Code of Alabama - Title 26: Infants and Incompetents - Chapter 10 - Adoption of Children

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 26-10-4.1 Fee for investigation services involving adoption; disposition of moneys received
  (a) The State Department of Human Resources shall charge and collect a fee in the amount of $300.00 for investigation services they perform in cases...
• Article 2 Subsidized Adoption.
• Section 26-10-20 Short title
  This article should be known and may be cited as the Alabama Subsidized Adoption Act.
• Section 26-10-21 Purpose of article
  The purpose of this article is to supplement the Alabama adoption statutes by making possible through public financial subsidy the most appropriate adoption of each...
• Section 26-10-22 Definitions
  As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) ADOPTION SUBSIDY. A money payment, services,...
• Section 26-10-23 Administration of subsidization program; provision for funds
  The State Department of Human Resources shall establish and administer an ongoing program of subsidized adoption. Subsidies and services for children under this program shall...
• Section 26-10-24 Certification for subsidy; procedures; approval of plan
  (a) Except in cases involving foster parents, where the department has made reasonable efforts to locate an appropriate family to adopt the child without the...
• Section 26-10-25 Subsidies - Agreements; type; amount; duration; limitation
  When parents are found and approved for adoption of a child certified as eligible for subsidy, and before the final decree of adoption is issued,...
• Section 26-10-26 Subsidies - Report; modification of subsidy; review; duration of subsidy
  (a)(1) The department may require the adoptive parent or parents to submit a report, annually or at a time or times specified in the agreement...
• Section 26-10-27 Effect of nonresidence of adopting parents
  A child who is a resident of Alabama when eligibility for subsidy is certified shall remain eligible and receive subsidy, if necessary for adoption, regardless...
• Section 26-10-28 Records confidential
  All records regarding subsidized adoption shall be confidential and may be disclosed only in accordance with Sections 26-10A-31, 26-10A-32, 38-2-6(8), and 38-7-13.
• Section 26-10-29 Review of subsidy decision; appeal
  (a) Any subsidy decision by the State Department of Human Resources which the placement agency or the adoptive parents deem adverse to the child is...
• Section 26-10-30 Promulgation of regulations
  The State Department of Human Resources shall promulgate regulations consistent with this article within 120 days of its enactment.

Last modified: May 3, 2021