Chapter 10E
- Section 26-10E-1 - Title
- Section 26-10E-2 - Definitions
- Section 26-10E-3 - Probate court shall have original jurisdiction
- Section 26-10E-3.1 - Custody case involving an adoptee
- Section 26-10E-4 - Location for filing petition for adoption
- Section 26-10E-5 - Who may adopt a minor
- Section 26-10E-6 - Who may be adopted
- Section 26-10E-7 - Consent to adoption or relinquishment for adoption
- Section 26-10E-8 - Appointment of guardian ad litem
- Section 26-10E-9 - Conditions for rebuttable presumption of consent; implied consent
- Section 26-10E-10 - Consent not required from certain persons
- Section 26-10E-11 - Requirements for express consent or relinquishment
- Section 26-10E-12 - Express consent of biological mother prior to birth
- Section 26-10E-13 - Express consents or relinquishments to be filed with probate court
- Section 26-10E-14 - Withdrawal of express consent or relinquishment
- Section 26-10E-15 - Surrender of physical custody of an adoptee
- Section 26-10E-16 - Requirements for petition for adoption
- Section 26-10E-17 - Notice of pendency of an adoption proceeding; contents; service
- Section 26-10E-18 - Interlocutory order granting physical custody and responsibility for care and maintenance
- Section 26-10E-19 - Pre-placement investigation of petitioners
- Section 26-10E-20 - Removal of adoptee
- Section 26-10E-21 - Counsel for parents; guardian ad litem for adoptee; fees
- Section 26-10E-22 - Acceptance of placement fees prohibited; payment for maternity-concerned expenses
- Section 26-10E-23 - Contested adoption; hearing
- Section 26-10E-24 - Dispositional hearing
- Section 26-10E-25 - Final judgment; challenges; appeals; collateral attack exceptions
- Section 26-10E-26 - Stepparents
- Section 26-10E-27 - Adoption by blood relations
- Section 26-10E-28 - Name of adoptee
- Section 26-10E-29 - Grandparent visitation
- Section 26-10E-30 - Confidentiality of records, hearings, papers, pleadings, and other documents
- Section 26-10E-31 - Certified final judgment of adoption; new certificate of birth
- Section 26-10E-32 - Persons who may place, or facilitate the placement of, a minor for adoption
- Section 26-10E-33 - Payment for placement prohibited; surrogacy
- Section 26-10E-34 - Minors brought into Alabama for adoption; conditions
- Section 26-10E-35 - Advertisement regarding adoption prohibited
- Section 26-10E-36 - Applicability of Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure and Alabama Rules of Evidence
- Section 26-10E-37 - Grandfather clause; applicability of chapter