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AL Code § 26-10B-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10B - Interstate Adoption Assistance Compacts.|Section 26-10B-4 - Department of Human Resources Authorized to Enter Into Interstate Compacts.

Section 26-10B-4Department of Human Resources authorized to enter into interstate compacts. The State Department of Human Resources, by and through its commissioner, is authorized to develop, negotiate, and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this state with other states to implement one or more of the purposes set forth in this chapter. When so entered into, and for so long as it shall remain in force, such a compact shall have the force and effect of law. (Acts 1991, No. 91-662, p. 1267, §4.)
AL Code § 26-10B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10B - Interstate Adoption Assistance Compacts.|Section 26-10B-5 - Provisions Required to Be Included in Compact.

Section 26-10B-5Provisions required to be included in compact. A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter shall include: (1) A provision making the compact available for joinder by all states; (2) A provision or provisions allowing withdrawal from the compact upon written notice to the parties, but requiring a period of one year between the date of the notice and the effective date of the withdrawal; (3) A requirement that the protections afforded by or pursuant to the compact continue in force for the duration of the adoption assistance and be applicable to all children and their adoptive parents who, on the effective date of the withdrawal, are receiving adoption assistance from a party state other than the one in which they are residents and have their principal place of abode; (4) A requirement that each instance of adoption assistance to which the compact applies be covered by an adoption assistance agreement in writing between the adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the state which undertakes to provide the adoption assistance, and further, that any such agreement be expressly for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable by the adoptive parents and the state agency providing the adoption assistance; (5) Such other provisions as may be appropriate to implement the proper administration of the compact. (Acts 1991, No. 91-662, p. 1267, §5.)
AL Code § 26-10B-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10B - Interstate Adoption Assistance Compacts.|Section 26-10B-6 - Provisions Which May Be Included in Compact.

Section 26-10B-6Provisions which may be included in compact. A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter may contain provisions in addition to those required pursuant to Section 26-10B-5, as follows: (1) Provisions establishing procedures and entitlements to medical, developmental, child care, or other social services for the child in accordance with applicable laws, even though the child and the adoptive parents are in a state other than the one responsible for providing the services or the funds to defray part or all of the costs thereof; and (2) Such other provisions as may be appropriate or incidental to the proper administration of the compact. (Acts 1991, No. 91-662, p. 1267, §6.)
AL Code § 26-10B-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10B - Interstate Adoption Assistance Compacts.|Section 26-10B-7 - Medical Assistance; Applicability.

Section 26-10B-7Medical assistance; applicability. (a) A child with special needs residing in this state who is the subject of an adoption assistance agreement with another state shall be entitled to receive a medical assistance identification from this state upon the filing in the Medicaid office of a certified copy of the adoption assistance agreement obtained from the adoption assistance state. The adoptive parents shall be required at least annually to show that the agreement is still in force or has been renewed. (b) The terms of the compact entered into by the department and addressed in this statute will apply to children who are the subject of a federal adoption assistance agreement. At the department's option, and in concurrence with the Alabama Medicaid Agency, the state may elect to provide the benefits described in this statute to children who are the subject of a state adoption assistance agreement, in which case the Department of Human Resources will pay the state's share of the cost of Medicaid coverage for children who are the subject of a state adoption assistance agreement and who are also eligible for Medicaid according to applicable federal and state laws and regulations. (c) The state Medicaid office shall consider the holder of a medical assistance identification pursuant to this section as any other holder of a medical assistance identification under the laws of this state and shall process and make payment on claims on account of such holder in the same manner and pursuant to the same conditions and procedures as for other recipients of medical assistance. (d) The provisions of this section shall apply only to medical assistance for children under adoption assistance agreements from states that have entered into a compact with this state under which the other state provides medical assistance to children with special needs under adoption assistance agreements made by this state. (Acts 1991, No. 91-662, p. 1267, §7.)
AL Code § 26-10B-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10B - Interstate Adoption Assistance Compacts.|Section 26-10B-8 - Department to Provide Coverage and Benefits Not Provided by Residence State; Procedure for Reimbursement.

