Under existing law, the Alabama Minor Adoption Code and the Alabama Adult Adoption Code provide for adoption proceedings. This bill would further provide for the roles of the State Department of Human Resources and each county department of human resources throughout the Minor Adoption Code and the Adult Adoption Code. This bill would revise procedures relating to the service of notice for adoption to certain parties and the notified parties' responses. This bill would further provide procedures relating to the revocation of express consent or relinquishment for a minor adoption. This bill would further provide for the circumstances in which an investigation relating to a minor adoption must occur and would further provide for the contents, scope, and distribution of the investigative report. This bill would further provide procedures relating to the adoption of a minor in permanent custody of the State Department of Human Resources. This bill would authorize certain parties, including the adoptee, to petition the court for a copy of the final judgment of adoption or the interlocutory order of adoption in certain circumstances. This bill would define the term "de facto parent-child relationship" for purposes of an adult adoption. This bill would also delete duplicative language and make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 26-10-28, 26-10C-1, 26-10E-2, 26-10E-4, 26-10E-5, 26-10E-7, 26-10E-8, 26-10E-9, 26-10E-10, 26-10E-11, 26-10E-14, 26-10E-15, 26-10E-16, 26-10E-17, 26-10E-18, 26-10E-19, 26-10E-23, 26-10E-24, 26-10E-26, 26-10E-27, 26-10E-29, 26-10E-30, 26-10E-31, 26-10E-32, 26-10E-34, 26-10F-2, 26-10F-5, 26-10F-6, 26-10F-9, 26-10F-10, 26-10F-11, 26-10F-12, 26-10F-13, 26-10F-15, 26-10F-17, 30-3-4