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26-10A-33
Section 26-10A-33 Crime to place children for adoption. Only a parent, a parent of a deceased
parent, or a relative of the degree of relationship specified in Section 26-10A-28, the Department
of Human Resources or a licensed child placing agency, or an agency approved by the Department
of Human Resources may place a minor for adoption. No person or entity other than the Department
of Human Resources or a licensed child placing agency shall engage in the business of placing
minors for adoption. Any person or entity making more than two unrelated placements of minors
for adoption within the preceding twelve-month period shall be deemed to be in the business
of placing minors for adoption. Any other person who places a minor for adoption is guilty,
upon the first conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor and upon subsequent convictions is guilty
of a Class C felony. This section does not intend to make it unlawful for any person not engaged
in the business of placing minors for adoption to...
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30-3-161
Section 30-3-161 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, unless the context requires a different definition: (1) CHANGE
OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE. A change of the residence of a child whose custody has been determined
by a prior court order, whether or not accompanied by a change of the residence of a person
entitled to custody of the child, with the intent that such change shall be permanent in nature
and not amounting to a temporary absence of the child from his or her principal residence.
(2) CHILD. A minor child as defined by subdivision (2) of Section 30-3B-102. As used in this
article, the term may include the singular and the plural. (3) CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION.
A judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody,
or visitation with respect to a child. The term includes a permanent, temporary, initial,
and modification order. The term does not include an order relating...
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15-10-3
Section 15-10-3 Arrest without warrant - Generally; written report; protection orders. (a)
An officer may arrest a person without a warrant, on any day and at any time in any of the
following instances: (1) If a public offense has been committed or a breach of the peace threatened
in the presence of the officer. (2) When a felony has been committed, though not in the presence
of the officer, by the person arrested. (3) When a felony has been committed and the officer
has probable cause to believe that the person arrested committed the felony. (4) When the
officer has probable cause to believe that the person arrested has committed a felony, although
it may afterwards appear that a felony had not in fact been committed. (5) When a charge has
been made, upon probable cause, that the person arrested has committed a felony. (6) When
the officer has actual knowledge that a warrant for the person's arrest for the commission
of a felony or misdemeanor has been issued, provided the warrant was...
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15-18-68
Section 15-18-68 Criteria for determining restitution. (a) In determining the manner, method,
or amount of restitution to be ordered, the court may take into consideration all of the following:
(1) The financial resources of the defendant and the victim and the burden that the manner
or method of restitution will impose upon the victim or the defendant. (2) The ability of
the defendant to pay restitution on an installment basis or on other conditions to be fixed
by the court. (3) The anticipated rehabilitative effect on the defendant regarding the manner
of restitution or the method of payment. (4) Any burden or hardship upon the victim as a direct
or indirect result of the defendant's criminal acts. (5) The mental, physical, and financial
well-being of the victim. (b) When a defendant has been convicted of the following offenses
after February 1, 2009, the court may consider the factors enumerated in subsection (a) and
shall order restitution to be paid as follows: (1) When a...
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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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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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13A-13-8
Section 13A-13-8 Failure to report missing child. (a) This section shall be known and may be
cited as Caylee's Law. (b) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ABDUCTION. The removal or retention
of a child without the consent of the child's custodian. (2) CHILD. A person who is less than
18 years of age. (3) CUSTODIAN. A child's father or mother, whether biological or adoptive,
a child's legally appointed guardian, or the spouse of a child's father, mother, or legally
appointed guardian. In the case where only one parent has legal custody, the term means the
parent with legal custody or his or her spouse. (4) GUARDIAN. A guardian as defined in Section
26-2A-20. (5) LOST CHILD. A child who is unable to find his or her way back to his or her
custodian. (6) RUNAWAY CHILD. A child who voluntarily absents himself or herself from the
control of his or her custodian with intent to remain away indefinitely....
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13A-3-25
Section 13A-3-25 Use of force in defense of premises. (a) A person in lawful possession or
control of premises, as defined in Section 13A-3-20, or a person who is licensed or privileged
to be thereon, may use physical force upon another person when and to the extent that he reasonably
believes it necessary to prevent or terminate what he reasonably believes to be the commission
or attempted commission of a criminal trespass by the other person in or upon such premises.
(b) A person may use deadly physical force under the circumstances set forth in subsection
(a) of this section only: (1) In defense of a person, as provided in Section 13A-3-23; or
(2) When he reasonably believes it necessary to prevent the commission of arson in the first
or second degree by the trespasser. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, ยง620.)...
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13A-6-131
Section 13A-6-131 Domestic violence - Second degree. (a)(1) A person commits the crime of domestic
violence in the second degree if the person commits the crime of assault in the second degree
pursuant to Section 13A-6-21; the crime of intimidating a witness pursuant to Section 13A-10-123;
the crime of stalking pursuant to Section 13A-6-90; the crime of burglary in the second or
third degree pursuant to Sections 13A-7-6 and 13A-7-7; or the crime of criminal mischief in
the first degree pursuant to Section 13A-7-21 and the victim is a current or former spouse,
parent, step-parent, child, step-child, any person with whom the defendant has a child in
common, a present household member, or a person who has or had a dating relationship with
the defendant. (2) For the purposes of this section, a household member excludes non-romantic
or non-intimate co-residents, and a dating relationship means a current or former relationship
of a romantic or intimate nature characterized by the expectation...
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15-23-60
Section 15-23-60 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ACCUSED. A person who has been arrested for committing a criminal offense and
who is held for an initial appearance or other proceeding before trial. (2) APPELLATE PROCEEDING.
An oral argument held in open court before the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the Supreme
Court of Alabama, a federal court of appeals, or the United States Supreme Court. (3) ARREST.
The actual custodial restraint of a person or his or her submission to custody. (4) COMMUNITY
STATUS. Extension of the limits of the places of confinement of a prisoner through work release,
supervised intensive restitution (SIR), and initial consideration of pre-discretionary leave,
passes, and furloughs. (5) COURT. All state courts including juvenile courts. (6) CRIME VICTIM
ADVOCATE. A person who is employed or authorized by a public entity or a private entity that
receives public funding primarily to provide...
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