12-15-303
Section 12-15-303 Transfer of dependency proceedings between juvenile courts within the state.
(a) If a dependency proceeding is commenced in a county other than the county of the residence
of the child, the juvenile court in which the proceedings were commenced, on its own motion
or a motion of a party and after consultation with the receiving juvenile court, may transfer
the proceeding before or after adjudication to the county of the residence of the child for
the purpose of adjudication, disposition, supervision, or review as mandated by federal and
state law for children in foster care or in the custody of the state, or any combination thereof.
(b) For purposes of this section, county of the residence of the child means the county in
which the child and legal custodian have established legal residence or have resided for six
or more months of a calendar year. This term shall not include placements by a state department
or agency. (c) Certified copies of all legal and social...
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12-15-111
Section 12-15-111 Contributing to the delinquency, dependency, or need of supervision of children.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other person
to do any of the following: (1) To willfully aid, encourage, or cause any child to become
or remain delinquent, dependent, or in need of supervision. (2) To permit or encourage the
employment of any child in violation of any of the provisions of the child labor law. (3)
To cause a child to fail to attend school as required by the compulsory school attendance
law. (b) Whenever, in the course of any proceedings pursuant to this chapter, or when, by
affidavit as provided in this subsection, it shall appear to the juvenile court that a parent,
legal guardian, legal custodian, or other person having custody, control, or supervision of
a child or any other person not standing in any relation to the child has aided, encouraged,
or caused the child to become delinquent, dependent, or in need of supervision,...
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12-15-113
Section 12-15-113 Jurisdiction to make a parent or parents, legal guardians, or legal custodians
parties to juvenile court proceedings. A juvenile court shall have the authority to make a
parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian a party to a juvenile court proceeding pursuant
to procedures established by the Alabama Rules of Juvenile Procedure. (Act 2008-277, p. 441,
§2.)...
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12-15-402
Section 12-15-402 Authority and procedure. (a) The state, any county, any municipality, or
any governmental department or agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Human
Resources or the Department of Youth Services, or any person, including a parent, legal guardian,
or legal custodian, may file a petition in the juvenile court to have any minor or child,
as defined in this chapter, committed to the custody of the department on the basis that the
minor or child is an individual with a mental illness or intellectual disability and, as a
consequence of that mental illness or intellectual disability, poses a real and present threat
of substantial harm to self or to others. (b) The petition shall be verified and filed in
the county in which the minor or child is located or resides, petitioning the juvenile court
to commit the minor or child to the custody of the department. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384,
§5-137; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-928; §12-15-90; amended and...
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12-15-406
Section 12-15-406 Determination of placement of the minor or child. (a) At the time that a
minor or child sought to be committed is first brought before the juvenile court, the juvenile
court shall determine the placement of the minor or child pending further hearings. No limitations
shall be placed upon the minor or child unless limitations shall be necessary to prevent the
minor or child from doing substantial harm to self or to others or to prevent the minor or
child from leaving the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. (b) No child shall be placed in
a juvenile detention facility unless the child is charged with a delinquent act. (c) The juvenile
court may order the minor or child to be held in a public or private facility pending receipt
by the department. (d) The juvenile court shall order the minor or child to appear at the
times and places set for hearing the petition and may order and require the minor or child
to appear at designated times and places to be examined by medical...
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12-15-129
Section 12-15-129 Conduct of hearings generally. All hearings pursuant to this chapter shall
be conducted by the juvenile court without a jury and separate from other proceedings. The
general public shall be excluded from delinquency, in need of supervision, or dependency hearings
and only the parties, their counsel, witnesses, and other persons requested by a party shall
be admitted. Other persons as the juvenile court finds to have a proper interest in the case
or in the work of the juvenile court may be admitted by the juvenile court on condition that
the persons refrain from divulging any information which would identify the child under the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court or family involved. If the juvenile court finds that it
is in the best interests of the child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the child
may be temporarily excluded from the hearings, except while allegations of delinquency or
in need of supervision are being heard. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384,...
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12-15-310
Section 12-15-310 Conduct of adjudicatory hearings. (a) An adjudicatory hearing is a hearing
at which evidence is presented for a juvenile court to determine if a child is dependent.
At the commencement of the hearing, if the parties are not represented by counsel, they shall
be informed of the specific allegations in the petition. The parties shall be permitted to
admit or deny the allegations prior to the taking of testimony. (b) If the allegations are
denied by the parties or if they fail to respond, the juvenile court shall proceed to hear
evidence on the petition. The juvenile court shall record its findings on whether the child
is dependent. If the juvenile court finds that the allegations in the petition have not been
proven by clear and convincing evidence, the juvenile court shall dismiss the petition. (c)
A statement made by a child under the age of 12 describing any act of child abuse committed
against the child, if it is not otherwise admissible by statute or court rule, is...
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38-7-15
Section 38-7-15 Conditions precedent to bringing child into state for purposes of adoption
or placement in child-care facility. (a) No person or agency shall bring or send any child
into the State of Alabama for the purpose of placing him or procuring his adoption or placing
him in any child-care facility, as defined herein, without first obtaining the consent of
the department. The department shall have the power to impose and enforce reasonable conditions
precedent to the granting of such consent. Such conditions shall be for the purpose of providing
the same care and protection for the child coming into the State of Alabama for placement
or adoption as are afforded to a child who is born in the State of Alabama, and such conditions
shall include the following: (1) The department shall be authorized to designate an agency
in another state from which said child is being brought or sent, or in which said child's
parents or guardian may be found, to interview said parent or parents or...
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12-15-136
Section 12-15-136 Proceedings for sealing legal and social files and records of courts, pertaining
to certain persons and effect thereof. (a) On motion of a person who has been the subject
of a delinquency or child in need of supervision petition , the juvenile court may order the
sealing of the legal and social files and records of the juvenile court pertaining to the
person if it finds that: (1) Two years have elapsed since the final discharge of the person
from legal custody or supervision or two years after the entry of any other order of the juvenile
court not involving custody or supervision; and (2) The person has not been convicted or adjudicated
delinquent or a youthful offender of any felony or a misdemeanor involving sexual offenses,
drugs, weapons, or violence, or threats of violence, prior to the filing of the motion and
no proceeding is pending seeking the conviction or adjudication. (b) The motion and the order
may include the records, reports, or information specified...
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12-15-219
Section 12-15-219 Serious juvenile offenders; disposition; serious juvenile offender review
panel; facility and programs. (a) The juvenile court may find a child to be a serious juvenile
offender if: (1) The child is adjudicated delinquent and the delinquent act or acts charged
in the petition would constitute any of the following if committed by an adult: a. A Class
A felony. b. A felony resulting in serious physical injury as defined in subdivision (14)
of Section 13A-1-2. c. A felony involving deadly physical force as defined in subdivision
(6) of Section 13A-1-2; or a deadly weapon as defined in subdivision (7) of Section 13A-1-2;
or a dangerous instrument as defined in subdivision (5) of Section 13A-1-2. (2) The child
has been adjudicated delinquent for an act which would constitute a Class A or B felony or
burglary in the third degree involving a residence and the child has previously been adjudicated
delinquent of two previous acts which would have been a Class A or B felony or...
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