21-3A-3
Section 21-3A-3 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COUNCIL. The Interagency Coordinating Council as established in Section 21-3A-4. (2) EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES. Any developmental services that: a. Are provided under public supervision. b. Are designed to meet the developmental needs of each eligible child and the needs of the family related to enhancing the development of the child. c. Are selected in collaboration with the parents. d. Are provided by qualified personnel as determined by the personnel standards of the state, the standards of the early intervention program, and the regulations. e. Are provided in conformity with an individualized family service plan. f. Meet the requirements of Public Law 99-457 as amended (20 U.S.C. ยงยง1471 to 1485, inclusive), and the early intervention standards of the State of Alabama. g. Are provided, to the extent...
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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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26-2A-153
Section 26-2A-153 Distributive duties and powers of conservator. (a) A conservator may expend or distribute income or principal of the estate without court authorization or confirmation for the health, support, education, or maintenance of the protected person and dependents in accordance with the following principles: (1) The conservator shall consider recommendations relating to the appropriate standard of support, education, and benefit for the protected person or dependents made by a parent or guardian, if any. The conservator may not be surcharged for sums paid to persons or organizations furnishing support, education, or maintenance to the protected person or a dependent pursuant to the recommendations of a parent or guardian of the protected person unless the conservator knows that the parent or guardian derives personal financial benefit therefrom, including relief from any personal duty of support, or the recommendations are clearly not in the best interest of the protected...
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32-6-630
Section 32-6-630 Issuance of distinctive plates; fees; design. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 32-6-64, 32-6-67, and 32-6-68, a distinctive license plate category shall be established entitled "Alabama Gold Star Family." The distinctive plates shall be issued, printed, and processed in the same manner as other distinctive plates provided for in this chapter. (b) Any member of the immediate family of a person who died while on active duty of any branch of the United States military may apply to the judge of probate or other license plate issuing official, and upon presentation of documentation pursuant to subsection (d), may receive one distinctive license plate for display on a private passenger automobile or pickup truck, and shall be exempt from the payment of the motor vehicle registration fee, ad valorem tax and any additional fees. Additional distinctive license plates may be purchased upon payment of regular required motor vehicle fees and taxes and an additional fee of three...
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35-5A-2
Section 35-5A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. An individual who has attained the age of 21 years. (2) BENEFIT PLAN. An employer's plan for the benefit of an employee or partner, or an individual retirement account. (3) BROKER. A person lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities or commodities for the person's own account or for the account of others. (4) CONSERVATOR. A person appointed or qualified by a court to act as general, limited, or temporary guardian of a minor's property or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions. (5) COURT. Circuit court. (6) CUSTODIAL PROPERTY. a. Any interest in property transferred to a custodian under this chapter and b. The income from and proceeds of that interest in property. (7) CUSTODIAN. A person so designated under Section 35-5A-10 or a successor or...
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45-49-85.60
Section 45-49-85.60 General and equity jurisdiction of probate courts; powers and authority of judges of probate; procedures in administration of estates. (a) That the probate courts in all counties of this state which now have or may hereafter have a population of over 300,000 and less than 500,000, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, shall have general and equity jurisdiction concurrent with that of the circuit courts of this state, in the administration of the estates of deceased persons, minors, the developmentally disabled, insane, incapacitated, protected or incompetent persons, or the like, and testamentary trust estates. The jurisdiction granted by this section shall be conferred without the necessity of the same being invoked in any estate proceeding and may be exercised at the discretion of the court. (b)(1) That the judges of the probate courts shall have the same powers and authority which judges of the circuit courts of this state have in connection...
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16-1-11.2
Section 16-1-11.2 Autonomy of nonpublic schools - Education selection by parents; exemption from licensure or regulation. (a) A parent or guardian shall have the right to select the type school or method of his or her choice for the K-12 education of his or her child, whether public or nonpublic, religious or nonreligious, and including home-based education. (b) Nonpublic schools, including private, church, parochial, and religious schools, offering educational instruction in grades K-12, as well as home-schooled students, are not subject to licensure or regulation by the state or any political subdivision of the state, including the State Department of Education. This section shall not be interpreted or construed as preventing a nonpublic school from voluntarily participating in state audits or other state administrative oversight in order to comply with requirements of federal grant provisions, except that any such voluntary participation may be withdrawn by the nonpublic school...
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26-10A-23
Section 26-10A-23 Fees and charges. (a) No person, organization, group, agency, or any legal entity may accept any fee whatsoever for bringing the adopting parent or parents together with the adoptee or the natural parents. A violation of this section shall be punished under Section 26-10A-33. (b) Prior to payment, the petitioners must file with the court a full accounting of all charges for expenses, fees, or services they or persons acting on their behalf will be paying relating to the adoption. Payment may be made only with court approval except that fees may be placed in an escrow account prior to court approval. The court may not refuse to approve a fee for documented services on the sole basis that a child has not been placed. The court shall approve all reasonable fees and expenses unless determined by the court to be unreasonable based upon specific written findings of fact. (c) The petitioner must file a sworn statement that is a full accounting of all disbursements paid 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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26-14-7
Section 26-14-7 Duties of Department of Human Resources. (a) The State or County Department of Human Resources shall make a thorough investigation promptly upon either the oral or written report. The primary purpose of such an investigation shall be the protection of the child. (b) The investigation, to the extent that is reasonably possible, shall include: (1) The nature, extent and cause of the child abuse or neglect; (2) The identity of the person responsible therefor; (3) The names and conditions of other children in the home; (4) An evaluation of the parents or person responsible for the care of the child; (5) The home environment and the relationship of the child or children to the parents or other persons responsible for their care; and (6) All other data deemed pertinent. (c) The investigation may include a visit to the child's home, an interview with the subject child, and may include a physical, psychological, or psychiatric examination of any child or children in that home....
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