Section 26-17-302 - Execution of acknowledgment of paternity(a) An acknowledgment of paternity must: (1) be in a record filed with the Alabama Office of Vital Statistics;(2) be signed, and notarized, under penalty of perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to establish his paternity;(3) state that the child whose paternity is being acknowledged:(A) does not have a presumed father or the man executing the acknowledgment is the presumed father; and(B) does not have another acknowledged or adjudicated father;(4) state whether there has been genetic testing and, if so, that the acknowledging man's claim of paternity is consistent with the results of the testing; and(5) state that the signatories understand that the acknowledgment shall be considered a legal finding of paternity of the child and that a challenge to the acknowledgment is permitted only as provided in this chapter.(b) A presumed father may sign an acknowledgment of paternity which must be notarized.Ala. Code § 26-17-302 (1975)
Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.