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26-10-29
Section 26-10-29 Review of subsidy decision; appeal. (a) Any subsidy decision by the State
Department of Human Resources which the placement agency or the adoptive parents deem adverse
to the child is reviewable by the State Department of Human Resources. (b) In any case where
an application under this article is denied or an adoption subsidy is reduced or terminated,
the applicant or parent recipient shall have the right to appeal in writing to the department
for a hearing within 30 days of receipt of notice in accordance with the Alabama Administrative
Procedure Act. (Acts 1979, No. 79-691, p. 1231, §6; Act 2011-557, p. 1014, §1.)...
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26-14-3
Section 26-14-3 Mandatory reporting. (a) All hospitals, clinics, sanitariums, doctors, physicians,
surgeons, medical examiners, coroners, dentists, osteopaths, optometrists, chiropractors,
podiatrists, physical therapists, nurses, public and private K-12 employees, school teachers
and officials, peace officers, law enforcement officials, pharmacists, social workers, day
care workers or employees, mental health professionals, employees of public and private institutions
of postsecondary and higher education, members of the clergy as defined in Rule 505 of the
Alabama Rules of Evidence, or any other person called upon to render aid or medical assistance
to any child, when the child is known or suspected to be a victim of child abuse or neglect,
shall be required to report orally, either by telephone or direct communication immediately,
and shall be followed by a written report, to a duly constituted authority. (b)(1) When an
initial report is made to a law enforcement official, the...
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26-16-50
Section 26-16-50 Department of Human Resources to provide for teams; composition of teams.
The Department of Human Resources shall provide for the development and coordination of the
multi-disciplinary child protection teams created by this article and for the services to
be provided by such teams throughout the state. Such teams shall be composed of representatives
from the local departments of human resources, the local law enforcement agencies, the local
district attorneys' offices, and the local educational agencies. The teams may also include
representatives from the local health field, mental health services, local social service
agencies, and local members of the legal profession. Representatives of other professions
or disciplines may be included if the local team as established deems them useful or necessary.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-682, p. 1078, §1.)...
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26-10A-5
Section 26-10A-5 Who may adopt. (a) Any adult person or husband and wife jointly who are adults
may petition the court to adopt a minor. (1) No rule or regulation of the Department of Human
Resources shall prevent an adoption by a person solely because the person is employed outside
the home, provided however, the Department of Human Resources may exercise sound discretion
in requiring the person to remain in the home with a minor for a reasonable period of time
when a particular minor requires the presence of that person to ensure his or her adjustment.
Provided, however, the reasonable period of time shall not exceed 60 consecutive calendar
days. (2) No rule or regulation of the Department of Human Resources or any agency shall prevent
an adoption by a single person solely because such person is single or shall prevent an adoption
solely because such person is of a certain age. (3) Provided however, in cases, where one
who purports to be the biological father marries the biological...
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26-10B-8
Section 26-10B-8 Department to provide coverage and benefits not provided by residence state;
procedure for reimbursement. The State Department of Human Resources shall provide coverage
and benefits for a child who is in another state and who is covered by an adoption assistance
agreement made by the State Department of Human Resources for coverage or benefits, if any,
not provided by the residence state. To this end, the adoptive parents acting for the child
must obtain prior approval from the State Department of Human Resources and may submit evidence
of payment for services or benefit amounts not payable in the residence state and shall be
reimbursed therefor. However, there shall be no reimbursement for services or benefit amounts
covered under any insurance or other third party medical contract or arrangement held by the
child or the adoptive parents. The State Department of Human Resources shall make regulations
implementing this section. Among other things, such regulations...
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26-10A-18
Section 26-10A-18 Custody pending final decree. Once a petitioner has received the adoptee
into his or her home for the purposes of adoption and a petition for adoption has been filed,
an interlocutory decree shall be entered delegating to the petitioner (1) custody, except
custody shall be retained by the Department of Human Resources or the licensed child placing
agency which held custody at the time of the placement until the entry of the final decree
and (2) the responsibility for the care, maintenance, and support of the adoptee, including
any necessary medical or surgical treatment, pending further order of the court. This interlocutory
decree shall not stop the running of time periods prescribed in Section 26-10A-9. (Acts 1990,
No. 90-554, p. 912, §18; Act 2002-417, p. 1061, §1.)...
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38-12-31
Section 38-12-31 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)
There exists in this state a number of children who cannot reside with their parents, legal
guardians, or legal custodians because of such parents', legal guardians', or custodians'
incapacity or inability to perform the regular and expected functions of care and support
of the children and family care and who thereby come to the attention of juvenile court and
into the care and custody of the Department of Human Resources. (2) An increasing number of
relatives, including grandparents, find themselves wanting to provide care to related foster
children on a long-term basis to prevent the children from remaining in foster care with unrelated
caregivers yet these relatives are either unable or unwilling to seek termination of the legal
relationships between the parent and the child, particularly when it is the caregiver's own
child or sibling who is the parent. (3) It is in the public interest to...
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38-2-6.1
Section 38-2-6.1 Office of State Parent Locator for the Location of Absent Parents established;
duties; assistance of other agencies, etc.; use of information obtained. (a) As used in this
section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ABSENT PARENT. The parent
of a minor child who owes a financial ligation for the support of the minor child or a putative
parent against whom a complaint has been filed. (2) OFFICE. The state parent locator in the
Department of Human Resources for the location of absent parents, hereinafter created. (b)
The Office of State Parent Locator for the Location of Absent Parents is hereby established,
and shall perform the following duties: (1) Assist any governmental agency or department in
locating an absent parent. (2) Coordinate any activity on a state level in a search for an
absent parent. (3) Obtain and disseminate, as hereinafter provided, any information which
directly relates to the identity or location of an absent parent. (4)...
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22-21-31
Section 22-21-31 Practice of medicine, etc., not authorized; child placing. Nothing in this
article shall be construed as authorizing any person to engage in any manner in the practice
of medicine or any other profession nor to authorize any person to engage in the business
of child placing. Any child born in any such institution whose mother is unable to care for
such child or any child who, for any reason, will be left destitute of parental support shall
be reported to the Department of Human Resources or to any agency authorized or licensed by
the Department of Human Resources to engage in child placing for such service as the child
and the mother may require. In the rendering of service, representatives of the Department
of Human Resources and agencies authorized or licensed by the Department of Human Resources
shall have free access to visit the child and the mother concerned. (Acts 1949, No. 530, p.
835, §2; Acts 1962, Ex. Sess., No. 122, p. 157, §2; Act 2001-1058, 4th Sp....
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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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