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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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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12-15-701
Section 12-15-701 Definitions; applicability of prostitution statutes; procedures. (a)
For the purposes of this section, sexually exploited child shall mean an individual
under the age of 18 years who is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and who has
been subjected to sexual exploitation because he or she is any of the following: (1) A victim
of the crime of human trafficking sexual servitude as provided in Section 13A-6-150,
et seq. (2) Engaged in prostitution as provided in Section 13A-12-120 or 13A-12-121.
(3) A victim of the crime of promoting prostitution as provided in Section 13A-12-111,
13A-12-112, or 13A-12-113. (b) A sexually exploited child may not be adjudicated delinquent
or convicted of a crime of prostitution as provided in Section 13A-12-120 or 13A-12-121,
or any municipal ordinance prohibiting such acts. (c) In any proceeding based upon a child's
arrest for an act of prostitution, there is a presumption that the child satisfies the definition
of a sexually...
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26-2A-73
Section 26-2A-73 Court appointment of guardian of minor; conditions for appointment.
(a) The court may appoint a guardian for an unmarried minor if all parental rights have been
terminated or suspended by circumstances or prior order of a court having jurisdiction; unless
a custodian has been appointed under Section 26-18-8, or otherwise by the juvenile
court when parental rights have been terminated or suspended. A guardian appointed pursuant
to Section 26-2A-71 whose appointment has not been prevented or nullified under Section
26-2A-72 has priority over any guardian who may be appointed by the court, but the court may
proceed with another appointment upon a finding that the parental nominee has failed to accept
the appointment within 30 days after notice of the guardianship proceeding. (b) If necessary,
and on appropriate petition or application, the court may appoint a temporary guardian who
shall have the full authority of a general guardian of a minor, but the authority of a...

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12-15-109
Section 12-15-109 Issuance of orders to parents for payment of court costs, fees of
attorneys, and expenses for support, treatment of children under the jurisdiction of the juvenile
court pursuant to this chapter; manner of payment; proceedings upon failure of parents to
pay amounts directed. If, after making a parent, or other person legally obligated to care
for and support a child, a party to the action pursuant to this chapter and the Alabama Rules
of Juvenile Procedure and after a hearing, the juvenile court finds that the parent or other
person is financially able to pay all or part of the court costs, as provided by law, attorney
fees, and expenses with respect to examination, treatment, care, detention, or support of
the child incurred from the commencement of the proceeding in carrying out this chapter, the
juvenile court shall order them to pay the same and may prescribe the manner of payment. Unless
otherwise ordered, payment shall be made to the clerk of the juvenile court...
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12-15-110
Section 12-15-110 Punishment for contempt of court of persons disobeying orders of the
juvenile court generally. (a) Subject to the laws relating to the procedures therefor and
the limitations thereon, the juvenile court may punish a person for contempt of court for
disobeying an order of the juvenile court or for obstructing or interfering with the proceedings
of the juvenile court or the enforcement of its orders. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions
of subsection (a), the juvenile court shall be limited in the actions it may take with respect
to a child violating the terms and conditions of the order of protective supervision as this
term is defined in subdivision (5) of Section 12-15-301, to those which the juvenile
court could have taken at the time of the original disposition of the juvenile court pursuant
to subsection (a) of Section 12-15-314. (c) A finding of indirect contempt not based
on a delinquency petition does not constitute an adjudication of delinquency. (Acts 1975,
No....
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12-15-134
Section 12-15-134 Maintenance and inspection of law enforcement records. (a) Law enforcement
agencies shall take special precautions to ensure that law enforcement records and files concerning
a child will be maintained in a manner and pursuant to those safeguards that will protect
against disclosure to any unauthorized person, department, agency, or entity. Unless a charge
of delinquency is transferred for criminal prosecution pursuant to Section 12-15-203
or the juvenile court otherwise orders in the interests of the child or of national security,
the law enforcement records and files with respect to the child shall not be open to public
inspection nor their contents disclosed to the public. (b) Law enforcement records and files
described in subsection (a) shall be open to inspection and copying by the following: (1)
A juvenile court having a child currently before it in any proceeding. (2) Personnel of the
Department of Human Resources, the Department of Youth Services, public and...
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12-15-319
Section 12-15-319 Grounds for termination of parental rights; factors considered; presumption
arising from abandonment. (a) If the juvenile court finds from clear and convincing evidence,
competent, material, and relevant in nature, that the parents of a child are unable or unwilling
to discharge their responsibilities to and for the child, or that the conduct or condition
of the parents renders them unable to properly care for the child and that the conduct or
condition is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future, it may terminate the parental rights
of the parents. In a hearing on a petition for termination of parental rights, the court shall
consider the best interests of the child. In determining whether or not the parents are unable
or unwilling to discharge their responsibilities to and for the child and to terminate the
parental rights, the juvenile court shall consider the following factors including, but not
limited to, the following: (1) That the parents have abandoned...
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38-1-3
Section 38-1-3 Legal representative for handling public assistance payments of incompetents.
If any otherwise qualified applicant for or recipient of public assistance appears to be incapable,
physically or mentally, or both, of managing his public assistance payments, and has no legal
guardian, he, his spouse, father, mother, child, brother or sister, with the consent of the
Department of Human Resources, or the Department of Human Resources may petition the probate
judge for the appointment of a legal representative to handle his public assistance payments
only. The petition shall be accompanied by a certificate in writing of a physician which certificate
shall state that the physician upon examination believes the applicant or recipient to be
physically or mentally, or both, incapable of managing his public assistance payments. The
probate judge shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of appointing a competent person as
legal representative after notice of at least 10 days in...
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12-15-137
Section 12-15-137 Proceedings for destruction of legal and social files and records
of juvenile courts pertaining to certain persons and effect thereof. (a) A person who has
been the subject of a delinquency petition and has met the conditions stipulated in subdivision
(2) of subsection (a) of Section 12-15-136, five years after reaching the age of majority,
may file a motion requesting the destruction of all records pertaining to his or her case.
If the juvenile court grants the motion, copies of the order shall be sent to all offices,
departments, or agencies that are repositories of the records, and all the offices, departments,
and agencies shall comply with the order. (b) Upon the entry of a destruction order, all references
including arrest, complaints, referrals, petitions, reports, and orders shall be removed from
all department or agency official and institutional files and destroyed. (c) A person who
has been the subject of a delinquency petition shall be notified of his or...
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