2-1. Grounds; Jurisdiction for Proceedings; Divorce Judgment Awarded to Both Parties.
- § 30-2-2. Divorce from Bonds of Matrimony After Judgment of Divorce from Bed and Board or of Separate Maintenance in Effect for More Than Two Years.
- § 30-2-3. Divorce to Be Refused Where Collusion Between Parties, Condonation, Etc.
- § 30-2-4. Where Complaint to Be Filed.
- § 30-2-5. Residency Requirement for Plaintiff When Defendant Nonresident.
- § 30-2-6. When Husband or Wife May Sue or Defend in Own Name.
- § 30-2-7. Answer of Defendant Not Required to Be Sworn; Effect of Answer.
- § 30-2-8. Proceedings Generally; Right of Remarriage.
- § 30-2-8.1. Waiting Period Prior to Issuance of Final Judgment of Divorce; Temporary Orders Prior to Expiration of Waiting Period.
- § 30-2-9. Validation of Marriage of Divorced Persons Where Remarriage Not Specifically Prohibited by Divorce Judgment.
- § 30-2-10. Sixty-Day Restriction on Remarriage of Parties After Grant of Divorce or Pending Appeal of Divorce.
- § 30-2-11. Wife May Be Enjoined from Use of Given Name or Initials of Divorced Husband.
- § 30-2-12. Divorce for Pregnancy of Wife at Time of Marriage Bastardizes Issue.
- § 30-2-30. Grounds.
- § 30-2-31. Proceedings Generally; Alimony; Child Custody and Support.
- § 30-2-40. Legal Separation.
- § 30-2-50. Allowance for Support During Pendency of Action.
- § 30-2-51. Allowance Upon Grant of Divorce; Certain Property Not Considered; Retirement Benefits.
- § 30-2-52. Allowance Upon Grant of Divorce for Misconduct; Certain Property Not Considered.
- § 30-2-54. Award of Attorney Fees in Action Where Contempt Citation Issued.
- § 30-2-55. Termination of Alimony Upon Remarriage or Cohabitation with Another Individual.
- § 30-2-56. Interim Alimony.
- § 30-2-57. Rehabilitative or Periodic Alimony.
- § 30-2-58. Applicability of Sections 30-2-56 and 30-2-57.
- § 30-3-1. Custody and Education of Children Upon Grant of Divorce; Custody of Children Where Wife Abandons Husband.
- § 30-3-2. Custody and Education of Children Upon Voluntary Separation of Husband and Wife.
- § 30-3-4. Visitation Rights for Grandparents.
- § 30-3-4.1. Grandparent Visitation.
- § 30-3-5. Venue of All Proceedings Seeking Modification of Child Custody, Visitation Rights, or Child Support.
- § 30-3-6. Bond, Security, or Other Guarantee to Secure Payment of Overdue Support or Compliance with Visitation Order.
- § 30-3-6.1. Rebate of Interest on Delinquent Child Support Payments.
- § 30-3-8. Publication of Delinquent Obligor Lists.
- § 30-3-9. Effect of Military Deployment of Parent on Child Custody Determinations.
- § 30-3-10. Equal Opportunity for Blind Individuals; Supportive Parenting Services.
- § 30-3-20. Short Title.
- § 30-3-21. Purposes of Article; Construction of Provisions.
- § 30-3-22. Definitions.
- § 30-3-23. Jurisdiction to Make Child Custody Determination; Effect of Physical Presence of Child.
- § 30-3-24. Notice and Opportunity to Be Heard.
- § 30-3-25. Notice to Persons Outside This State; Proof of Service; Submission to Jurisdiction.
- § 30-3-26. Simultaneous Proceedings in Other States.
- § 30-3-27. Inconvenient Forum; Communication Between Courts; Payment of Expenses.
- § 30-3-28. Jurisdiction Declined by Reason of Conduct; Expenses.
- § 30-3-29. Information Under Oath to Be Submitted to Court; Continuing Duty to Inform.
