Code of Alabama - Title 30: Marital and Domestic Relations - Chapter 3C - Alabama Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act

• Section 30-3C-1 Short title
  This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act.
• Section 30-3C-2 Definitions
  In this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ABDUCTION. The wrongful removal or wrongful retention of a child. (2) CHILD. An unemancipated...
• Section 30-3C-3 Cooperation and communication among courts
  Sections 30-3B-110, 30-3B-111, and 30-3B-112 of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act apply to cooperation and communications among courts in proceedings under this
• Section 30-3C-4 Actions for abduction prevention measures
  (a) A court on its own motion may order abduction prevention measures in a child-custody proceeding if the court finds that the evidence establishes a...
• Section 30-3C-5 Jurisdiction
  (a) A petition under this chapter may be filed only in a court that has jurisdiction to make a child-custody determination with respect to the...
• Section 30-3C-6 Contents of petition
  A petition under this chapter must be verified and include a copy of any existing child-custody determination, if available. If a child-custody determination is not...
• Section 30-3C-7 Factors to determine risk of abduction
  (a) In determining whether there is a credible risk of abduction of a child, the court shall consider any evidence that the petitioner or respondent:...
• Section 30-3C-8 Emergency measures to prevent abduction
  (a) In response to a petition filed under this chapter, before a hearing on the matter, the court may enter an ex parte order for...
• Section 30-3C-9 Hearing on petition to prevent abduction
  (a) If a petition is filed under this chapter, the court may set a preliminary hearing as necessary, and shall cause to be issued all...
• Section 30-3C-10 Duration of abduction prevention order
  An abduction prevention order remains in effect until the earliest of: (1) the time stated in the order; (2) the emancipation of the child; (3)...
• Section 30-3C-11 Costs, fees, and expenses
  (a) Under this chapter, a court may award or assess against any party, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the party,...
• Section 30-3C-12 Uniformity of application and construction
  In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject...
• Section 30-3C-13 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
  This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001, et seq., but does not...

Last modified: May 3, 2021