Terms Used In Alabama Code 38-10-10

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

In addition to the existing causes of action there is hereby created, on behalf of any person who is owed a duty of support, a civil cause of action which may be enforced in the district court, the circuit court or any court having nonsupport jurisdiction or jurisdiction over the custody of children.