- § 30-3-30. Additional Parties.
- § 30-3-31. Appearance of Parties and Child; Notice; Expenses.
- § 30-3-32. Binding Force and Res Judicata Effect of Custody Decree.
- § 30-3-33. Recognition and Enforcement of Out-of-State Custody Decrees.
- § 30-3-34. Modification of Custody Decree of Another State.
- § 30-3-35. Filing and Enforcement of Custody Decree of Another State; Expenses.
- § 30-3-36. Registry of Out-of-State Custody Decrees and Proceedings.
- § 30-3-37. Certified Copies of Custody Decree.
- § 30-3-38. Taking Testimony in Another State.
- § 30-3-39. Hearings and Studies in Another State; Orders to Appear.
- § 30-3-40. Assistance to Courts of Other States.
- § 30-3-41. Preservation of Documents for Use in Other States.
- § 30-3-42. Request for Court Records of Another State.
- § 30-3-43. International Application.
- § 30-3-44. Priority.
- § 30-3-60. Definitions.
- § 30-3-61. Withholding Order Required in Child Support Orders; Employer to Withhold Support from Income Due and Pay to Designee; Income Withholding Order Issued by Another State; When Order Served on Employer; Delinquency of Support Payments.
- § 30-3-62. Who May Petition for Withholding Order; Withholding on Existing Support Orders; Filing with Clerk; Service; Hearing; Issuance of Order; Contents; When Order Takes Effect; Entry of Support and Withholding Orders by Different Courts; Termination of Withholding.
- § 30-3-63. Filing Fees and Costs.
- § 30-3-64. Employer’s Answer; Order Binding on Employer; Modification by Court.
- § 30-3-65. Obligee to Give Notice of Change of Address; Termination of Order When Unable to Deliver Payments Due to No Notice of Address.
- § 30-3-66. Obligor and Employer to Give Notice of Change of Employment or Termination of Income; Service of Order on New Employer; Cost of Service.
- § 30-3-67. Withholding Orders to Have Priority Over Garnishments or Any Other Legal Process Against the Same Income; Maximum Withholding Allowable.
- § 30-3-68. Employers Who Comply Not Liable for Wrongful Withholding.
- § 30-3-69. Liability of Employers Who Fail to Answer or Fail or Refuse to Withhold.
- § 30-3-69.1. Liability of Employer for Willful Failure to Garnish or Withhold Child Support from Wages.
- § 30-3-70. Employers Not to Discharge or Refuse to Hire Person Due to Withholding Order.
- § 30-3-71. Employer Authorized to Deduct Fee for Expenses.
- § 30-3-90. (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Purpose; Short Title.
- § 30-3-91. (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Definitions.
- § 30-3-92. (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Remedy Additional to Those Now Existing.
- § 30-3-93. (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Petition for Enforcement of Another State’s Support Order - Documents Filed with Clerk; Service on Obligor; Hearing; Withholding by Court of This State.
- § 30-3-94. (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Petition for Enforcement of Another State’s Support Order - Prima Facie Case; Defenses; Evidence; Choice of Laws.
- § 30-3-95. (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Adoption of Other State’s Support Order for Purposes of Income Withholding; Entry of Income Withholding Order; Applicability of Sections 30-3-64 and 30-3-66 through 30-3-71; Transmittal of Payments of Support Order.
- § 30-3-96. (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Amendment of Withholding Order Upon Amendment of Support Order; Notification of Agency Which Requested Withholding When Obligor Obtains Employment or Other Income in Another State.
- § 30-3-97. (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Docket Fees; Court Costs.
- § 30-3-98. (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Voluntary Income Withholding.
- § 30-3-99. (Repealed Effective January 1, 2000) Petition for Adoption of Support Order in Another Jurisdiction for Purpose of Obtaining Withholding; Request by Another State for Evidence from Person in This State.
- § 30-3-110. Civil Action for Order of Retroactive Support.
