Section 26-17-201 - Establishment of parent-child relationship(a) The mother-child relationship may be established between a woman and a child by: (1) the woman's having given birth to the child;(2) an adjudication of the woman's maternity; or(3) adoption of the child by the woman.(b) The father-child relationship may be established between a man and a child by:(1) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under Section 26-17-204;(2) an effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man under Article 3, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;(3) an adjudication of the man's paternity;(4) adoption of the child by the man; or(5) the man's having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under Article 7 which resulted in the birth of the child.Ala. Code § 26-17-201 (1975)
Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.