26-10A-31
Section 26-10A-31 Confidentiality of records, hearing; parties. (a) After the petition is filed
and prior to the entry of the final decree, the records in adoption proceedings shall be open
to inspection only by the petitioner or his or her attorney, the investigator appointed under
Section 26-10A-19, any attorney appointed for the adoptee under Section 26-10A-22, and any
attorney retained by or appointed to represent the adoptee. Such records shall be open to
other persons only upon order of court for good cause shown. (b) All hearings in adoption
proceedings shall be confidential and shall be held in closed court without admittance of
any person other than interested parties and their counsel, except with leave of court. (c)
After the final decree of adoption has been entered, all papers, pleadings, and other documents
pertaining to the adoption shall be sealed, kept as a permanent record of the court, and withheld
from inspection except as otherwise provided in this section and in...
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26-17A-1
Section 26-17A-1 Reopening of paternity case. (a) Upon petition of the defendant in a paternity
proceeding where the defendant has been declared the legal father, the case shall be reopened
if there is scientific evidence presented by the defendant that he is not the father. The
court shall admit into evidence any scientific test recognized by the court that has been
conducted in accordance with established scientific principles or the court may order a blood
test, or a Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid test of the mother, father, and child. Whenever the court
orders a test and any of the persons to be tested refuse to submit to the test, the fact shall
be disclosed at the trial, unless good cause is shown. (b) The test shall be made by a qualified
expert approved by the court. The expert may be called by the court or any party as a witness
to testify to the test results and shall be subject to cross-examination by the parties. The
test results may be admitted into evidence. If more than one...
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30-3D-204
Section 30-3D-204 Simultaneous proceedings. (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction
to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading
is filed in another state or a foreign country only if: (1) the petition or comparable pleading
in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the
foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction
by the other state or the foreign country; (2) the contesting party timely challenges the
exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and (3) if relevant, this
state is the home state of the child. (b) A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction
to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition
or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if: (1) the petition
or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is...
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45-24-80
Section 45-24-80 Dallas County Law Library Fund; board. (a)(l) There is created a fund to be
designated the Dallas County Law Library Fund, which fund shall be expended as hereinafter
provided for the sole purpose of establishing, maintaining, equipping, administering, and
operating the law library at the courthouse of Dallas County. (2) In each criminal or quasicriminal
or civil case or any other proceeding filed in, arising in, or brought by appeal, on certiorari
or otherwise in the Circuit Court, District Court, or Small Claims Court of Dallas County,
there shall be taxed as part of the costs the sum of six dollars ($6) to be designated as
a law library fee. (3) Such fees when collected by the clerks or other collecting officers
of such courts shall be paid to the treasurer or depository of Dallas County for the deposit
in the county treasury in a separate account to be designated the Dallas County Law Library
Fund. (b)(l) There is created a board to administer the Dallas County Law...
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45-36-80.01
Section 45-36-80.01 Service of papers and documents. (a) This section shall only apply to Jackson
County. (b) In addition to all other fees or costs levied, the county commission may require
that there shall be taxed as costs the sum of ten dollars ($10), for the service of each paper
or document by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or quasi-civil proceeding
in any court in Jackson County, whether the proceeding is filed in or arising in any of the
courts, on appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the district court or the circuit court. The
sum shall be collected in each court in which any service of any papers or documents is made
by the sheriff. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other costs in the cases
in the respective courts and deposited in the county general fund. (Act 99-672, 2nd Sp. Sess.,
p. 174, §§1, 2.)...
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45-37-140.03
Section 45-37-140.03 Petition for election. (a) Upon any petition provided for in this section
being filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county, he or she shall order an
election to be held in the proposed district on the question, or questions, on which the petition
requests an election. (b) The petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified electors
residing within the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) The petition shall contain a
description of the area which is proposed to be established as a district under this article
and shall request the judge of product to call an election on one or more of the following
questions: (1) Shall there be created for the area a district for fighting fires? (2) Shall
there be created for the area a district for garbage disposal? (3) Shall there be created
for the area a district for fighting fires and (d) The petition shall state the name of the
proposed district. The board of trustees of a district may change the name of...
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10A-2A-13.30
Section 10A-2A-13.30 Court action. (a) If a stockholder makes demand for payment under Section
10A-2A-13.26 which remains unsettled, the corporation shall commence a proceeding within 60
days after receiving the payment demand and petition the court to determine the fair value
of the stock and accrued interest. If the corporation does not commence the proceeding within
the 60-day period, it shall pay in cash to each stockholder the amount the stockholder demanded
pursuant to Section 10A-2A-13.26 plus interest. (b) The corporation shall commence the proceeding
in the designated court, and if none, the circuit court for the county in which the corporation's
principal office is located in this state, and if none in this state, in the circuit court
for the county in which the corporation's most recent registered office is located. (c) The
corporation shall make all stockholders (regardless of whether they are residents of this
state) whose demands remain unsettled parties to the proceeding...
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12-15-308
Section 12-15-308 Filing of petition and conduct of 72-hour hearing as to necessity for continuation
of shelter care of a child. (a) When a child alleged to be dependent has been removed from
the custody of the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and has not been returned to
same, a hearing shall be held within 72 hours from the time of removal, Saturdays, Sundays,
and holidays included, to determine whether continued shelter care is required. (b) Notice
of the 72-hour hearing requirement, either verbal or written, stating the date, time, place,
and purpose of the hearing and the right to counsel shall be given to the parent, legal guardian,
or legal custodian if he or she can be found. (c) At the commencement of the 72-hour hearing
requirement, the juvenile court shall advise the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian
of the right to counsel and shall appoint counsel if the juvenile court determines he or she
is indigent. If the juvenile court already has not done so, it...
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15-27-2
Section 15-27-2 Petition to expunge records - Felony offense. (a) A person who has been charged
with a felony offense, except a violent offense as defined in Section 12-25-32, may file a
petition in the criminal division of the circuit court in the county in which the charges
were filed, to expunge records relating to the charge in any of the following circumstances:
(1) When the charge is dismissed with prejudice. (2) When the charge has been no billed by
a grand jury. (3)a. The charge was dismissed after successful completion of a drug court program,
mental health court program, diversion program, veteran's court, or any court-approved deferred
prosecution program after one year from successful completion of the program. b. Expungement
may be a court-ordered condition of a program listed in paragraph a. (4) The charge was dismissed
without prejudice more than five years ago, has not been refiled, and the person has not been
convicted of any other felony or misdemeanor crime, any...
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16-28-13
Section 16-28-13 Burden of proof on person in loco parentis. No parent, guardian or other person
having control or charge of any child shall be convicted for failure to have said child enrolled
in school or for failure to send a child to school or for failure to require such child to
regularly attend such school or tutor, or for failure to compel such child to properly conduct
himself as a pupil, if such parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of such
child can establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the court the following: (1) That the
principal teacher in charge of said school which he attends or should attend or the tutor
who instructs or should instruct said child gave permission for the child to be absent; or
(2) That such parent, guardian or other person is unable to provide necessary books and clothes
in order that the child may attend school in compliance with law, and that such parent, guardian
or other person had prior to the opening of the school, or...
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