- § 30-3-111. Commencement of Action Prior to Child Reaching Age of Majority.
- § 30-3-112. Filing of Action in Juvenile or Family Court Division.
- § 30-3-113. Marital Status of Non-supporting Parent Irrelevant.
- § 30-3-114. Amount.
- § 30-3-115. Additional Right.
- § 30-3-130. Definitions.
- § 30-3-131. Determination Raises Rebuttable Presumption That Custody with Perpetrator Detrimental to Child.
- § 30-3-132. Factors Court Must Consider.
- § 30-3-133. Determination Raises Rebuttable Presumption That Child Reside with Parent Not Perpetrator.
- § 30-3-134. Finding of Domestic Violence Constitutes Change in Circumstances.
- § 30-3-135. Visitation by Parent Who Committed Violence.
- § 30-3-136. Construction of Provisions.
- § 30-3-150. State Policy.
- § 30-3-151. Definitions.
- § 30-3-152. Factors Considered; Order Without Both Parents’ Consent; Presumption Where Both Parents Request Joint Custody.
- § 30-3-153. Implementation; Required Provisions; Plan Set by Court.
- § 30-3-154. Availability of Records to Both Parents.
- § 30-3-155. Determination of Child Support.
- § 30-3-156. Interference with Custody or Violation of Chapter 3B.
- § 30-3-157. Construction of Article with Respect to Existing Orders.
- § 30-3-160. Short Title.
- § 30-3-161. Definitions.
- § 30-3-162. Applicability.
- § 30-3-163. Change of Principal Residence - Child.
- § 30-3-164. Change of Principal Residence - Custodial Party, Persons with Visitation Rights.
- § 30-3-165. Notice.
- § 30-3-166. Language Required in Child Custody Determination.
- § 30-3-167. Disclosure Exceptions.
- § 30-3-168. Failure to Give Notice.
- § 30-3-169. Objection to Change of Principal Residence.
- § 30-3-169.1. Proceedings.
- § 30-3-169.2. Court Order.
- § 30-3-169.3. Change of Custody.
- § 30-3-169.4. Burden of Proof.
- § 30-3-169.5. Obstructions to Custody or Visitation.
- § 30-3-169.6. Sanctions.
- § 30-3-169.7. Change of Principal Residence Raised in Conjunction with Other Petition.
- § 30-3-169.8. Award of Expenses.
- § 30-3-169.9. Change of Principal Residence Outside State.
- § 30-3-169.10. Appeal.
- § 30-3-170. Definitions.
- § 30-3-171. Issuance of Notice to Withhold, Etc., License.
- § 30-3-172. Request for Hearing; Purpose of Hearing; Notification of Decision; Appeal; Suspension of License.
- § 30-3-173. Multiple Delinquencies; Revocation of License.
- § 30-3-174. Implementation by Licensing Authority of Withholding, Etc.; Additional Review Precluded; Continuation of Withholding, Etc.; Exemption of Licensing Authority from Liability.
- § 30-3-175. Reinstatement of Withheld, Etc., License; Obtaining New License After Revocation.
- § 30-3-176. Fees and Costs.
- § 30-3-177. Contempt Petition; Applicability of Article to Obligors Who Failed to Follow Previous Orders.
- § 30-3-178. Applicability of Article to Courts and Agencies of Other States and United States.
- § 30-3-179. Legislative Intent.
- § 30-3-190. Short Title.
- § 30-3-191. Definitions.
- § 30-3-192. Data Match System; Accounts Encumbered or Surrendered; Reasonable Fees; Liability; Disclosure of Financial Records; Penalties.
- § 30-3-193. Requests for Information by the State Title Iv-D Agency.
- § 30-3-194. Issuance or Renewal of License, Etc.; Social Security Number Requirements.
- § 30-3-195. State Disbursement Unit.
- § 30-3-196. State Case Registry.
- § 30-3-197. Authorized Actions; Safeguards.
