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12-15-302
Section 12-15-302 Venue generally. (a) Dependency proceedings shall be commenced in
the county where the child resides, in the county where the child is present when the proceedings
are commenced, or in the county where the acts that are the basis of the dependency petition
occurred. (b) Regardless of the county where the child currently resides, when a petition
is filed seeking to modify an award of custody or visitation pursuant to an adjudication of
dependency, and one of the individuals who was a party to the original proceeding still resides
in the county of the juvenile court of original jurisdiction, the petition shall be filed
in the juvenile court of the original jurisdiction. (c) When a petition is filed seeking to
modify an award of custody or visitation pursuant to an adjudication of dependency in which
all parties to the original action, including the child, no longer reside in the county of
original jurisdiction, the petition shall be filed in the county where the child...
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12-15-107
Section 12-15-107 Juvenile probation officers - Duties of juvenile probation officers
generally; powers of juvenile probation officers as to taking into custody and placing in
shelter or detention care of children generally; procedure upon taking into custody of child
by juvenile probation officer generally. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the objectives
and purposes of this chapter and subject to the limitations of this chapter or imposed by
the juvenile court, a juvenile probation officer shall perform the following duties: (1) Make
investigations, reports, and recommendations to the juvenile court. (2) Serve as a juvenile
court intake officer when designated by the juvenile court judge. (3) Supervise and assist
a child placed on probation or aftercare by order of the juvenile court or other authority
of law until the terms of probation or aftercare expire or are otherwise terminated. (4) Make
appropriate referrals to other private or public departments or agencies of the...
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44-1-36
Section 44-1-36 Commitment of mentally ill or retarded youth to state hospital; discharge
of rehabilitated youth; release of youth into aftercare; termination or extension of orders
of commitment. (a) In the event a committed youth shall be diagnosed in writing as mentally
ill to the degree that said youth is unable to profit from the programs operated by the department
of youth services for the benefit of delinquent youth, the department may petition the proper
juvenile court for the commitment of the said youth to the state hospital for the mentally
ill. The diagnosis must be made by a person who is legally and professionally qualified under
the laws of Alabama to make such a diagnosis. (b) In the event a committed youth shall be
diagnosed in writing as mentally retarded to the degree that said youth is unable to profit
from the programs operated by the department for the benefit of delinquent youth, the department
may petition the proper juvenile court for the commitment of the said...
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26-10A-13
Section 26-10A-13 Time of consent or relinquishment; filing with court. (a) A consent
or relinquishment may be taken at any time, except that once signed or confirmed, may be withdrawn
within five days after birth or within five days after signing of the consent or relinquishment,
whichever comes last. (b) Consent or relinquishment can be withdrawn if the court finds that
the withdrawal is reasonable under the circumstances and consistent with the best interest
of the child within 14 days after the birth of the child or within 14 days after signing of
the consent or relinquishment, whichever comes last. (c) All consents or relinquishments required
by this act shall be filed with the court in which the petition for adoption is pending before
the final decree of adoption is entered. (Acts 1990, No. 90-554, p. 912, ยง13.)...
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26-10A-14
Section 26-10A-14 Withdrawal of consent or relinquishment. (a) The consent or relinquishment,
once signed or confirmed, may not be withdrawn except: (1) As provided in Section 26-10A-13;
or (2) At any time until the final decree upon a showing that the consent or relinquishment
was obtained by fraud, duress, mistake, or undue influence on the part of a petitioner or
his or her agent or the agency to whom or for whose benefit it was given. After one year from
the date of final decree of adoption is entered, a consent or relinquishment may not be challenged
on any ground, except in cases where the adoptee has been kidnapped. (3) Upon dismissal of
the adoption after a contested hearing as provided in Section 26-10A-24. (b) The withdrawal
of consent or relinquishment as provided in Section 26-10A-13(a) shall be effected
by the affiant signing and dating the withdrawal form provided pursuant to Section
26-10A-12(c) or other written withdrawal of consent containing the information set forth...
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26-10A-12
Section 26-10A-12 Persons who may take consent or relinquishments; forms. (a) A consent
of the natural mother taken prior to the birth of a child shall be signed or confirmed before
a judge of probate. At the time of taking the consent the judge shall explain to the consenting
parent the legal effect of signing the document and the time limits and procedures for withdrawal
of the consent and shall provide the parent with a form for withdrawing the consent in accordance
with the requirements of Sections 26-10A-13 and 26-10A-14. (b) All other pre-birth or post-birth
consents or relinquishments shall be signed or confirmed before: (1) A judge or clerk of any
court which has jurisdiction over adoption proceedings, or a public officer appointed by such
judge for the purpose of taking consents; or (2) A person appointed to take consents who is
appointed by any agency which is authorized to conduct investigations or home studies provided
by Section 26-10A-19, or, if the consent is taken out...
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30-3-61
Section 30-3-61 Withholding order required in child support orders; employer to withhold
support from income due and pay to designee; income withholding order issued by another state;
when order served on employer; delinquency of support payments. (a) Any provision of Section
8-5-21, to the contrary notwithstanding, any original decree, judgment, or order issued by
a court of this state for the payment of support, any decree or judgment entered pursuant
to a petition to modify an original decree or award of support, any decree or judgment of
contempt of court for failure to pay support as previously ordered by a court of this state,
or any decree or judgment for criminal or civil nonsupport shall include as a separate section
a withholding order subject to subsection (c) of this section directing any employer
of the obligor to withhold and pay over to the clerk of the court or the Department of Human
Resources, or its designee, whichever is appropriate, out of income due or to become...
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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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26-10A-7
Section 26-10A-7 Persons whose consents or relinquishment are required. (a) Consent
to the petitioner's adoption or relinquishment for adoption to the Department of Human Resources
or a licensed child placing agency shall be required of the following: (1) The adoptee, if
14 years of age or older, except where the court finds that the adoptee does not have the
mental capacity to give consent; (2) The adoptee's mother; (3) The adoptee's presumed father,
regardless of paternity, if: a. He and the adoptee's mother are or have been married to each
other and the adoptee was born during the marriage, or within 300 days after the marriage
was terminated by death, annulment, declaration of invalidity, or divorce, or after a decree
of separation was entered by a court; or b. Before the adoptee's birth, he and the adoptee's
mother have attempted to marry each other by a marriage solemnized in apparent compliance
with law, although the attempted marriage is or could be declared invalid, and, 1. If...
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26-10-25
Section 26-10-25 Subsidies - Agreements; type; amount; duration; limitation. When parents
are found and approved for adoption of a child certified as eligible for subsidy, and before
the final decree of adoption is issued, there must be a written agreement between the State
Department of Human Resources and the adopting family as to the terms and conditions of the
subsidy. Upon determination of eligibility, adoption subsidies in individual cases may commence
at any time after the adoption placement or at the appropriate time after the adoption decree,
and will vary with the needs of the child and as negotiated with the adoptive parent or parents,
and according to, as well as the availability of, other resources to meet the child's needs.
The subsidy may be for special services only, or for money payments, payment deferred, and
either for a limited period, or for a long term, or for any combination of the foregoing.
The amount of the time-limited or long-term subsidy may in no case...
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