- (a) A civil proceeding may be maintained to adjudicate the parentage of a child. The proceeding is governed by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure or the Alabama Rules of Juvenile Procedure as such applies to the court in which the proceeding is filed.
- (b) Stipulations in any agreement that seek to bar a paternity action are not enforceable.
(Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)