- § 30-3-198. Notice of Lien.
- § 30-3-199. Establishment and Enforcement of Confidential Information Rules and Regulations.
- § 30-3-200. Liability for Disclosure of Information.
- § 30-3A-101. Definitions.
- § 30-3A-102. Court of This State.
- § 30-3A-103. Remedies Cumulative.
- § 30-3A-201. Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.
- § 30-3A-202. Procedure When Exercising Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.
- § 30-3A-203. Initiating and Responding Tribunal of State.
- § 30-3A-204. Simultaneous Proceedings in Another State.
- § 30-3A-205. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction.
- § 30-3A-206. Enforcement and Modification of Support Order by Tribunal Having Continuing Jurisdiction.
- § 30-3A-207. Recognition of Controlling Child-Support Order.
- § 30-3A-208. Multiple Child-Support Orders for Two or More Obligees.
- § 30-3A-209. Credit for Payments.
- § 30-3A-301. Proceedings Under Chapter.
- § 30-3A-302. Action by Minor Parent.
- § 30-3A-303. Application of Law of State.
- § 30-3A-304. Duties of Initiating Tribunal.
- § 30-3A-305. Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal.
- § 30-3A-306. Inappropriate Court.
- § 30-3A-307. Duties of Support Enforcement Agency.
- § 30-3A-308. Duty of Attorney General.
- § 30-3A-309. Private Counsel.
- § 30-3A-310. Duties of Department of Human Resources.
- § 30-3A-311. Pleadings and Accompanying Documents.
- § 30-3A-312. Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances.
- § 30-3A-313. Costs and Fees.
- § 30-3A-314. Limited Immunity of Petitioner.
- § 30-3A-315. Nonparentage as Defense.
- § 30-3A-316. Special Rules of Evidence and Procedure.
- § 30-3A-317. Communications Between Tribunals.
- § 30-3A-318. Assistance with Discovery.
- § 30-3A-319. Receipt and Disbursement of Payments.
- § 30-3A-401. Petition to Establish Support Order.
- § 30-3A-501. Employer’s Receipt of Income-Withholding Order of Another State.
- § 30-3A-502. Employer’s Compliance with Income-Withholding Order of Another State.
- § 30-3A-503. Compliance with Multiple Income-Withholding Orders.
- § 30-3A-504. Immunity from Civil Liability.
- § 30-3A-505. Penalties for Noncompliance.
- § 30-3A-506. Contest by Obligor.
- § 30-3A-507. Administrative Enforcement of Orders.
- § 30-3A-601. Registration of Order for Enforcement.
- § 30-3A-602. Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement.
- § 30-3A-603. Effect of Registration for Enforcement.
- § 30-3A-604. Choice of Law.
- § 30-3A-605. Notice of Registration of Order.
- § 30-3A-606. Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Order.
- § 30-3A-607. Contest of Registration or Enforcement.
- § 30-3A-608. Confirmed Order.
- § 30-3A-609. Procedure to Register Child-Support Order of Another State for Modification.
- § 30-3A-610. Effect of Registration for Modification.
- § 30-3A-611. Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State.
- § 30-3A-612. Recognition of Order Modified in Another State.
- § 30-3A-613. Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order of Another State When Individual Parties Reside in This State.
- § 30-3A-614. Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification.
- § 30-3A-701. Proceeding to Determine Parentage.
- § 30-3A-801. Grounds for Rendition.
- § 30-3A-802. Conditions of Rendition.
- § 30-3A-901. Uniformity of Application and Construction.
- § 30-3A-902. Short Title.
- § 30-3A-903. Severability Clause.
- § 30-3A-904. Repeals.
- § 30-3A-905. Applicability.
- § 30-3A-906. Savings Clause.
- § 30-3B-101. Short Title.
- § 30-3B-102. Definitions.
- § 30-3B-103. Proceedings Governed by Other Law.
- § 30-3B-104. Application to Indian Tribes.
- § 30-3B-105. International Application of Chapter.
