Alabama § 26-10E-15 Surrender of Custody of Minor Under Age of Majority

Alabama Statutes

§ 26-10E-15 — Surrender of Custody of Minor Under Age of Majority

Alabama § 26-10E-15

Title 26Infants and Incompetents

Ch. 10EAlabama Minor Adoption Code

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Ala. Code § 26-10E-15 (2026).

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(a)No health facility shall surrender the physical custody of an adoptee to any individual or entity other than the county department of human resources, a licensed child-placing agency, parent, relative by blood or marriage, or individual having legal custody, unless this surrender of physical custody is authorized in a writing executed after the birth of the adoptee by one of the adoptee’s parents, the agency, or the individual having legal custody of the adoptee.

(b)A health facility shall report to the county department of human resources, on forms supplied by the State Department of Human Resources, the name and address of any individual and, in the case of an individual acting as an agent for an organization, the name and address of the organization, to whose physical custody an ad

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(a) No health facility shall surrender the physical custody of an adoptee to any individual or entity other than the county department of human resources, a licensed child-placing agency, parent, relative by blood or marriage, or individual having legal custody, unless this surrender of physical custody is authorized in a writing executed after the birth of the adoptee by one of the adoptee’s parents, the agency, or the individual having legal custody of the adoptee.
(b) A health facility shall report to the county department of human resources, on forms supplied by the State Department of Human Resources, the name and address of any individual and, in the case of an individual acting as an agent for an organization, the name and address of the organization, to whose physical custody an adoptee is surrendered. This report shall be transmitted to the State Department of Human Resources within 48 hours from the surrendering of physical custody.