Section 26-10B-8Department to provide coverage and benefits not provided by residence state; procedure for reimbursement. The State Department of Human Resources shall provide coverage and benefits for a child who is in another state and who is covered by an adoption assistance agreement made by the State Department of Human Resources for coverage or benefits, if any, not provided by the residence state. To this end, the adoptive parents acting for the child must obtain prior approval from the State Department of Human Resources and may submit evidence of payment for services or benefit amounts not payable in the residence state and shall be reimbursed therefor. However, there shall be no reimbursement for services or benefit amounts covered under any insurance or other third party medical contract or arrangement held by the child or the adoptive parents. The State Department of Human Resources shall make regulations implementing this section. Among other things, such regulations shall include procedures to be followed in obtaining prior approvals for service in those instances where required for the assistance. (Acts 1991, No. 91-662, p. 1267, §8.)
AL Code § 26-10B-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10B - Interstate Adoption Assistance Compacts.|Section 26-10B-9 - Penalty for False, Misleading, or Fraudulent Claim or Statement.

Section 26-10B-9Penalty for false, misleading, or fraudulent claim or statement. The submission of any claim for payment or reimbursement for services or benefits pursuant to Section 26-10B-7 or 26-10B-8 of this chapter or the making of any statement in connection therewith, which claim or statement the maker knows or should know to be false, misleading, or fraudulent shall be punishable as perjury. (Acts 1991, No. 91-662, p. 1267, §9.)
AL Code § 26-10B-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10B - Interstate Adoption Assistance Compacts.|Section 26-10B-10 - Provision Required to Be Included in State Plan Made Pursuant to Federal Laws.

Section 26-10B-10Provision required to be included in state plan made pursuant to federal laws. Consistent with federal law, the State Department of Human Resources and the Alabama Medicaid Agency, in connection with the administration of this chapter and any compact pursuant hereto, shall include in any state plan made pursuant to the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-272), Title IV-E, 42 U.S.C. §§670-676 and XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §1396 and any other applicable federal laws, the provision of adoption assistance and medical assistance for which the federal government pays some or all of the cost. The aforementioned department(s) shall apply for and administer all relevant federal aid in accordance with law. (Acts 1991, No. 91-662, p. 1267, §10.)
AL Code § 26-10C-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10C - Putative Father Registry.|Section 26-10C-2 - Effect of Chapter on Preexisting Rights, Obligations, Etc.

Section 26-10C-2Effect of chapter on preexisting rights, obligations, etc. This chapter shall not be construed to alter, impair, defeat, or restore any rights, obligations, duties, or interest accrued, incurred, conferred, or terminated prior to January 1, 1997. (Acts 1996, No. 96-537, p. 751, §2.)
AL Code § 26-10D-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10D - Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act|Section 26-10D-1 - Short Title.

Section 26-10D-1Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act. (Act 2017-213, §1.)
AL Code § 26-10D-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10D - Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act|Section 26-10D-3 - Definitions.

Section 26-10D-3Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADVERSE ACTION. With respect to a child placing agency, any action that materially alters the license under a state program, including any of the following: a. Taking an enforcement action against the entity. b. Refusing to issue a license. c. Refusing to renew a license. d. Revoking a license. e. Suspending a license (2) CHILD PLACING AGENCY. A private child-care facility which receives no federal or state funds and which receives, places, or arranges for the placement of any child or children in adoptive or foster family homes apart from the custody of the child's or children's parents, in accordance with the Alabama Child Care Act of 1971, Chapter 7, Title 38. (3) CHILD PLACEMENT SERVICE. The placement of any child or children for adoption in an adoptive home or in a foster home, apart from the custody of the child's or children's parents. (Act 2017-213, §3.)
AL Code § 26-10D-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10D - Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act|Section 26-10D-4 - Purposes.

Section 26-10D-4Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are as follows: (1) To prohibit governmental entities from discriminating or taking an adverse action against a child placing agency on the basis that the agency declines to make a child placement that conflicts, or under circumstances that conflict, with the sincerely held religious beliefs of the agency, provided the agency is otherwise in compliance with Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies. (2) To protect the exercise of religion of child placing agencies and to ensure that governmental entities will not be able to force those agencies, either directly or indirectly, to discontinue all or some of their child placing services because they decline to place a child for adoption or in a foster home that conflicts, or under circumstances that conflict, with their sincerely held religious beliefs, when otherwise the agency is in compliance with required Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies. (3) To provide relief to child placing agencies whose rights have been violated. (Act 2017-213, §4.)
AL Code § 26-10D-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10D - Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act|Section 26-10D-5 - State Prohibited From Discriminating Against Child Care Service Providers Under Certain Conditions.

