12-15-140
Section 12-15-140 Content of order; order may set forth reasonable conditions of behavior for parents, persons responsible for care; enumeration of certain specific requirements which may be included in order. (a) The protection or restraint order may set forth reasonable conditions of behavior to be observed by a person who is a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other person legally responsible for the care of the child subject to a juvenile court proceeding, or the spouse of the parent, or spouse of any other person legally responsible for the care of the child, or relatives of any of the above, or residents of the home of the child, or any other person. (b) The protection or restraint order, among other things, may require any person or persons to do any of the following: (1) Stay away from the home in which the child subject to a juvenile court proceeding resides, the family or the child. (2) Vacate the home in which the child subject to a juvenile court proceeding...
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30-2-40
Section 30-2-40 Legal separation. (a) The court shall enter a decree of legal separation if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The court determines that the jurisdictional requirements for the dissolution of a marriage have been met. (2) The court determines the marriage is irretrievably broken or there exists a complete incompatibility of temperament or one or both of the parties desires to live separate and apart. (3) To the extent that it has jurisdiction to do so, the court has considered, approved, or provided for child custody, and has entered an order for child support in compliance with Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration. (b) A legal separation is a court determination of the rights and responsibilities of a husband and wife arising out of the marital relationship. A decree of legal separation does not terminate the marital status of the parties. (c) If a party files a complaint for a decree of legal separation rather than a decree of...
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38-12-32
Section 38-12-32 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CAREGIVER. An individual 21 years of age or older, other than a child's parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian who is an approved foster parent, who is a relative of the child, and who has been providing care and support for the child while the child has been residing in the caregiver's home for at least the last six consecutive months while in the legal custody of the Department of Human Resources, a designated official for a child-placing agency, or a successor guardian. (2) CHILD. An individual under 18 years of age who is in foster care with the caregiver and over whom a court has exercised continuing jurisdiction. (3) COURT. The juvenile court. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources. (5) KINSHIP GUARDIAN. A caregiver who is willing to assume care of a child because of parental incapacity of a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other dependency...
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12-15-128
Section 12-15-128 Authority and criteria for continuation of detention or shelter care of children taken into custody beyond 72 hours. (a) An allegedly delinquent child, dependent child, or child in need of supervision lawfully taken into custody shall immediately be released, upon the ascertainment of the necessary facts, to the care, custody, and control of the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the child or other suitable person able to provide supervision and care for the child, unless the juvenile court or juvenile court intake officer, subject to the limitations in Section 12-15-208, finds any of the following: (1) The child has no parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other suitable person able to provide supervision and care for the child. (2) The release of the child would present a clear and substantial threat of a serious nature to the person or property of others and where the child is alleged to be delinquent. (3) The release of the child would present a...
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12-15-411
Section 12-15-411 Discharge of the minor or child from custody of the department. (a) Any minor or child committed to the custody of the department who has gained maximum benefit from institutional treatment, who is no longer in need of the services of the department, or who has gained maximum benefit from the programs of the department shall be discharged from the custody of the department. The minor or child shall not be received again by the department pursuant to the original commitment order unless deemed appropriate by a court of proper jurisdiction holding a subsequent hearing. (b) The department shall notify the committing juvenile court or the court to which the case is transferred and the parties to the commitment action in writing, which must be received by the juvenile court at least 10 days in advance of the proposed discharge. The committing juvenile court, at the time of discharge, shall transfer custody to a person or another state department or agency deemed suitable...
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12-15-207
Section 12-15-207 Filing of petition and conduct of hearing as to necessity for continuation of detention or shelter care of a child; violation of probation and aftercare. (a) When a child is not released from detention or shelter care as provided in Section 12-15-127, a petition shall be filed and a hearing held within 72 hours of placement in detention or shelter care, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays included, to determine probable cause and to determine whether or not continued detention or shelter care is required. (b) Notice of the detention or shelter care hearing, either verbal or written, stating the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing and the right to counsel shall be given by a juvenile probation officer to the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian if they can be found and to the child if the child is over 12 years of age . (c) At the commencement of the detention or shelter care hearing, the juvenile court shall advise the parent, legal guardian, legal...
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12-15-410
Section 12-15-410 Evidence in commitment proceedings for minor and child with an intellectual disability. (a) At the final hearing upon a petition seeking to commit a minor or child to the department on the basis that the minor or child is a person with an intellectual disability, the juvenile court may grant the petition if clear and convincing evidence proves all of the following: (1) The minor or child sought to be committed is a person with an intellectual disability. (2) The minor or child is not mildly retarded, as defined by the department. (3) The minor or child, if allowed to remain in the community, is likely to cause serious injury to himself, herself, or others, or that adequate care, rehabilitation, and training opportunities are available only at a facility provided by the department. (b) Upon these findings, the juvenile court shall enter an order setting forth the findings, and may order the minor or child committed to the custody of the department. (c) The commissioner...
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12-15-130
Section 12-15-130 Ordering, conduct, and certification of findings of mental and physical examinations of children; minors or children believed to be individuals with a mental illness or an intellectual disability; treatment or care for children; payment; authority to order emergency medical care for children. (a) Where there are indications that a child may be physically ill, a child with mental illness or an intellectual disability, or an evaluation of a child is needed to help determine issues of competency to understand judicial proceedings, mental state at the time of the offense, or the ability of the child to assist his or her attorney, the juvenile court, on its own motion or motion by the prosecutor, or that of the child's attorney or guardian ad litem for the child, may order the child to be examined at a suitable place by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, or other qualified examiner, under the supervision of a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist who shall certify...
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15-18-5
Section 15-18-5 Credit towards sentence for time spent incarcerated - Pending trial. (a) Upon conviction and imprisonment for any felony or misdemeanor, the sentencing court shall order that the convicted person be credited with all of his or her actual time spent incarcerated pending trial for the offense. The actual time spent incarcerated pending trial shall be certified by the circuit clerk or district clerk on forms to be prescribed by the Department of Corrections. (b) Upon a child being adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Alabama Department of Youth Services in a juvenile court for a felony or a misdemeanor for a set period of time or as a serious juvenile offender as specified in subsection (a) of Section 12-15-219, the juvenile court shall order that the delinquent child be credited with all of his or her actual time spent detained prior to or subsequent to adjudication for the offense. The actual time spent detained shall be certified by a juvenile probation officer...
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12-15-409
Section 12-15-409 Role of attorney as advocate; designation of facilities. (a) An attorney representing the state, any county, or municipality or the Department of Youth Services or the Department of Human Resources or an attorney representing the person or persons filing a petition to have a minor or child committed may serve as the advocate in support of the petition to commit in all matters regarding the petition. (b) At the final hearing upon a petition seeking to commit a minor or child to the custody of the department on the basis that the minor or child is mentally ill, the juvenile court may grant the petition if clear and convincing evidence proves all of the following: (1) That the minor or child sought to be committed is mentally ill. (2) That, as a consequence of the mental illness, the minor or child poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to himself, herself, or to others. (3) That the threat of substantial harm has been evidenced by a recent overt act. (4)...
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