30-3C-7
Section 30-3C-7 Factors to determine risk of abduction. (a) In determining whether there is a credible risk of abduction of a child, the court shall consider any evidence that the petitioner or respondent: (1) has previously abducted or attempted to abduct a child; (2) has threatened to abduct a child; (3) has recently engaged in activities that may indicate a planned abduction, including: (A) abandoning employment; (B) preparing to move from, abandoning, or selling a primary residence; (C) terminating a lease; (D) closing bank or other financial management accounts, liquidating assets, hiding or destroying financial documents, or conducting any unusual financial activities; (E) applying for a passport or visa or obtaining travel documents for the respondent, a family member, or the child; or (F) seeking to obtain the child's birth certificate or school or medical records; (4) has engaged in domestic violence, stalking, or child abuse or neglect; (5) has refused to follow a...
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41-15B-1
Section 41-15B-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings respectively ascribed to them: (1) AT-RISK CHILDREN. Children who because of social, health, or educational factors are experiencing difficulty with learning, school achievement, or preparation for employment as evidenced by excessive absence from school without acceptable excuse, by virtue of being parents, by having been referred to the juvenile court, or by being one or more years behind their age group in the number of credits obtained or in basic skill levels obtained. (2) CHILD POPULATION. The population of children below the age of 18 in any federal decennial census. (3) COUNCIL. The Alabama Children's Policy Council created pursuant to Sections 12-15-130 to 12-15-132, inclusive. (4) FUND. The Children First Trust Fund as established by Section 41-15B-2. (5) JUVENILE PROBATION SERVICES. Any juvenile probation officer, including, but not limited to, administrative personnel, juvenile...
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12-15-301
Section 12-15-301 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONMENT. A voluntary and intentional relinquishment of the custody of a child by a parent, or a withholding from the child, without good cause or excuse, by the parent, of his or her presence, care, love, protection, maintenance, or the opportunity for the display of filial affection, or the failure to claim the rights of a parent, or failure to perform the duties of a parent. (2) AGE APPROPRIATE or DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE. Activities or items that are generally accepted as suitable for children of the same chronological age or level of maturity or that are determined to be developmentally appropriate for a child based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities that are typical for an age or age group and, in the case of a specific child, activities or items that are suitable for the child based on the...
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12-25-32
Section 12-25-32 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Sentencing Commission, established as a state agency under the Supreme Court by this chapter. (2) CONTINUUM OF PUNISHMENTS. An array of punishment options, from probation to incarceration, graduated in restrictiveness according to the degree of supervision of the offender including, but not limited to, all of the following: a. Active Incarceration. A sentence, other than an intermediate punishment or unsupervised probation, that requires an offender to serve a sentence of imprisonment. The term includes time served in a work release program operated as a custody option by the Alabama Department of Corrections or in the Supervised Intensive Restitution program of the Department of Corrections pursuant to Article 7, commencing with Section 15-18-110, of Chapter 18 of Title 15. b. Intermediate Punishment. A sentence that may include assignment to any...
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12-26-7
Section 12-26-7 Petition requirements; service; postsentence report; effect of filing. (a) A petition to obtain an order of limited relief shall include a sworn statement made under penalty of perjury by the petitioner stating all of the following: (1) That the petitioner is not subject to the limitations in Section 12-26-6 and is eligible to seek an order of limited relief. (2) Whether the petitioner has previously applied for an order of limited relief in any jurisdiction and whether an order has been granted previously. (3) A list specifying the convictions and collateral consequences to which the order should apply. (b) Once a petition has been filed, the circuit clerk shall serve the petition on the occupational licensing board, as defined in Section 41-9A-1, or other entity responsible for the collateral consequence that the petitioner is seeking relief from. Once service is made, the court shall review available presentence and other reports on the defendant and may order a...
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22-52-37
Section 22-52-37 Standards for conduct of civil commitment proceedings generally; minimum standards for civil commitment; appeals from orders of probate courts as to commitment. (a) Any civil commitment proceedings are to be conducted in accordance with the following constitutional due process standards: (1) Adequate notice of the hearing and its purpose shall be given sufficiently in advance of the scheduled proceedings to permit a reasonable opportunity to prepare therefor. (2) The person to be committed shall have the right to attend the hearing unless the court, after appropriate inquiry, determines that he or she is so mentally or physically ill as to be incapable of attendance. (3) The subject of the hearing shall be informed of his right to counsel and to the appointment of counsel if indigent. Where the commitment of a presently confined patient is sought, a guardian ad litem who is an attorney shall be appointed. (4) The guardian ad litem shall be entitled to a reasonable fee...
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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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16-1-18.1
Section 16-1-18.1 Accumulation of sick leave. (a) Definitions. When used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) EMPLOYEE. Any person employed full time as provided by law by those employers enumerated in this section; and adult bus drivers. (2) EMPLOYER. All public city and county boards of education; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama Youth Services Department District Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services Department District; the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; for purposes of subsection (c) only, the Alabama State Senate, the Lieutenant Governor, the Office of the Senate President Pro Tempore, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Alabama House of Representatives, the Legislative Reference Service; any organization participating in the Teachers'...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues and upon appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs. (b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1) Ten percent of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution to one or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for tobacco control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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6-6-20
Section 6-6-20 Definition; instances requiring mediation; sanctions; exceptions; etc. (a) For purposes of this section, "mediation" means a process in which a neutral third party assists the parties to a civil action in reaching their own settlement but does not have the authority to force the parties to accept a binding decision. (b) Mediation is mandatory for all parties in the following instances: (1) At any time where all parties agree. (2) Upon motion by any party. The party asking for mediation shall pay the costs of mediation, except attorney fees, unless otherwise agreed. (3) In the event no party requests mediation, the trial court may, on its own motion, order mediation. The trial court may allocate the costs of mediation, except attorney fees, among the parties. (c) If any party fails to mediate as required by this section, the court may apply such sanctions as it deems appropriate pursuant to Rule 37 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. (d) A court shall not order...
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