Alabama Adoption Laws, Page 5

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Putative Fathers

Does State have a Putative Father Registry

Registry/Paternity Requirements to Receive Notice

Statute: § 26-10C-1

• The putative father may file prior to the child's birth, or within 30 days after the child's birth.
  
• Registration requires a completed Department of Human Resources form, signed by the putative father and notarized.

Information Contained in Registry/Claim

Statute: § 26-10C-1(a)

• Name, social security number, date of birth, and address of the following:
  
  • Any person adjudicated by a court, of this or another State, to be the father of the child
    
  • Any person who has filed with the registry, before or after the birth of the child, a notice of intent to claim paternity of the child
    
  • Any person who has filed with the registry an instrument acknowledging paternity pursuant to §§ 26-11-1 to 26-11-3

Revocation of Claim to Paternity

Statute: § 26-10C-1(d)

• The putative father may at any time revoke a notice of intent to claim paternity.

Access to Information Maintained in Registry

Statute: § 26-10C-1(f)

• The court handling the adoption
  
• Any court upon request
  
• Any person upon a court order for good cause
  
  

Credits: Child Welfare Information Gateway (http://www.childwelfare.gov)

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