12-9A-8
Section 12-9A-8 Assignment of circuit or district judges by presiding circuit judge. (a) A presiding circuit judge, by order, may assign a circuit or district court judge who is within the circuit to serve within the circuit or within the district courts of the circuit. Before assigning a judge, the presiding circuit judge shall evaluate the needs of the circuit, including the currency, congestion, and backlog of criminal and civil cases. (b) Assignments of judges by the presiding circuit judge shall be in writing and shall be sent to the assigned judge as soon as practicable. The presiding judge or the judge's designee may notify the assigned judge orally of the assignment. An oral notification of an assignment is sufficient until a written notification can be prepared and delivered to the assigned judge. A copy of each written assignment shall be filed with the Administrative Director of Courts and in the office of the clerk or register of the court to which the assignment is made....
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12-17-24.1
Section 12-17-24.1 Family court divisions; implementation plan. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the presiding circuit judge of any judicial circuit may establish by means of a written order, a family court division or divisions of the judicial circuit. The presiding circuit judge shall assign one or more of the existing circuit or district judges to preside in the family court division. The circuit or district court judges assigned to the family court division shall handle all cases and proceedings involving domestic relations, divorces, annulments of marriage, legal separations, custody and support of children, granting and enforcement of alimony, proceedings under any uniform interstate support or custody act, and all other domestic and marital matters over which the circuit courts have jurisdiction, including non-support cases arising in the circuit court under Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, Title 30, as well as other matters within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. In the...
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45-45-81.70
Section 45-45-81.70 Establishment; administration; coordination. (a) The presiding circuit judge of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit may establish, by means of a written order, a family court division or divisions of the judicial circuit. The presiding circuit judge shall assign one or more of the existing circuit or district judges to preside in the family court division. The circuit or district court judges assigned to the family court division shall handle all cases and proceedings involving domestic relations, divorces, annulments of marriage, legal separations, custody and support of children, granting and enforcement of alimony, proceedings under any uniform interstate support or custody act, and all other domestic and marital matters over which the circuit courts have jurisdiction, including nonsupport cases arising in the circuit court under Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, Title 30, as well as other matters within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. In the event a district judge...
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45-2-84.02
Section 45-2-84.02 Definitions. As used in this part, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BALDWIN COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS CENTER. The entity, programs, or physical structure which shall provide the programs or custodial care for eligible persons released from custody prior to the adjudication of their case or sentenced to participate in programs developed pursuant to this part after having been adjudicated and sentenced. (2) BALDWIN COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FUND. A fund established in a local bank and supervised by either the Baldwin County Commission, the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, or the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board for the deposit of all funds, from whatever source, collected for the operation and supervision of the programs developed and operated pursuant to this part. The agency superintending the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center shall supervise and manage this account. Funds deposited into this...
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12-17-226.6
Section 12-17-226.6 Acceptance into program; termination from program; completion of program; Restorative Justice Initiative; violations of terms or conditions. (a) An offender who enters into a pretrial diversion program established under this division may satisfy any of the following requirements: (1) Provide a statement admitting his or her participation in, and responsibility for, the offense which is the subject of the application for entry into the pretrial diversion program. The statement provided by the offender shall be admissible in any criminal trial. (2) Agree, in writing, to the conditions of the pretrial diversion program established by the district attorney. (3) If there is restitution, agree in writing to a restitution amount to be paid within a specified period of time, or for restitution to remain open for future changes due to the nature of the injury or loss pursuant to the agreement. (4) If the investigating law enforcement agency incurred extraordinary...
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12-9A-7
Section 12-9A-7 Temporary assignment of circuit or district judge to another circuit. (a) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, by order, shall assign a circuit or district judge from a judicial circuit to serve within another judicial circuit for a reasonable period of time to address court congestion, court delay, civil and criminal backlog of cases, or for any other reason necessary for the prompt and thorough administration of justice. (b) When considering the amount of time a judge may be assigned from his or her home circuit to another circuit, the Chief Justice shall take into consideration all relevant circumstances regarding the judicial needs of the circuits involved. (c) A judge assigned to serve another circuit under subsection (a) shall be reimbursed for any necessary and reasonable expenses of travel and the same maintenance expense allowances from the State Treasury that the judge would be entitled to receive when attending court or transacting other...
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12-1-14.2
Section 12-1-14.2 Senior judge status. (a) Any circuit court judge or district court judge who has served for 10 or more years in any combination of service as a judge of the circuit court or district court in this state and who retires pursuant to Chapter 18 of this title, may be appointed as a senior judge. A circuit court judge or district court judge who retires because of a disability may not be appointed as a senior judge. (b) Any eligible retired judge may apply to the Chief Justice for appointment as a senior judge and the Chief Justice shall appoint each qualified applicant as a senior judge. (c) A senior judge may be called upon to serve as a justice or judge in any court of this state pursuant to a written request for assistance from the presiding judge of the requesting court made to the Chief Justice. A request for assistance may be made in any of the following situations: (1) When a judge of the requesting court is disqualified for any cause from presiding in a matter...
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12-19-10
Section 12-19-10 Local purchasing procedures. In order to facilitate the prompt purchase and delivery of equipment, clerical office supplies, court forms, stationery and other printed court supplies, hereinafter referred to as "clerical office supplies," used by and in the offices of circuit judges, district judges, circuit clerks, district clerks, registers, court administrators, official court reporters, magistrates and jury commissions, the presiding circuit judge of each judicial circuit is hereby authorized to administer local purchasing procedures within such judicial circuit and each county thereof as provided in this section. (1) Not more than 90 days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, each circuit judge, district judge, circuit clerk, district clerk, register, court administrator, official court reporter, magistrate and each jury commission shall submit to the Administrative Director of Courts a written estimate of the costs of clerical office supplies anticipated to...
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45-35-232.32
Section 45-35-232.32 Houston County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission. (a) There is created the Houston County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission, hereinafter called the commission. The commission shall be composed of seven persons, including the following: The Sheriff of Houston County, the District Attorney of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, the presiding judge of the circuit, the presiding district court judge, one associate district court judge appointed by the presiding district court judge, the Chair of the Houston County Commission or another Houston County Commissioner appointed by the chair, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Houston County. The chair of the commission shall be elected by the commission from among its membership annually at its first meeting of each calendar year. (b) The commission shall implement this subpart and generally supervise and administer the functions pursuant to this subpart, subject to the duly promulgated rules of court....
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45-45-81.04
Section 45-45-81.04 Court administrator. (a) The office of Court Administrator of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit of Alabama is redefined as provided in this section. On May 10, 2012, but not less than five days thereafter, the presiding circuit judge of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit shall nominate for appointment, subject to the approval of a majority vote of the circuit and district judges of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, a court administrator, who shall be a confidential employee of this state, subject to laws and rules of the Unified Judicial System of Alabama, and shall be supervised by the presiding circuit judge of the circuit. The court administrator and each confidential employee of the office of court administrator shall be compensated under the Unified Judicial System. The duties and responsibilities of the court administrator include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (1) The court administrator shall work with the judges of the Twenty-third Judicial...
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