26-21-2
Section 26-21-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply: (1) MINOR. Any person under the age of 18 years; (2) EMANCIPATED MINOR. Any minor who
is or has been married or has by court order otherwise been legally freed from the care, custody,
and control of her parents; (3) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine,
drug, or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman
known to be pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable
likelihood cause the death of the unborn child. Such use or prescription is not an abortion
if done with the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove
a dead unborn child, or to deliver the unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health
of both the mother (pregnant woman) and her unborn child. The term "abortion" as
used herein does not include a procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of...
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12-15-109
Section 12-15-109 Issuance of orders to parents for payment of court costs, fees of attorneys,
and expenses for support, treatment of children under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court
pursuant to this chapter; manner of payment; proceedings upon failure of parents to pay amounts
directed. If, after making a parent, or other person legally obligated to care for and support
a child, a party to the action pursuant to this chapter and the Alabama Rules of Juvenile
Procedure and after a hearing, the juvenile court finds that the parent or other person is
financially able to pay all or part of the court costs, as provided by law, attorney fees,
and expenses with respect to examination, treatment, care, detention, or support of the child
incurred from the commencement of the proceeding in carrying out this chapter, the juvenile
court shall order them to pay the same and may prescribe the manner of payment. Unless otherwise
ordered, payment shall be made to the clerk of the juvenile court...
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12-15-219
Section 12-15-219 Serious juvenile offenders; disposition; serious juvenile offender review
panel; facility and programs. (a) The juvenile court may find a child to be a serious juvenile
offender if: (1) The child is adjudicated delinquent and the delinquent act or acts charged
in the petition would constitute any of the following if committed by an adult: a. A Class
A felony. b. A felony resulting in serious physical injury as defined in subdivision (14)
of Section 13A-1-2. c. A felony involving deadly physical force as defined in subdivision
(6) of Section 13A-1-2; or a deadly weapon as defined in subdivision (7) of Section 13A-1-2;
or a dangerous instrument as defined in subdivision (5) of Section 13A-1-2. (2) The child
has been adjudicated delinquent for an act which would constitute a Class A or B felony or
burglary in the third degree involving a residence and the child has previously been adjudicated
delinquent of two previous acts which would have been a Class A or B felony or...
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12-15-402
Section 12-15-402 Authority and procedure. (a) The state, any county, any municipality, or
any governmental department or agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Human
Resources or the Department of Youth Services, or any person, including a parent, legal guardian,
or legal custodian, may file a petition in the juvenile court to have any minor or child,
as defined in this chapter, committed to the custody of the department on the basis that the
minor or child is an individual with a mental illness or intellectual disability and, as a
consequence of that mental illness or intellectual disability, poses a real and present threat
of substantial harm to self or to others. (b) The petition shall be verified and filed in
the county in which the minor or child is located or resides, petitioning the juvenile court
to commit the minor or child to the custody of the department. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384,
§5-137; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-928; §12-15-90; amended and...
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13A-12-21
Section 13A-12-21 Simple gambling. (a) A person commits the crime of simple gambling if he
knowingly advances or profits from unlawful gambling activity as a player. (b) It is a defense
to a prosecution under this section that a person charged with being a player was engaged
in a social game in a private place. The burden of injecting the issue is on the defendant,
but this does not shift the burden of proof. (c) Simple gambling is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6105.)...
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16-28-2
Section 16-28-2 Purposes of article. The purposes of this article are to secure the prompt
and regular attendance of pupils and to secure their proper conduct, and to hold the parent,
guardian or other person in charge or control of a child responsible and liable for such child's
nonattendance and improper conduct as a pupil, and to effect these purposes the chapter shall
be liberally construed and the courts and those charged with the enforcement of its provisions
are vested with a wide discretion in its administration. (School Code 1927, §321; Code 1940,
T. 52, §317.)...
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38-12-2
Section 38-12-2 Program established. (a) There is established a Kinship Foster Care Program
in the State Department of Human Resources. (b) When a child has been removed from his or
her home and is in the care, custody, or guardianship of the department, the department shall
attempt to place the child with a relative for kinship foster care. If the relative is approved
by the department to provide foster care services, in accordance with rules and regulations
adopted by the department regarding foster care services, and a placement with the relative
is made, the relative may receive payment for the full foster care rate only as provided by
federal law for the care of the child and any other benefits that might be available to foster
parents, whether in money or in services. Foster care payments shall cease upon the effective
date of the kinship subsidiary payments or as provided by the department. (c) The department
shall establish standards for becoming a kinship foster parent as...
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38-12-35
Section 38-12-35 Subsidies - Amount. The amount of a kinship guardianship subsidy shall be
determined according to this section and as provided by rules of the department. The subsidy
may be paid monthly and the monthly amount may not exceed the monthly foster care maintenance
board payment for the child if the child were to remain in the care or custody of the department,
without regard to the sources of the funds. No foster care maintenance board payment and kinship
subsidy payment shall be paid for the same child for the same period of time. The kinship
guardianship subsidy may only be provided for an eligible child. Subject to rules adopted
by the department, the subsidy may include up to the federally established amount for nonrecurring
expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by the kinship guardian or successor guardian
to complete the kinship guardianship or successor guardianship in court. Subsidy payments
are subject to the availability of funds and the allocation of...
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13A-10-3
Section 13A-10-3 Refusal to permit inspection. (a) A person commits the crime of refusing to
permit inspection of property that is owned, possessed or otherwise subject to his control
if, a public servant is legally authorized to inspect such property and an attempt is being
made to exercise that authority and he: (1) Refuses to produce the property for a reasonable
inspection; or (2) Refuses to permit a reasonable inspection. (b) For the purposes of this
section, "legally authorized inspection" includes any lawful search, sampling, testing
or other examination of property, in connection with the regulation of the defendant's business
or occupation, that is authorized by law. (c) Refusing to permit inspection is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4510; Acts 1979, No. 79-664, p. 1163, §1.)...
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13A-6-42
Section 13A-6-42 Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree. (a) A person commits the crime
of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree if he restrains another person. (b) A person
does not commit a crime under this section if: (1) The person restrained is a child less than
18 years old, and (2) The actor is a relative of the child, and (3) The actor's sole purpose
is to assume lawful control of the child. The burden of injecting the issue is on the defendant,
but this does not shift the burden of proof. (c) Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree
is a Class C misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2206.)...
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