Code of Alabama - Title 26: Infants and Incompetents - Section 26-17-609 - Limitation: Child having acknowledged

Section 26-17-609 - Limitation: Child having acknowledged.

(a) If a child has an acknowledged father, a signatory to the acknowledgment of paternity may maintain a proceeding seeking to rescind the acknowledgment or challenge the paternity of the child only within the time allowed under Section 26-17-307 or 26-17-308.

(b) If a child has an acknowledged father, an individual, who is not a signatory to the acknowledgment of paternity and who seeks an adjudication of paternity of the child may maintain a proceeding at any time after the effective date of the acknowledgment if the court determines that it is in the best interest of the child.

(Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021