AL HB120

Amends Alabama Code Sections 30-3-2 and 30-3-152 to allow courts to consider evidence of parental alienation when making child custody determinations.

Defines parental alienation as a child's experience of being manipulated by one parent to turn against the other parent.

Requires courts to consider parental alienation as a factor when evaluating parental fitness in voluntary separation cases and when determining joint custody arrangements.

Adds parental alienation to the list of factors courts must consider alongside child abuse, spouse abuse, and kidnapping in custody decisions.

Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.