Alabama's Laws on Living Expenses

Alabama

 It is permitted to pay maternity-connected medical or hospital and necessary living expenses of the mother preceding and during pregnancy-related incapacity, as an act of charity.

Not addressed in statues reviewed

No person or other entity may accept a fee for bringing the adopting parent together with the adoptee or natural parents, or for placing, assisting, or arranging a minor placement.

The adoptive parents and the parents surrendering the child must attest that no money or other things of value have been paid or received for giving up the child for adoption.

1. • The department shall collect a fee of $300.00 for investigation services they perform in cases involving adoption except for cases in which a child was placed for adoption as a result of a court order in which parental rights for the child were terminated.
2. • The department may waive this fee in the case of an indigent or for good cause shown.

1. • The petitioners must file a sworn statement that is a full accounting of all charges, fees, and expenses to be paid.
2. • The court must approve all payments made.

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