HB21
179831-1:n:09/01/2016:JET/tj LRS2016-2813 HB21 By Representative Weaver RFD Judiciary Rd 1
07-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a juvenile court may allow a dependent child to remain
with a parent or legal guardian or be placed with certain licensed public or private agencies,
organizations, or facilities willing and able to assume the education, care, and maintenance
of the child or a suitable relative or other individual approved by the department. This bill
would require the Department of Human Resources to make every effort to place an infant of
a dependent minor mother together with the minor mother in foster care. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To amend Section 12-15-314, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2016-129,
2016 Regular Session, relating to the disposition of dependent children, to require the Department
of Human Resources to make every effort to place an infant of a minor mother together with
the minor mother in foster care. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE...
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