HB100 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Mike Jones
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Juvenile court, jurisdiction relating to adoption, visitation, custody, child support, and spousal support, retention of jurisdiction and concurrent jurisdiction in certain circumstances, retroactive application, Secs. 12-15-115, 12-15-117, 38-10-7 am'd.
Summary: HB100 expands the juvenile court's authority over adoption transfers, parentage, custody, visitation, and support, with cross-court enforcement and retroactive effects.
What This Bill Does
The bill gives the juvenile court original jurisdiction over adoptions when these proceedings are transferred from probate court. It lets the juvenile court establish, modify, or enforce support, custody, and visitation when parentage has been previously established, and to modify or enforce child and spousal support in Title IV-D cases. It preserves the juvenile court's ability to enforce or modify its prior orders and allows courts that determined parentage or established/enforced support to retain jurisdiction over those orders. It creates concurrent jurisdiction among juvenile, district, and circuit courts for paternity, parentage, and support matters, with retroactive application to past cases, and becomes effective immediately.

Who It Affects
Families and children involved in adoptions transferred from probate court or with custody/visitation or support needs, who could have these matters handled by the juvenile court
Courts and government agencies (probate, district, circuit courts, and the Title IV-D program) that issue or enforce parentage, custody, and support orders, who will share or transfer jurisdiction and enforcement responsibilities

Key Provisions
Juvenile court gains original jurisdiction over adoptions transferred from probate court.
Juvenile court can establish, modify, or enforce support, visitation, or custody where parentage has been established; and can modify or enforce child and spousal support in Title IV-D cases.
Juvenile court retains jurisdiction to enforce or modify its prior orders; courts that determined parentage or established/enforced support retain jurisdiction to enforce or modify those prior orders.
Concurrently grants paternity/parentage and support enforcement jurisdiction to juvenile, district, and circuit courts; retroactive application to cases filed in 2009 or later through the effective date.
Effective date is immediate; provisions include severability and protections for circuit court jurisdiction.

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Subjects: Court, Juvenile