Section 26-10D-5State prohibited from discriminating against child care service providers under certain conditions. (a) The state may not refuse to license or otherwise discriminate or take an adverse action against any child placing agency that is licensed by or required to be licensed by the state for child placing services on the basis that the child placing agency declines to make, provide, facilitate, or refer for a placement in a manner that conflicts with, or under circumstances that conflict with, the sincerely held religious beliefs of the child placing agency provided the agency is otherwise in compliance with the requirements of the Alabama Child Care Act of 1971, Chapter 7, Title 38, and the Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies. (b) If a child placing agency under subsection (a) declines to make, provide, facilitate, or refer for a child placement, the decision of the child placing agency may not limit the ability of another child placing agency to make, provide, facilitate, or refer for the placement. (Act 2017-213, §5.)
AL Code § 26-10D-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10D - Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act|Section 26-10D-6 - Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies Required.

Section 26-10D-6Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies required. Child placing agencies shall otherwise meet the Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies required for child placement, pursuant to the Alabama Child Care Act of 1971, Chapter 7, Title 38. (Act 2017-213, §6.)
AL Code § 26-10D-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 10D - Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act|Section 26-10D-7 - Remedies.

Section 26-10D-7Remedies. A child placing agency injured by a violation of subsection (a) of Section 26-10D-5 may obtain all appropriate relief provided by the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. In addition to the remedies provided therein, an aggrieved agency shall be entitled to all rights, remedies, and defenses available to it under the First Amendment Free Exercise of Religion Clause of the United States Constitution and The Alabama Religious Freedom Amendment, Amendment 622 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 3.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. (Act 2017-213, §7.)
AL Code § 26-11-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 11 - Legitimation of Children.|Section 26-11-1 - Legitimation by Marriage of Parents and Recognition of Child by Father.

Section 26-11-1Legitimation by marriage of parents and recognition of child by father. The marriage of the mother and reputed father of a bastard child renders it legitimate if the child is recognized by the father as his child. (Code 1852, §2008; Code 1867, §2404; Code 1876, §2742; Code 1886, §2364; Code 1896, §364; Code 1907, §5199; Code 1923, §9299; Code 1940, T. 27, §10.)
AL Code § 26-11-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 11 - Legitimation of Children.|Section 26-11-2 - Procedure for Legitimation by Written Declaration of Father Generally; Notification of Mother; Filing of Response; Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem; Hearing; Issuance of Order by Court; Certification of Minutes of Court to Office of Vital Statistics.

Section 26-11-2Procedure for legitimation by written declaration of father generally; notification of mother; filing of response; appointment of guardian ad litem; hearing; issuance of order by court; certification of minutes of court to Office of Vital Statistics. (a) A father of a bastard child may seek to legitimate it and render it capable of inheriting his estate by filing a notice of declaration of legitimation in writing attested by two witnesses, setting forth the name of the child proposed to be legitimated, its sex, supposed age, and the name of mother and that he thereby recognizes it as his child and capable of inheriting his estate, real and personal, as if born in wedlock. The declaration, being acknowledged by the maker before the judge of probate of the county of the father's residence or the child's residence or its execution proved by the attesting witnesses, shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the father's residence or the child's residence. (b) Upon the filing of the declaration of legitimation, notice shall be given to the child's mother and to the child as provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. Notice may be waived as provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. The child's mother shall, within 30 days after receiving notice, file her objection or consent to the legitimation with the probate court. The probate court shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the child if the mother files a timely objection or if the court determines such appointment to be in the best interest of the child. Following receipt of the mother's response or upon expiration of the time for her response, the probate court shall conduct an informal hearing at which all interested parties may present evidence for determination of whether legitimation is in the best interest of the child. The court shall issue an order of legitimation or denial of declaration of legitimation. (c) Upon legitimation of the child, a certified copy of the minutes of the court shall be sent by the judge of probate to the Office of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, and to the Registrar of Vital Statistics of the county where the petition was filed within 30 days after the minutes are recorded. (Code 1852, §2009; Code 1867, §2405; Code 1876, §2743; Code 1886, §2365; Code 1896, §365; Code 1907, §5200; Code 1923, §9300; Code 1940, T. 27, §11; Acts 1959, No. 640, p. 1555; Acts 1961, No. 802, p. 1165; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 175, p. 2136; Acts 1981, No. 81-800, p. 1407, §1.)
AL Code § 26-11-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 11 - Legitimation of Children.|Section 26-11-3 - Procedure for Change of Name of Child Upon Petition by Father Generally; Notification of Mother and Child; Filing of Response; Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem; Hearing; Issuance of Order by Court; Certification of Minutes of Court to Center for Health Statistics, Etc.

