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38-9-6
Section 38-9-6 Protective placement or other protective services. (a) An interested
person may petition the court to order protective placement or other protective services for
an adult in need of protective services. No protective placement or other protective services
may be ordered unless there is a determination by the court that the person is unable to provide
for his or her own protection from abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional
abuse. Upon a petition, setting forth the facts and name, age, sex, and residence of the person,
the court of the circuit in which the person resides shall appoint a day, not more than 30
days from the filing of the petition, for the hearing on the petition. If, on the hearing
of a petition, the person is not represented by counsel, the court shall appoint a guardian
ad litem to represent him or her. A jury of six persons shall be impanelled for the hearing
to serve as the trier of facts. (b) Costs of court proceedings under this...
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44-1-27
Section 44-1-27 Standards for programs and youth detention facilities; licensing and
inspection of youth detention and foster care facilities. (a) The Department of Youth Services
shall establish and promulgate reasonable minimum standards for the construction and operation
of detention facilities, programs for the prevention and correction of youth delinquency,
consultation from local officials, and subsidies to local delinquency projects. The standards
shall include, but not be limited to, reasonable minimum standards for detention facilities,
foster care facilities, group homes, and correctional institutions. (b) No county, city, public
or private agency, group, corporation, partnership, or individual shall establish, maintain,
or operate any detention facility or any foster care facility for youths found delinquent
or in need of supervision by a juvenile court without a license from the department. A license
shall be required on an annual basis or as determined by the department....
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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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45-45-82
Section 45-45-82 Child protection board and fund. (a) In order to provide for the protection
and welfare of children in Madison County who are alleged to be or have been found by the
juvenile court of the county to be abused or neglected or otherwise dependent as defined by
Section 12-15-102, there is levied and imposed a court cost of four dollars ($4), in
all cases filed in the district court of the county, which shall be in addition to all other
costs previously imposed. The clerk of the court shall collect the costs and remit them to
a fund to be designated as the Child Protection Fund in the county treasury. (b)(1)a. There
is established a board to be known as the Child Protection Board of Madison County. The board
shall consist of seven members. The presiding district judge, after consulting with the district
court judges of Madison County, shall appoint the six initial board members, two members to
serve four-year terms, two members to serve three-year terms, and two members to...
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26-11-3
Section 26-11-3 Procedure for change of name of child upon petition by father generally;
notification of mother and child; filing of response; appointment of guardian ad litem; hearing;
issuance of order by court; certification of minutes of court to Center for Health Statistics,
etc. (a) The father may petition at the time of filing the declaration of legitimation or
at any time subsequent to the determination of legitimation to change the name of such child,
stating in his declaration the name it is then known by and the name he wishes it afterwards
to have. Such petition shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the father's
residence or the child's residence. (b) Upon the filing of the petition for name change, notice
shall be given to the child's mother and to the child as provided by the Alabama Rules of
Civil Procedure. Notice may be waived as provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure.
The child's mother shall, within 30 days after receiving notice, file her...
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38-12-31
Section 38-12-31 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) There exists in this state a number of children who cannot reside with their parents,
legal guardians, or legal custodians because of such parents', legal guardians', or custodians'
incapacity or inability to perform the regular and expected functions of care and support
of the children and family care and who thereby come to the attention of juvenile court and
into the care and custody of the Department of Human Resources. (2) An increasing number of
relatives, including grandparents, find themselves wanting to provide care to related foster
children on a long-term basis to prevent the children from remaining in foster care with unrelated
caregivers yet these relatives are either unable or unwilling to seek termination of the legal
relationships between the parent and the child, particularly when it is the caregiver's own
child or sibling who is the parent. (3) It is in the public interest to...
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45-8-83
Section 45-8-83 Juvenile Court Services Fund. (a) Monthly supervision fees assessed
in juvenile court cases may continue to be assessed in the manner as currently assessed by
law at the discretion of the juvenile court judge. The supervision fees shall be collected
by the juvenile court clerk's office and deposited into the Juvenile Court Services Fund.
(b) There is hereby established a "Juvenile Court Services Fund" for the deposit
of the juvenile court supervision fees and any monies received for the benefit of the Juvenile
Court Volunteer Program or the Juvenile Probation/Dependent Child Services by legislative
appropriation or by grant, gift, or contribution by the county, municipalities, organizations,
or individuals. The fund shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account in a bank of known
responsibility under the supervision of the Presiding Family and Juvenile Court Judge of Calhoun
County. (c) Any monies, fees, etc., deposited in this fund shall be disbursed solely for...
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12-15-320
Section 12-15-320 Dispositions. (a) Termination of parental rights cases shall be given
priority over other cases. The trial on the petition for termination of parental rights shall
be completed within 90 days after service of process has been perfected. The trial court judge
shall enter a final order within 30 days of the completion of the trial. (b) If the juvenile
court determines that the parents of a child are unwilling or unable to act as parents and
terminates their parental rights, it may do the following: (1) Transfer or continue the permanent
legal custody of the child to the Department of Human Resources or to any public or private
licensed child-placing agency able and willing to assume the care and maintenance of the child.
An order of the juvenile court which terminates parental rights and awards permanent legal
custody to the Department of Human Resources or to a licensed child-placing agency shall mean
that the Department of Human Resources or the licensed child-placing...
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15-20A-34
Section 15-20A-34 Juvenile sex offender - Relief from lifetime registration requirements.
(a) A juvenile sex offender subject to lifetime registration pursuant to Section 15-20A-28
may file a petition requesting the sentencing juvenile court to enter an order relieving the
juvenile sex offender of the requirements pursuant to this chapter 25 years after the juvenile
sex offender is released from the custody of the Department of Youth Services or sentenced,
if the juvenile sex offender was placed on probation, for the sex offense requiring registration
pursuant to this chapter. (b) The petition shall be filed as follows: (1) If the juvenile
sex offender was adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense in this state, the petition shall
be filed in the juvenile court of the county in which the juvenile sex offender was adjudicated
delinquent. (2) If the juvenile sex offender was adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense in
a jurisdiction outside of this state, the petition shall be filed in the...
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30-1-17
Section 30-1-17 Correction of marriage records. (a) When the records pertaining to a
marriage are incomplete or inaccurate, the judge of probate of a county in which the marriage
license was issued shall correct or perfect the same upon proper petition being filed by either
party to the marriage, or someone delegated or authorized by him or her, in his or her name
and behalf, giving the names and residences of the parties to the marriage, if known, and
if the residence is not known, an affidavit by petitioner or petitioner's attorney that the
residence is not known and that diligent effort has been made to ascertain the same, together
with a clear statement setting up wherein the record of the marriage should be corrected or
perfected. Notice of the time and place set for hearing the application shall be given for
at least six days by personal service thereof, if the other party resides in the State of
Alabama, unless both parties join in the petition, and in such case the petition may...
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