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6-5-273
Section 6-5-273 Jurisdiction of courts. An action for recovery of damages and penalties under
this article may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction, including the small claims
division of a district court in the county where the merchant is located, if the person or
the parent or legal guardian of the unemancipated minor who committed the theft offense fails
to make payment to the merchant of the amount specified in the demand within 30 days after
the date of service of the written demand upon him or her, if the total damages do not exceed
the jurisdictional limit of the small claims division. (Acts 1993, No. 93-676, ยง4.)...
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12-15-125
Section 12-15-125 Taking into custody of children generally. (a) A child or minor may be taken
into custody for any of the following reasons: (1) Pursuant to an order of the juvenile court.
(2) By a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe that the child or minor
has run away from a juvenile detention, residential, shelter, or other care facility. (3)
By a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe that the child or minor
is suffering from an illness or injury or is in immediate danger from the surroundings of
the child or minor and that the immediate removal of the child or minor from those surroundings
is necessary for the protection of the health and safety of the child or minor. (b) In addition
to the grounds listed in subsection (a), a child may also be taken into custody for any of
the following reasons: (1) By a law enforcement officer for an alleged delinquent act pursuant
to the laws of arrest; (2) By a law enforcement officer who has...
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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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12-17-250
Section 12-17-250 District court administrative agency created; powers and duties thereof;
persons deemed officials of agency; judicial powers thereof generally. The district court
shall have under its supervision a district court administrative agency empowered to provide
expeditious service in connection with administrative adjudication of minor misdemeanors,
the issuance of warrants, certain juvenile justice functions, as provided by this title, and
other powers provided by law; provided, that the clerk of the district court shall have responsibility
for administration of said clerk's office. The personnel designated by the judge or judges
and the clerk of the district court, as magistrates and referees in juvenile cases, shall
be considered as officials of such administrative agency. Such officials shall be vested with
judicial power reasonably incident to the accomplishment of the purposes and responsibilities
of the administrative agency; provided, that the clerk of the district...
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12-15-202
Section 12-15-202 Rights of the child. (a) Rights of the child when taken into custody. When
a child is taken into custody, the person taking the child into custody shall inform the child
of all of the following, in language understandable to the child: (1) The reason that the
child is being taken into custody. (2) That the child has the right to communicate with his
or her parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian whether or not that person is present. If
necessary, reasonable means will be provided for the child to do so. (3) The child has the
right to communicate with an attorney. If the child does not have an attorney, one will be
appointed for him or her. If the child has an attorney who is not present, reasonable means
shall be provided for the child to communicate with the attorney. (b) Rights of the child
before being questioned while in custody. Before the child is questioned about anything concerning
the charge on which the child was taken into custody, the person asking the...
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12-15-408
Section 12-15-408 Conducting hearings to commit the minor or child. At all hearings conducted
pursuant to this section to commit a minor or child to the custody of the department, the
following shall apply: (1) The minor or child sought to be committed shall be present unless,
prior to the hearing, the child's attorney for the minor or child has filed in writing a waiver
of the presence of the minor or child on the ground that the presence of the minor or child
would be dangerous to his or her physical or mental health or that the conduct of the minor
or child could reasonably be expected to prevent the hearing from being held in an orderly
manner and the juvenile court has determined from the evidence that the waiver should be granted
and has entered an order approving the waiver. (2) The minor or child sought to be committed
shall have the right to compel the attendance of and offer the testimony of witnesses, to
be confronted with the witnesses in support of the petition and to...
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26-2A-135
Section 26-2A-135 Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition. (a) Upon receipt
of a petition for appointment of a conservator or other protective order because of minority,
the court shall set a date for hearing. If the court determines at any time in the proceeding
that the interests of the minor are or may be inadequately represented, it may appoint an
attorney to represent the minor, giving consideration to the choice of the minor if 14 or
more years of age. An attorney appointed by the court to represent a minor may be granted
the powers and duties of a guardian ad litem. (b) Upon receipt of a petition for appointment
of a conservator or other protective order for reasons other than minority, the court shall
set a date for hearing. Unless the person to be protected has chosen counsel, the court shall
appoint an attorney to represent the person who may be granted the powers and duties of a
guardian ad litem. If the alleged disability is mental illness, mental...
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30-5-5
Section 30-5-5 Standing to file sworn petition for protection order; disclosure of information;
costs and fees. (a) The following persons have standing to file a sworn petition for a protection
order under this chapter as a plaintiff: (1) A person who is at least 18 years old or is otherwise
emancipated and is the victim of abuse, as defined in Section 30-5-2, or has reasonable cause
to believe he or she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of any act of abuse. (2)
A parent, legal guardian, next friend, court-appointed guardian ad litem, or the State Department
of Human Resources may petition for relief on behalf of the following: a. A minor child. b.
Any person prevented by physical or mental incapacity from seeking a protection order. (b)
Standardized petitions for actions pursuant to this chapter shall be made available through
the circuit clerks' offices around the state. The circuit clerk shall not provide assistance
to persons in completing the forms or in presenting...
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45-37A-52.228
Section 45-37A-52.228 Survivor's benefits. (a) Effective July 1, 2002, in the event of the
death of a retiree or participant who, on the date of his or her death was eligible for voluntary
retirement under Section 45-37A-51.220, there may be payable a monthly survivor's benefit
equal to 60 percent of the monthly retirement benefit which the retiree was receiving or was
entitled to receive prior to his or her death or which the participant would have been entitled
to receive had he or she retired under Section 45-37A-51.220 on the day preceding his or her
death; notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the survivor's benefit may be increased pursuant
to Section 45-37A-51.242. In the event any survivor is being paid an amount in excess of 60
percent of the retiree's monthly benefit on May 1, 2006, such survivor's benefits shall not
be decreased. (b)(1) Effective July 1, 2002, upon the death of any retiree or participant
who at the time of his or her death was not eligible for voluntary...
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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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