Section 26-11-3Procedure for change of name of child upon petition by father generally; notification of mother and child; filing of response; appointment of guardian ad litem; hearing; issuance of order by court; certification of minutes of court to Center for Health Statistics, etc. (a) The father may petition at the time of filing the declaration of legitimation or at any time subsequent to the determination of legitimation to change the name of such child, stating in his declaration the name it is then known by and the name he wishes it afterwards to have. Such petition shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the father's residence or the child's residence. (b) Upon the filing of the petition for name change, notice shall be given to the child's mother and to the child as provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. Notice may be waived as provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. The child's mother shall, within 30 days after receiving notice, file her objection or consent to the name change with the probate court. The probate court shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the child if the mother files a timely objection or if the court determines such appointment to be in the best interest of the child. Following receipt of the mother's response or upon expiration of the time for her response, the probate court shall conduct an informal hearing at which all interested parties may present evidence for determination of whether the name change is in the best interest of the child. The court shall issue an order of name change or denial of name change. Upon change of the name of the child, a certified copy of the minutes of the court shall be sent by the judge of probate to the Office of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, and to the Registrar of Vital Statistics of the county where the petition was filed within 30 days after the minutes are recorded. (Code 1852, §2010; Code 1867, §2406; Code 1876, §2744; Code 1886, §2366; Code 1896, §366; Code 1907, §5201; Code 1923, §9301; Code 1940, T. 27, §12; Acts 1981, No. 81-800, p. 1407, §2.)
AL Code § 26-13-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 13 - Relief of Minor Children From Disabilities of Nonage.|Section 26-13-1 - When Authorized; Procedure Generally.

Section 26-13-1When authorized; procedure generally. The several juvenile courts of the state are authorized to relieve minors over 18 years of age from the disabilities of nonage in the following cases and none other: (1) Whenever the father or the mother of such minor shall file a petition with the court, in writing, requesting that such minor be relieved from the disabilities of nonage, and the court shall be satisfied that it is to the best interest of such minor. The parent filing such petition shall aver whether he or she is the guardian of such minor. (2) Whenever any such minor, having no father, mother, or guardian, or if a parent is living but is insane or has abandoned such minor for one year, shall file a petition with the court to be relieved of the disabilities of nonage, and the court shall be satisfied that it is to the interest of such minor. (3) Whenever any such minor, having no father or mother, or if a parent is living but is insane or has abandoned such minor for one year, but having a guardian, shall file a petition with the juvenile court to be relieved from the disabilities and the guardian shall join in such petition and the court shall be satisfied that it is to the interest of such minor. (Code 1876, §2735; Code 1886, §2357; Code 1896, §829; Code 1907, §4505; Acts 1923, No. 562, p. 735; Code 1923, §8280; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 95, p. 110; Code 1940, T. 27, §13.)
AL Code § 26-13-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 13 - Relief of Minor Children From Disabilities of Nonage.|Section 26-13-2 - Filing of Petition.

Section 26-13-2Filing of petition. The petition must be filed in the county in which the parent or guardian of such minor resides or in the county in which the guardianship of such minor is pending when the petition is filed by the parent or guardian and in the county where the minor resides when the petition is filed by a minor who has no parents or guardian or whose parents reside beyond the limits of the state and such minor resides in this state. In the event that the parent, guardian, or minor filing such petition resides beyond the limits of the State of Alabama, then the petition may be filed in the county in which the guardianship of such minor is pending or in the county where the minor owns any real or personal property. (Code 1876, §2736; Code 1886, §2358; Code 1896, §830; Code 1907, §4506; Code 1923, §8281; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 189, p. 222; Code 1940, T. 27, §14.)
AL Code § 26-13-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 13 - Relief of Minor Children From Disabilities of Nonage.|Section 26-13-3 - Notice of Filing of Petition.

Section 26-13-3Notice of filing of petition. Whenever the petition is filed by the minor and the guardian it shall be the duty of the clerk to give notice of the filing of such petition in some newspaper published in the county or, if no newspaper is published in such county, then in such manner as may be prescribed by the judge. Such notice shall be given once a week for three successive weeks before the time of hearing such petition. Whenever the petition is filed under subdivision (1) of Section 26-13-1, a copy of the petition must be served on the minor by the sheriff if the minor resides in this state or, if a nonresident or absent from the state, by registered or certified mail. (Code 1876, §2737; Code 1886, §2359; Code 1896, §831; Code 1907, §4507; Code 1923, §8282; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 191, p. 225; Code 1940, T. 27, §15.)