38-12-32
Section 38-12-32 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CAREGIVER. An individual 21 years of age or older, other than a child's parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian who is an approved foster parent, who is a relative of the child, and who has been providing care and support for the child while the child has been residing in the caregiver's home for at least the last six consecutive months while in the legal custody of the Department of Human Resources, a designated official for a child-placing agency, or a successor guardian. (2) CHILD. An individual under 18 years of age who is in foster care with the caregiver and over whom a court has exercised continuing jurisdiction. (3) COURT. The juvenile court. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources. (5) KINSHIP GUARDIAN. A caregiver who is willing to assume care of a child because of parental incapacity of a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other dependency...
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13A-6-71
Section 13A-6-71 Foster parent engaging in a sex act, etc., with a foster child. (a) A person commits the crime of engaging in a sex act with a foster child if he or she is a foster parent and engages in sexual intercourse or sodomy, as defined by Section 13A-6-60, with a foster child under the age of 19 years who is under his or her care or supervision. Engaging in a sex act with a foster child is a Class B felony. (b) A person commits the crime of engaging in a sexual contact with a foster child if he or she is a foster parent and engages in a sexual contact, pursuant to Section 13A-6-60, with a foster child under the age of 19 years who is under his or her care or supervision. Engaging in sexual contact with a foster child is a Class C felony. (c) A person commits the crime of soliciting a sex act or sexual contact with a foster child if he or she is a foster parent and solicits, persuades, encourages, harasses, or entices a foster child under the age of 19 years to engage in a sex...
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16-28-12
Section 16-28-12 Person in loco parentis responsible for child's school attendance and behavior; noncompliance; local boards to promulgate written behavior policy, contents, annual distribution, receipt to be documented; school officials required to report noncompliance; failure to report suspected violation; district attorneys vigorously to enforce provisions. (a) Each parent, guardian, or other person having control or custody of any child required to attend school or receive regular instruction by a private tutor who fails to have the child enrolled in school or who fails to send the child to school, or have him or her instructed by a private tutor during the time the child is required to attend a public school, private school, church school, denominational school, or parochial school, or be instructed by a private tutor, or fails to require the child to regularly attend the school or tutor, or fails to compel the child to properly conduct himself or herself as a pupil in any public...
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12-15-135
Section 12-15-135 Taking and disposition of fingerprints, photographs, blood samples. (a) Fingerprints of a child who has been charged with a delinquent act shall be taken by the law enforcement agency taking the child into custody. The prints may be retained in a local file and a copy shall be filed with the Alabama Bureau of Investigation. (b) If latent fingerprints are found during the investigation of a delinquent act and a law enforcement officer has reason to believe that they are those of the child in custody, the officer may fingerprint the child regardless of age or delinquent act for purpose of immediate comparison with the latent fingerprints. The prints may be retained in a local file and copies shall be sent to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation. (c) Special precautions shall be taken to ensure that the fingerprints will be maintained in a manner and pursuant to safeguards as to limit their use to inspection for comparison purposes by law enforcement officers or by staff...
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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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13A-13-4
Section 13A-13-4 Nonsupport. (a) A man or woman commits the crime of nonsupport if he or she intentionally fails to provide support which that person is able to provide and which that person knows he or she is legally obligated to provide to a dependent spouse or child less than 19 years of age. (b) "Support" includes but is not limited to food, shelter, clothing, medical attention and other necessary care, as determined elsewhere by law. (c) "Child" includes a child born out of wedlock whose paternity has been admitted by the actor or has been established in a civil suit. (d) Nonsupport is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, ยง7025.)...
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26-16-97
Section 26-16-97 Meetings; disclosure of information; violation; penalties. (a) Meetings of the state team and of local teams shall be closed to the public and not subject to the State Sunshine Law when the state team or local team is discussing a specific child death. (b) Information identifying a deceased child, a family member, guardian or caretaker of a deceased child, or an alleged or suspected perpetrator of abuse or neglect upon a child, may not be disclosed during a meeting which is open to the public. (c) Information regarding the involvement of any agency with the deceased child or family may not be disclosed during a public meeting. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the state team or a local team from requesting the attendance at a team meeting of a person who has information relevant to the team's exercise of its purpose and duties. (e) Any person who intentionally violates any portion of this section commits a Class C misdemeanor and shall be...
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12-15-111
Section 12-15-111 Contributing to the delinquency, dependency, or need of supervision of children. (a) It shall be unlawful for any parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other person to do any of the following: (1) To willfully aid, encourage, or cause any child to become or remain delinquent, dependent, or in need of supervision. (2) To permit or encourage the employment of any child in violation of any of the provisions of the child labor law. (3) To cause a child to fail to attend school as required by the compulsory school attendance law. (b) Whenever, in the course of any proceedings pursuant to this chapter, or when, by affidavit as provided in this subsection, it shall appear to the juvenile court that a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other person having custody, control, or supervision of a child or any other person not standing in any relation to the child has aided, encouraged, or caused the child to become delinquent, dependent, or in need of supervision,...
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12-15-201
Section 12-15-201 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AVERAGE COST OF DETENTION. The average cost of detention of children as determined from experience in Alabama and as computed by the Department of Youth Services. (2) CONSENT DECREE. An order, entered after the filing of a delinquency or child in need of supervision petition and before the entry of an adjudication order, suspending the proceedings and placing the child under supervision pursuant to terms and conditions agreed to between the child and his or her parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and approved by the juvenile court. (3) NONOFFENDER. A child who is subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for reasons other than the legally prohibited conduct of the child. (4) STATUS OFFENDER. A status offender is an individual who has been charged with or adjudicated for conduct that would not, pursuant to the law of the jurisdiction in which...
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12-15-503
Section 12-15-503 Recommendation by county team; decision by juvenile court of multiple needs child. (a) Within 21 days of receipt of a juvenile court referral or within another time specified by the juvenile court, the county team shall present to the juvenile court a plan of services addressing the needs of the child referred to the county team and the respective responsibilities of departments, agencies, and organizations composing this county team. Upon receipt of this plan, the juvenile court may find the child a multiple needs child. When the juvenile court finds it is in the best interests of the multiple needs child, the juvenile court may order the use of any dispositional alternative or service available for dependent children, delinquent children, or children in need of supervision, children who are emotionally disturbed, children with an intellectual disability or mental illness, or children who need specialized educational services, or children who need health services, or...
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