12-11A-2
Section 12-11A-2 Qualifications; requirements. (a) Persons who may act as private judges shall: (1) Have been, but are not actively serving as, a judge of a district, circuit, or probate court and have served in the capacity of judge for at least six consecutive years. (2) Be admitted to the practice of law in Alabama. (3) Be an active member in good standing of the Alabama State Bar Association. (4) Be a resident of Alabama. (b) A person may act as a judge of a case under this chapter only if all of the following occur: (1) All parties to the action file a written petition with the circuit clerk of the court in which the action is pending requesting a private judge and naming the person whom the parties wish to have as private judge. The petition shall be accompanied by a form signed by the private judge selected consenting to the appointment. (2) The case is one over which the court in which the former judge served would have had subject matter and monetary jurisdiction. (3) The case...
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15-21-19
Section 15-21-19 Proceedings when person not produced on account of sickness or infirmity. When the party on whose behalf a writ of habeas corpus is sued out is not produced on account of sickness or infirmity, the court or judge before whom the writ is returnable may proceed to decide on the return as if the party had been produced if satisfied of such sickness or infirmity, may proceed to the place where he is imprisoned or detained and there make the examination or may adjourn the examination to another time. (Code 1852, §726; Code 1867, §4277; Code 1876, §4953; Code 1886, §4777; Code 1896, §4830; Code 1907, §7025; Code 1923, §4324; Code 1940, T. 15, §20.)...
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15-21-33
Section 15-21-33 Taxation and collection of fees and costs of witnesses. (a) In habeas corpus proceedings, witnesses may prove their attendance before the judge as in other cases and have the same taxed in the bill of costs, on the subsequent conviction of the party, where he is detained on a criminal charge. (b) In other cases, the court or judge may impose the costs, or any portion thereof, on either party; and, when the writ is returnable before a judge of the circuit court, the costs must be taxed by the clerk of such circuit court and collected by execution. (Code 1852, §§744, 745; Code 1867, §§4295, 4296; Code 1876, §§4971, 4972; Code 1886, §§4794, 4795; Code 1896, §§4847, 4848; Code 1907, §§7042, 7043; Code 1923, §§4341, 4342; Code 1940, T. 15, §§37, 38.)...
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16-24B-5
Section 16-24B-5 Appeals. (a) All appeals of a final decision from the expedited evidentiary hearing shall lie with the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. An appeal shall be filed within 14 days after the receipt of the final written decision of the circuit judge or the mediator. An appeal by either party shall be perfected by filing a written notice of appeal with the clerk of the Court of Civil Appeals within 14 days after the receipt of the final written decision of the circuit judge or the mediator by the party. Failure to file a timely notice of appeal shall render the decision of the circuit judge or the mediator final. Within 28 days after an appeal is filed, the chief executive officer shall transmit the record to the clerk. Failure of the chief executive officer to timely transmit a full and accurate record to the clerk shall result in a favorable decision being entered by the court for the contract principal. (b) The decision of the circuit judge or the mediator shall be...
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28-4-223
Section 28-4-223 Issuance of preliminary injunction generally. When a petition making a prima facie case and properly verified is presented to the judge of the court wherein the petition is filed or is to be filed or other judge authorized by the law of the state to grant a preliminary injunction, such judge may, after notice to the adverse party and a hearing, issue a preliminary injunction, and the judge shall direct the terms of the preliminary injunction so as to carry out the purposes of the law, which is to secure the restraint and abatement of such liquor nuisances on the premises. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4674; Code 1940, T. 29, §144.)...
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31-8-29
Section 31-8-29 Grand jury investigations of county pension list; report. The county department of human resources of each county shall, at least twice a year, submit a certified list of the pensioners on the roll of its county, with the post-office address of each, to the judge of the circuit court, who shall specifically charge the grand jury to investigate the pension list for the purpose of ascertaining such as are not entitled to pensions. The list may be purged of any names on the list who are not entitled to receive pensions, and the foreman of such grand jury shall report through the county department of human resources to the State Department of Human Resources the recommendation of the grand jury as to such names as from their investigation are not entitled to the benefits of this chapter. Such names shall, on order of the State Department of Human Resources, be stricken from the pension roll. (Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2967; Code 1940, T. 60, §40.)...
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38-9F-4
Section 38-9F-4 Issuance of elder abuse protection orders. (a) The following courts shall have jurisdiction to issue elder abuse protection orders under this chapter: (1) Circuit courts. (2) A special circuit court judge appointed pursuant to Section 12-1-14 or 12-1-14.1. (3) A district court judge designated by a written standing order from the presiding circuit court judge. (b) An elder abuse protection order may be requested in any pending civil or domestic relations action, as an independent civil action, or in connection with the preliminary, final, or post-judgment relief in a civil action. (c) A petition for an elder abuse protection order may be filed in any of the following locations: (1) Where the plaintiff or defendant resides. (2) Where the plaintiff is temporarily located if he or she has left his or her residence to avoid further abuse. (3) Where the abuse occurred. (d) There is no minimum period of residence for the plaintiff in the State of Alabama or in the county in...
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17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal officers - Generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court, or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest, to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security, the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a...
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22-11A-32
Section 22-11A-32 Commitment petition - Findings; rehearing; confinement when no treatment available. (a) If, at the final hearing, upon a petition seeking to commit a person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health or such other facility as the court may order, the probate judge, on the basis of clear and convincing evidence, shall find: (1) That the person sought to be committed has been exposed or is afflicted with one of the diseases designated in this article; (2) That the person has refused testing or voluntary treatment; (3) That, as a consequence of the disease, the person is dangerous to himself and the health of the community; (4) That the person conducts himself so as to expose others to the disease; (5) That treatment is available for the person's illness if confined or that confinement is necessary to prevent further spread of the disease; and (6) That commitment is the least restrictive alternative necessary and available for the treatment of the person's...
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26-23E-15
Section 26-23E-15 Remedies. Upon application by the Department of Public Health, a circuit court or any judge thereof shall have jurisdiction for cause shown, to grant a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, a permanent injunction, or any combination of those remedies, restraining and enjoining any person from violating the provisions of this chapter and any rules promulgated thereunder. Any temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction shall be issued without bond. This remedy is in addition to any other remedies available to the Department of Public Health. (Act 2013-79, p. 165, §15.)...
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