A.D.S. v. S.J.L.

PITTMAN, Judge.

This appeal arises out of paternity and adoption proceedings before the Lauder-dale Juvenile Court involving R.L. (“the child”), a child born to S.J.L. (“the mother”) out of wedlock. The primary question presented is whether the juvenile court correctly determined that A.D.S., a man who was shown to be the biological father of the child via paternity testing initiated well after the birth of the child, is a “putative father” under now repealed provisions of the Alabama Adoption Code, § 26-10A-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the Adoption Code”), applicable in this case so as to have…