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22-52-37
Section 22-52-37 Standards for conduct of civil commitment proceedings generally; minimum standards
for civil commitment; appeals from orders of probate courts as to commitment. (a) Any civil
commitment proceedings are to be conducted in accordance with the following constitutional
due process standards: (1) Adequate notice of the hearing and its purpose shall be given sufficiently
in advance of the scheduled proceedings to permit a reasonable opportunity to prepare therefor.
(2) The person to be committed shall have the right to attend the hearing unless the court,
after appropriate inquiry, determines that he or she is so mentally or physically ill as to
be incapable of attendance. (3) The subject of the hearing shall be informed of his right
to counsel and to the appointment of counsel if indigent. Where the commitment of a presently
confined patient is sought, a guardian ad litem who is an attorney shall be appointed. (4)
The guardian ad litem shall be entitled to a reasonable fee...
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30-3B-111
Section 30-3B-111 Taking testimony in another state. (a) In addition to other procedures available
to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are
located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition
or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on
its own motion may order that the testimony of a person be taken in another state and may
prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is taken. (b) A court
of this state may permit an individual residing in another state to be deposed or to testify
by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means before a designated court or at
another location in that state. A court of this state shall cooperate with courts of other
states in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony. (c) Documentary
evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by...
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45-2-80.84
Section 45-2-80.84 Law Library and Judicial Administration Fees. The items of cost referred
to above shall be designated in the respective courts as "Law Library and Judicial Administration
Fee" and when any part of the costs in such a case or proceeding shall have been paid,
the amount necessary for the payment of the fee shall be applied thereto before applying any
of the amount paid as costs to any other item of cost. On or before the tenth day of each
month the clerk or register of the respective courts shall pay to the Baldwin County Commission
the amounts collected for the law library and judicial administration fees previous to the
first day of the month. (Acts 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 92, p. 138, §5; Act 85-684, p. 1097,
§1.)...
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12-21-180
Section 12-21-180 Subpoenas for witnesses. (a) At the request of any party to a pending case,
or the attorney of a party, the clerk of the court must issue subpoenas for witnesses, whose
addresses shall be given by the person requesting the subpoena, specifying therein the time
and place for their appearance, the title of the case and the party at whose instance they
are summoned and commanding them to appear in conformity therewith and give testimony. (b)
No subpoena shall issue for a witness residing more than 100 miles from the place of trial,
computed by the route usually traveled, unless the person requesting the subpoena makes affidavit
that the personal attendance of the witness is necessary to a proper decision of the case
and that the deposition of the witness would be insufficient for that purpose, and the fact
that such affidavit has been made must be endorsed by the clerk upon the subpoena. (c) A subpoena
issued under this section shall be directed "To any sheriff of the...
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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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12-15-136
Section 12-15-136 Proceedings for sealing legal and social files and records of courts, pertaining
to certain persons and effect thereof. (a) On motion of a person who has been the subject
of a delinquency or child in need of supervision petition , the juvenile court may order the
sealing of the legal and social files and records of the juvenile court pertaining to the
person if it finds that: (1) Two years have elapsed since the final discharge of the person
from legal custody or supervision or two years after the entry of any other order of the juvenile
court not involving custody or supervision; and (2) The person has not been convicted or adjudicated
delinquent or a youthful offender of any felony or a misdemeanor involving sexual offenses,
drugs, weapons, or violence, or threats of violence, prior to the filing of the motion and
no proceeding is pending seeking the conviction or adjudication. (b) The motion and the order
may include the records, reports, or information specified...
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45-4-81
Section 45-4-81 Additional court costs for certain district and circuit cases. (a) In Bibb
County, in addition to all other court charges or fees, there shall be taxed as court cost
the sum of five dollars ($5) in each civil or quasi-civil action at law, suit in equity, criminal
case, quasi-criminal case, proceeding on a forfeited bail bond or proceedings on a forfeited
bond given in connection with an appeal from a judgement or conviction in any inferior or
municipal court of the county, the district or circuit court of Bibb County, hereinafter filed
in or arising in the circuit or district court of Bibb County, or brought by appeal, certiorari,
or otherwise to either of the courts, which costs shall be collected as other costs in such
cases are collected by the clerk, or ex-officio clerk, of the courts or the register of the
circuit court or district court of Bibb County, as the case may be. (b) Such fees, when collected
by the clerks or other collection officers of such courts,...
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11-40-62
Section 11-40-62 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings: (1) INTERESTED PARTY. Includes the following parties: a. The
person who last appears as owner of the real property in the county office of the judge of
probate's property records. b. The current mortgagee of record of the property or assignee
of record of the mortgagee. c. The current holder of a beneficial interest in a deed of trust
recorded against the real property. d. A tax certificate holder. e. A tax sale purchaser that
holds a deed of purchase in accordance with Section 40-10-29. f. Any party having an interest
in the real property, or in any part thereof, legal or equitable, in severalty or as tenant
in common, whose identity and addresses are reasonably ascertainable from the records of the
Class 2 municipality or records maintained in the county office of the judge of probate or
as revealed by a full title search, consisting of 50 years or more. g. An...
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12-13-3
Section 12-13-3 When courts deemed open for granting of letters testamentary, etc., and making
of orders grantable as matter of course; limitation period for setting aside or amendment
of orders or decrees and reopening of cases. The probate court shall at all times be considered
as open, except on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, with authority to do all things needful
in relation to granting letters testamentary or of administration or guardianship and all
matters pertaining thereto and making all other necessary orders which are grantable as a
matter of course. In all cases, any order or decree may be set aside or amended and the case
reopened within 30 days after the rendition thereof by the judge of the court in which said
decree was rendered or said order was made. (Code 1852, §673; Code 1867, §795; Code 1876,
§701; Code 1886, §794; Code 1896, §3371; Code 1907, §5129; Code 1923, §9590; Acts 1932,
Ex. Sess., No. 43, p. 52; Code 1940, T. 13, §295.)...
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12-14-71
Section 12-14-71 Appeals from judgments of circuit courts and proceedings thereon. From the
judgment of the circuit court, the municipality, in a case holding invalid an ordinance, or
the defendant in any case, may appeal to the court of criminal appeals in like manner as in
cases of appeals for convictions of violation of the criminal laws of the state. If the appeal
is taken by the municipality, it shall not be required to give surety for the cost of appeal.
When taken by the defendant, he may give bail with sufficient sureties, conditioned that he
will appear and abide by the judgment of the appellate court; and, failing to give bail, he
must be committed to the municipal jail, but he may give such bail at any time pending the
appeal. When an appeal is taken by the defendant, bail is given pending the appeal and the
judgment of conviction is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed, the defendant is bound by the
undertaking of bail to surrender himself to the municipal authorities within...
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