Code of Alabama - Title 26: Infants and Incompetents - Section 26-17-604 - Personal jurisdiction

Section 26-17-604 - Personal jurisdiction.

(a) An individual may not be adjudicated to be a parent unless the court has personal jurisdiction over the individual.

(b) A court of this state having jurisdiction to adjudicate parentage may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual, or the guardian or conservator of the individual, if the conditions prescribed in Section 30-3A-201 are fulfilled.

(c) Lack of jurisdiction over one individual does not preclude the court from making an adjudication of parentage binding on another individual over whom the court has personal jurisdiction.

(Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021