30-3D-704
Section 30-3D-704 Initiation by the Department of Human Resources of support proceeding under Convention. (a) In a support proceeding under this article, the Department of Human Resources shall: (1) transmit and receive applications; and (2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state. (b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention: (1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order; (2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state; (3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child; (4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under Section 30-3D-708(b)(2), (4), or (9); (5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and (6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign...
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38-1-1
Section 38-1-1 Definitions. As used in this title, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section: (1) DEPARTMENT or STATE DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Human Resources. (2) BOARD or STATE BOARD. The State Board of Human Resources. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources. (4) COUNTY DEPARTMENT. The department of human resources in each of the 67 counties. (5) COUNTY BOARD. The county board of human resources. (6) COUNTY DIRECTOR. The director of each county department of human resources. (7) BLIND ASSISTANCE. Money payments with respect to needy blind persons. (8) OLD AGE PENSIONS. Money payments with respect to a needy person who has attained the age of 65 years and who has complied with the requirements of this title. Whenever the term "old age assistance" is used in the laws of this state, such term shall mean "old age pensions." (9) DEPENDENT CHILD. Any needy child coming within the definition of "dependent...
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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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26-10-29
Section 26-10-29 Review of subsidy decision; appeal. (a) Any subsidy decision by the State Department of Human Resources which the placement agency or the adoptive parents deem adverse to the child is reviewable by the State Department of Human Resources. (b) In any case where an application under this article is denied or an adoption subsidy is reduced or terminated, the applicant or parent recipient shall have the right to appeal in writing to the department for a hearing within 30 days of receipt of notice in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (Acts 1979, No. 79-691, p. 1231, §6; Act 2011-557, p. 1014, §1.)...
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26-14-7.2
Section 26-14-7.2 Child denied medical treatment due to parents' religious beliefs. (a) When an investigation of child abuse or neglect by the Department of Human Resources determines that a parent or legal guardian legitimately practicing his or her religious beliefs has not provided specific medical treatment for a child, the parent or legal guardian shall not be considered a negligent parent or guardian for that reason alone. This exception shall not preclude a court from ordering that medical services be provided to the child when the child's health requires it. (b) The department may, in any case, pursue any legal remedies, including the initiation of legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, as may be necessary to provide medical care or treatment for a child when the care or treatment is necessary to prevent or remedy serious harm to the child, or to prevent the withholding of medically indicated treatments from infants with disabilities and with life-threatening...
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26-16-52
Section 26-16-52 Ad hoc child abuse protection team advisory committee created; composition, duties, etc.; annual report. Upon October 1, 1985, an ad hoc child abuse protection team advisory committee shall be created and shall consist of the following members: The Governor of the State of Alabama or his or her designated representative; the Director of the Department of Human Resources; the Executive Director of the Child Abuse Trust Fund; the President of the State Parents Teachers Association; two judges in the State of Alabama that preside over courts exercising juvenile jurisdiction to be selected by the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court; one representative from the Association of County Department of Human Resources County Directors to be selected by the Governor; the Executive Director of the Office of Prosecution Services; the Chairman of the Victims Compensation Commission; and two other members selected by the President of the Child Abuse Trust Fund. The committee...
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26-17-502
Section 26-17-502 Order for testing. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article and Article 6, the court shall order the child and other designated individuals to submit to genetic testing if the request for testing is made by a party to the proceeding, the Alabama Department of Human Resources, or the representative of the child. (b) The Alabama Department of Human Resources may order genetic testing only in accordance with Section 30-3-197(a)(1). (c) If a request for genetic testing of a child is made before birth, the court or the Alabama Department of Human Resources may not order in-utero testing. (d) If two or more men are subject to court-ordered genetic testing, the testing may be ordered concurrently or sequentially. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)...
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27-21B-10
Section 27-21B-10 Enforcement of health care coverage for certain employers. (a) In any case in which a noncustodial parent is required by a court or administrative order to provide health care coverage for such child and the employer of the noncustodial parent is known to the Department of Human Resources, the department shall use the federally required medical support notice to provide notice to the employer of the requirement for employer-based health care coverage for the child through the parent of the child who has been ordered to provide health care coverage for the child unless a court or administrative order stipulates that alternative health care coverage to employer-based coverage is to be provided for a child subject to a Title IV-D child support order. In the case of an employer entered in the directory of new hires pursuant to Section 25-11-5, the department shall send the federal medical support notice to any employer of a noncustodial parent subject to the order within...
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38-12-1
Section 38-12-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. State Department of Human Resources. (2) FOSTER PARENT. Any person with whom a child in the care, custody, or guardianship of the department, is placed for temporary or long-term care, but shall not include any person with whom a child is placed for the purpose of adoption. (Act 99-437, p. 864, §1.)...
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38-2-8
Section 38-2-8 County departments of human resources. (a) There is hereby created in each county a county department of human resources which shall consist of the county director of human resources and such other officers and employees as the county board and state department shall deem necessary for the efficient performance of the welfare services of the county. The county director, subject to the approval of the county board and the provisions of the merit system, shall appoint such staff as may be necessary to administer the welfare activities within the county. Upon request of the local board, the State Personnel Department shall establish a county register of eligibles who are residents of the county in which the vacancy exists. If no appointment is made from the local register or there is no local register then appointment shall be made from the statewide register. Any person employed in county departments shall be covered under the provisions of the State Merit System. (b) It...
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