{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-26-17-201","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 26-17-201","heading":"Establishment of Parent-Child Relationship.","body":"(a) The mother-child relationship may be established between a woman and a child by:\n(1) the woman’s having given birth to the child;\n(2) an adjudication of the woman’s maternity; or\n(3) adoption of the child by the woman.\n(b) The father-child relationship may be established between a man and a child by:\n(1) an unrebutted presumption of the man’s paternity of the child under Section 26-17-204;\n(2) an effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man under Article 3, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;\n(3) an adjudication of the man’s paternity;\n(4) adoption of the child by the man; or\n(5) the man’s having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under Article 7 which resulted in the birth of the child.","path":["Title 26 Infants and Incompetents.","Chapter 17 Alabama Uniform Parentage Act.","Article 2 Parent-Child Relationship."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=26-17-201","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"2c346aa202baa610cd33c8d7dc029bfa78e8175bf3c41b6d182beef5a5798c74","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-26-17-106","next":"us-al/ala.-code-26-17-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}