Section 26-10E-18 Custody Ending Final Decree. — United States — Alabama law | Esheria

Section 26-10E-18 Custody Ending Final Decree.

After a petition for adoption is filed and the adoptee has been placed in the petitioner’s home, the court may enter an interlocutory order giving the petitioner physical custody and responsibility for care, maintenance, support, and necessary medical or surgical treatment, while legal custody stays with the prior cust

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United States — Alabama
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Language
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After a petition for adoption is filed and the adoptee has been placed in the petitioner’s home, the court may enter an interlocutory order giving the petitioner physical custody and responsibility for care, maintenance, support, and necessary medical or surgical treatment, while legal custody stays with the prior custodian until final adoption judgment.

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