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12-15-501
Section 12-15-501 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY TEAM. A county children's services facilitation
team. (2) MULTIPLE NEEDS CHILD. A child coming to the attention of the juvenile court or one
of the entities listed herein who is at imminent risk of out-of-home placement or a placement
in a more restrictive environment, and whose needs require the services of two or more of
the following entities: Department of Youth Services, public school system (services for exceptional
needs), Department of Human Resources, Department of Public Health, juvenile probation officers,
or Department of Mental Health. (3) STATE TEAM. The Alabama Children's Services Facilitation
Team. (Act 2008-277, p. 441, §25.)...
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witness or for return to their lawful residence or country of citizenship shall be reported
as violations of the deinstitutionalization of status offender requirement. (3) NONOFFENDERS.
Nonoffenders, as defined in this article, shall not be detained or confined in secure custody.
(4) CHILDREN 10 YEARS OF AGE AND YOUNGER. Children 10 years of age and younger shall not be
detained or confined in secure custody, unless the children are charged with offenses causing
death or serious bodily injury to persons or offenses that would be classified as Class
A felonies if committed by adults. Children 11 or 12 years of age may only be detained or
confined in secure custody by orders of juvenile courts, unless the children are charged with
offenses causing death or serious bodily injury to persons or offenses that would be
classified as Class A felonies if committed by adults. (b) Persons who may be detained or
confined in secure custody include all of the following: (1) Persons who violate...
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12-15-215
Section 12-15-215 Disposition of delinquent children or children in need of supervision generally.
(a) If the juvenile court finds on proof beyond a reasonable doubt, based upon competent,
material, and relevant evidence, that a child committed the acts by reason of which the child
is alleged to be delinquent or in need of supervision, it may proceed immediately to hear
evidence as to whether the child is in need of care or rehabilitation and to file its findings
thereon. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a finding that the child has committed
an act which constitutes a felony is sufficient to sustain a finding that the child is in
need of care or rehabilitation. If the juvenile court finds that the child is not in need
of care or rehabilitation, it shall dismiss the proceedings and discharge the child from any
detention or other temporary care theretofore ordered. If the juvenile court finds that the
child is in need of care or rehabilitation, it may make any of the...
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41-15B-2.2
5. Provision of other forensic services for children when requested by the council. b. The
Department of Forensic Sciences shall prepare an annual accounting of the distribution of
monies received and the effectiveness of programs implemented pursuant to this chapter and
shall file the accounting with the council before July 1. Sufficient safeguards shall be implemented
to ensure that the new monies increase and not supplant or decrease existing state support.
(12) One-half of one percent of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Rehabilitation
Services for distribution to one or more of the following: a. Early intervention services
for children from birth through age three and services for children who have traumatic brain
injury. b. Child death review teams pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 16 of Title 26.
The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall work in cooperation with the Department of
Public Health to administer this paragraph. (Act 99-390, p. 628, §3.)...
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care to participate in activities that are age or developmentally appropriate for the child
based on a reasonable and prudent parent standard, provided the activities are consistent
with provisions of any existing court order, individualized service plan, or promulgated policy
of the department that provides guidance to caregivers concerning the reasonable and prudent
parent standard. The guidance shall include factors for the caregiver to consider prior to
allowing a child to participate in age or developmentally appropriate normal childhood activities.
(2) A caregiver shall be immune from liability in a civil action to recover damages for injury,
death, or loss to person or property that results from a caregiver's decisions using a reasonable
and prudent parent standard. This subsection shall not be construed to remove or limit any
existing liability protection provided by law. (Act 2008-277, p. 441, §18; Act 2010-712,
p. 1744, §13; Act 2016-129, p. 290, §1; Act 2018-273, §1.)...
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12-15-502
Section 12-15-502 Referral of multiple needs child case to county team. After the filing of
a petition alleging that a child is delinquent, dependent, or in need of supervision, or after
the filing of a petition seeking mental commitment of a minor or child pursuant to Article
4, the juvenile court, on its own motion or motion of a party, may refer the above-referenced
child to the county team for recommendation if the petition alleged or evidence reveals to
the juvenile court that the child may be a multiple needs child. If the case involves a child
in need of supervision, or a status offender as defined in subdivision (4) of Section 12-15-201,
who is at imminent risk of being placed in the legal or physical custody of the Department
of Human Resources, the juvenile court shall refer the case to the county team. This referral
may occur prior to any hearing, or the juvenile court may suspend proceedings during the hearing
or prior to disposition to review the findings and...
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12-15-506
Section 12-15-506 County teams established; appointments; meetings; duties. (a) A county team
is created in each county of the state The county team shall consist of a representative appointed
by the head of the following departments, agencies, or organizations: The local education
agency or agencies, the county department of human resources, the Department of Mental Health,
the Department of Youth Services, and a juvenile probation officer appointed by the presiding
juvenile court judge. (b) Appointments to the county team shall be for a term of three years
beginning October 1, 1993, and each three years thereafter and until their successors are
appointed, except that the initial appointments of the representatives of the county department
of human resources and the Department of Mental Health shall be for three years; the initial
appointments of the representatives of the local education agency or agencies and the Department
of Youth Services shall be for two years; and the initial...
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38-12A-2
to have been perpetrated by a member of the foster parent's household, the process for disposition
of these allegations, and any review process for reports of indicated child abuse and neglect
upon receipt of the allegations. A written notification of any report in which a finding is
not indicated on the county level shall be provided to a foster parent within five days of
the findings. (21) The right to copies of all information relative to their family and services
contained in the personal foster home record. (22) The right to mediation procedures
that may be developed and adopted by the department and the Alabama Foster and Adoptive Parent
Association Board. The foster parent may request mediation in accordance with any mediation
policy adopted by the department and the Alabama Foster and Adoptive Parent Association Board
without threat of reprisal. (23) The right to appeal the closing of a foster family home by
the department in accordance with any appeal procedure adopted...
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12-23A-4
Section 12-23A-4 Establishment of drug court; participation; incentives and sanctions; components;
drug court team and advisory committee; coordinator. (a)(1) The presiding judge of each judicial
circuit, with the consent of the district attorney of that judicial circuit, may establish
a drug court or courts, under which drug offenders shall be processed, to appropriately address
the identified substance abuse problem of the drug offender as a condition of pretrial release,
pretrial diversion, probation, jail, prison, parole, community corrections, or other release
or diversion from a correctional facility. The structure, method, and operation of each drug
court may differ and should be based upon the specific needs of and resources available to
the judicial district or circuit where the drug court is located, but shall be created and
operate pursuant to this chapter and in compliance with rules promulgated by the Alabama Supreme
Court. (2) Nothing in this chapter shall affect the...
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12-15-71
Section 12-15-71 Disposition of dependent children, delinquent children, multiple needs children,
or children in need of supervision generally; evaluative role of children's services facilitation
team; placement in alternative school. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION
12-15-215 BY ACT 2008-277, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-131;
Acts 1990, No. 90-674, p. 1304, §12; Acts 1991, No. 91-553, p. 1021, §(1), (2); Acts 1993,
No. 93-256, p. 367, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-570, p. 864, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-769, p. 1355,
§§1, 2; Acts 1997, No. 97-621, p. 1087, §1.)...
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