- § 30-3B-106. Effect of Child Custody Determination.
- § 30-3B-107. Priority.
- § 30-3B-108. Notice to Persons Outside State.
- § 30-3B-109. Appearance and Limited Immunity.
- § 30-3B-110. Communication Between Courts.
- § 30-3B-111. Taking Testimony in Another State.
- § 30-3B-112. Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation of Records.
- § 30-3B-201. Initial Child Custody Jurisdiction.
- § 30-3B-202. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction.
- § 30-3B-203. Jurisdiction to Modify Determination.
- § 30-3B-204. Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction.
- § 30-3B-205. Notice; Opportunity to Be Heard; Joinder.
- § 30-3B-206. Simultaneous Proceedings.
- § 30-3B-207. Inconvenient Forum.
- § 30-3B-208. Jurisdiction Declined by Reason of Conduct.
- § 30-3B-209. Information to Be Submitted to Court.
- § 30-3B-210. Appearance of Parties and Child.
- § 30-3B-301. Definitions.
- § 30-3B-302. Enforcement Under Hague Convention.
- § 30-3B-303. Duty to Enforce.
- § 30-3B-304. Temporary Visitation.
- § 30-3B-305. Registration of Child Custody Determination.
- § 30-3B-306. Enforcement of Registered Determination.
- § 30-3B-307. Simultaneous Proceedings.
- § 30-3B-308. Expedited Enforcement of Child Custody Determination.
- § 30-3B-309. Service of Petition and Order.
- § 30-3B-310. Hearing and Order.
- § 30-3B-311. Warrant to Take Physical Custody of Child.
- § 30-3B-312. Costs, Fees, and Expenses.
- § 30-3B-313. Recognition and Enforcement.
- § 30-3B-314. Appeals.
- § 30-3B-401. Application and Construction.
- § 30-3B-402. Severability Clause.
- § 30-3B-403. Effective Date.
- § 30-3B-404. Repeals.
- § 30-3B-405. Transitional Provision.
- § 30-3C-1. Short Title.
- § 30-3C-2. Definitions.
- § 30-3C-3. Cooperation and Communication Among Courts.
- § 30-3C-4. Actions for Abduction Prevention Measures.
- § 30-3C-5. Jurisdiction.
- § 30-3C-6. Contents of Petition.
- § 30-3C-7. Factors to Determine Risk of Abduction.
- § 30-3C-8. Emergency Measures to Prevent Abduction.
- § 30-3C-9. Hearing on Petition to Prevent Abduction.
- § 30-3C-10. Duration of Abduction Prevention Order.
- § 30-3C-11. Costs, Fees, and Expenses.
- § 30-3C-12. Uniformity of Application and Construction.
- § 30-3C-13. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
- § 30-3D-101. Short Title.
- § 30-3D-102. Definitions.
- § 30-3D-103. State Tribunal and Support Enforcement Agency.
- § 30-3D-104. Remedies Cumulative.
- § 30-3D-105. Application of Chapter to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding.
- § 30-3D-201. Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.
- § 30-3D-202. Duration of Personal Jurisdiction.
- § 30-3D-203. Initiating and Responding Tribunal of State.
- § 30-3D-204. Simultaneous Proceedings.
- § 30-3D-205. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order.
- § 30-3D-206. Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child-Support Order.
- § 30-3D-207. Determination of Controlling Child-Support Order.
- § 30-3D-208. Child-Support Orders for Two or More Obligees.
- § 30-3D-209. Credit for Payments.
- § 30-3D-210. Application of Act to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction.
- § 30-3D-211. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal-Support Order.
- § 30-3D-301. Proceedings Under Chapter.
- § 30-3D-302. Proceeding by Minor Parent.
- § 30-3D-303. Application of Law of State.
- § 30-3D-304. Duties of Initiating Tribunal.
- § 30-3D-305. Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal.
- § 30-3D-306. Inappropriate Tribunal.