30-5-3
Section 30-5-3 Jurisdiction; request for protection order; venue; other actions; residency.
(a) The courts, as provided in this chapter, shall have jurisdiction to issue protection orders.
(b) A protection order may be requested in any pending civil or domestic relations action,
as an independent civil action, or in conjunction with the preliminary, final, or post-judgment
relief in a civil action. (c) A petition for a protection order may be filed in any of the
following locations: (1) Where the plaintiff or defendant resides. (2) Where the plaintiff
is temporarily located if he or she has left his or her residence to avoid further abuse.
(3) Where the abuse occurred. (4) Where a civil matter is pending before the court in which
the plaintiff and the defendant are opposing parties. (d) When custody, visitation, or support,
or a combination of them, of a child or children has been established in a previous court
order in this state, or an action containing any of the issues above is...
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12-17-226.2
Section 12-17-226.2 Applicants for admittance. (a) A person charged with a criminal offense
specified in subsection (b) whose jurisdiction is in the circuit court or district court in
a circuit in which a pretrial diversion program has been created pursuant to this division
may apply to the district attorney of the circuit for admittance to the program. (b) A person
charged with any of the following offenses may apply for the pretrial diversion program: (1)
A drug offense, excluding sale of a controlled substance as provided in Section 13A-12-211,
trafficking in controlled substances or cannabis as provided in Section 13A-12-231, manufacturing
controlled substances in the first degree as provided in Section 13A-12-218, or trafficking
in an analog controlled substance. (2) A property offense. (3) An offense that does not involve
serious physical injury, death, a victim under the age of 14, or a sex offense involving forcible
compulsion or incapacity of a victim. (4) A misdemeanor or...
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15-20A-20
Section 15-20A-20 Adult sex offender - Electronic monitoring. (a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement
Agency shall implement a system of active and passive electronic monitoring that identifies
the location of a monitored person and that can produce upon request reports or records of
the person's presence near or within a crime scene or prohibited area, the person's departure
from specified geographic limitations, or curfew violations by the offender. The Director
of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may promulgate any rules as are necessary to implement
and administer this system of active electronic monitoring including establishing policies
and procedures to notify the person's probation and parole officer or other court-appointed
supervising authority when a violation of his or her electronic monitoring restrictions has
occurred. (b) The Board of Pardons and Paroles or a court may require, as a condition of release
on parole, probation, community corrections, court referral...
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26-14-7.2
Section 26-14-7.2 Child denied medical treatment due to parents' religious beliefs. (a) When
an investigation of child abuse or neglect by the Department of Human Resources determines
that a parent or legal guardian legitimately practicing his or her religious beliefs has not
provided specific medical treatment for a child, the parent or legal guardian shall not be
considered a negligent parent or guardian for that reason alone. This exception shall not
preclude a court from ordering that medical services be provided to the child when the child's
health requires it. (b) The department may, in any case, pursue any legal remedies, including
the initiation of legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, as may be necessary
to provide medical care or treatment for a child when the care or treatment is necessary to
prevent or remedy serious harm to the child, or to prevent the withholding of medically indicated
treatments from infants with disabilities and with life-threatening...
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30-2-40
Section 30-2-40 Legal separation. (a) The court shall enter a decree of legal separation if
all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The court determines that the jurisdictional
requirements for the dissolution of a marriage have been met. (2) The court determines the
marriage is irretrievably broken or there exists a complete incompatibility of temperament
or one or both of the parties desires to live separate and apart. (3) To the extent that it
has jurisdiction to do so, the court has considered, approved, or provided for child custody,
and has entered an order for child support in compliance with Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules
of Judicial Administration. (b) A legal separation is a court determination of the rights
and responsibilities of a husband and wife arising out of the marital relationship. A decree
of legal separation does not terminate the marital status of the parties. (c) If a party files
a complaint for a decree of legal separation rather than a decree of...
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30-3C-6
Section 30-3C-6 Contents of petition. A petition under this chapter must be verified and include
a copy of any existing child-custody determination, if available. If a child-custody determination
is not available, the petition must state the petitioner's right to make a petition, as described
under subsection (b) of Section 30-3C-4, and provide the basis for that right to make a petition
under this chapter. The petition also must specify the risk factors for abduction, including
the relevant factors described in Section 30-3C-7. Subject to the protections provided by
subsection (e) of Section 30-3B-209 of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement
Act, if reasonably ascertainable, the petition must contain: (1) the name, date of birth,
and gender of the child; (2) the usual places of abode and current physical location of the
child; (3) the identity, usual places of abode, and current physical location of the petitioner
and respondent, and an explanation of the relationship...
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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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31-13-5
Section 31-13-5 Enforcement of and compliance with federal immigration laws; information relating
to immigration status; violations; penalties. (a) No official or agency of this state or any
political subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to, an officer of a court of this
state, may adopt a policy or practice that limits or restricts the enforcement of federal
immigration laws by limiting communication between its officers and federal immigration officials
in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1373 or 8 U.S.C. § 1644, or that restricts its officers in the
enforcement of this chapter. If, in the judgment of the Attorney General of Alabama, an official
or agency of this state or any political subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to,
an officer of a court in this state, is in violation of this subsection, the Attorney General
shall report any violation of this subsection to the Governor and the state Comptroller and
that agency or political subdivision shall not be eligible to...
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34-28A-5
Section 34-28A-5 Proceedings to enjoin or restrain violations of chapter. The board, the Attorney
General, or the local district attorney may apply to the circuit court in the county in which
a violation of this chapter is alleged to have occurred for an order enjoining or restraining
the commission or continuance of the acts complained of. Thereupon, the court has jurisdiction
over the proceedings and may grant any temporary or permanent injunction or restraining order,
without bond, as it deems just and proper. The remedy provided by this section is in addition
to and independent of any other remedies available for the enforcement of this chapter. (Acts
1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 90, p. 2756, §16; Acts 1997, No. 97-160, p. 218, §3.)...
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45-21-233
Section 45-21-233 Methods of service. (a) In the service of summons and complaints or subpoenas
requiring the attendance of witnesses in any civil, criminal, equity, or other case or proceeding
in either the small claims court, district court, or Circuit Court of Crenshaw County, whether
civil, criminal or juvenile, or before the grand jury, may, in addition to any other mode
of service provided by law or rule, be served by the sheriff or constable personally or by
leaving a copy thereof at the place of residence of the witness, or the sheriff may serve
the same by placing a copy thereof in the United States mail, certified, return receipt requested,
enclosing the subpoena in an envelope properly stamped and addressed to the person or witness
to be served. Upon service by the sheriff upon any witness or person by anyone of the foregoing
methods, provided in this section, the sheriff shall immediately mark the process executed.
If the subpoena so mailed is not delivered to the address...
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