Code of Alabama

Search for this:
 Search these answers
41 through 50 of 104 similar documents, best matches first.
<<previous   Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10   next>>

22-52-1.1
Section 22-52-1.1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) MENTAL
ILLNESS. A psychiatric disorder of thought and/or mood which significantly impairs judgment,
behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life.
Mental illness, as used herein, specifically excludes the primary diagnosis of epilepsy, mental
retardation, substance abuse, including alcoholism, or a developmental disability. (2) STATE
MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health facility operated by the Alabama State Department
of Mental Health. (3) DESIGNATED MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health facility other than
a state mental health facility designated by the State Department of Mental Health to receive
persons for evaluation, examination, admission, detention or treatment pursuant to the provisions
of this article. (4) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-52-1.1.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages

22-52-93
Section 22-52-93 Costs. No county shall be required to pay costs associated with the temporary
confinement or commitment of a person to a designated mental health facility, including, but
not limited to, the cost of housing and treatment. All costs associated with a probable cause
hearing, including cost of counsel, shall be paid by the State General Fund upon order of
the judge of probate; except, that if the petition is denied and the petitioner is not indigent
and is not a law enforcement officer or other public official acting within the line and scope
of his or her duties, all costs may be taxed against the petitioner, or if the petition is
granted and the person sought to be committed is not indigent, the judge of probate may order
all costs paid from the estate of the person committed. (Acts 1994, No. 94-690, p. 1326, ยง4.)...

alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-52-93.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

26-2B-204
Section 26-2B-204 Special jurisdiction. (a) A court of this state lacking jurisdiction under
Section 26-2B-203 has special jurisdiction to do any of the following: (1) appoint a guardian
in an emergency for a term not exceeding 90 days for a respondent who is physically present
in this state; (2) issue a protective order with respect to real or tangible personal property
located in this state; (3) appoint a guardian or conservator for an incapacitated or protected
person for whom a provisional order to transfer the proceeding from another state has been
issued under procedures similar to Section 26-2B-301. (b) If a petition for the appointment
of a guardian in an emergency is brought in this state and this state was not the respondent's
home state on the date the petition was filed, the court shall dismiss the proceeding at the
request of the court of the home state, if any, whether dismissal is requested before or after
the emergency appointment. (c) The court may entertain successive...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/26-2B-204.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

11-41-4
Section 11-41-4 Certification of election result to probate judge; census enumeration of inhabitants;
issuance, recordation, and filing of order of incorporation; filing fee. Within five days
after the election, the inspectors must certify the result to the judge of probate, who must,
if a majority of the votes cast at the election are for "corporation," cause an
enumeration of the inhabitants residing within such territory to be made by such inspectors
or other persons appointed by him and, within three days after such enumeration has been completed
and returned to him, shall make an order to be entered of record in the minutes of the court
that the inhabitants of such territory are incorporated as a town or city, as the case may
be, by the name and with the boundaries shown by the petition, whereupon such town or city
shall be vested with the rights and powers incident to such corporations granted in this title.
The judge of probate shall file, within 10 days after its issuance, a...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-41-4.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/12-15-201.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages

30-5B-3
Section 30-5B-3 Judicial enforcement of order. (a) A person authorized by the law of this state
to seek enforcement of a protection order may seek enforcement of a valid foreign protection
order in a court of this state. The court shall enforce the terms of the order, including
terms that provide relief that a court of this state would lack power to provide but for this
section. The court shall enforce the order, whether the order was obtained by independent
action or in another proceeding, if it is an order issued in response to a complaint, petition,
or motion filed by or on behalf of an individual seeking protection. In a proceeding to enforce
a foreign protection order, the court shall follow the procedures of this state for the enforcement
of protection orders. (b) A court of this state may not enforce a foreign protection order
issued by a tribunal of a state that does not recognize the standing of a protected individual
to seek enforcement of the order. (c) A court of this state...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/30-5B-3.htm - 3K - Match Info - Similar pages

12-15-408
Section 12-15-408 Conducting hearings to commit the minor or child. At all hearings conducted
pursuant to this section to commit a minor or child to the custody of the department, the
following shall apply: (1) The minor or child sought to be committed shall be present unless,
prior to the hearing, the child's attorney for the minor or child has filed in writing a waiver
of the presence of the minor or child on the ground that the presence of the minor or child
would be dangerous to his or her physical or mental health or that the conduct of the minor
or child could reasonably be expected to prevent the hearing from being held in an orderly
manner and the juvenile court has determined from the evidence that the waiver should be granted
and has entered an order approving the waiver. (2) The minor or child sought to be committed
shall have the right to compel the attendance of and offer the testimony of witnesses, to
be confronted with the witnesses in support of the petition and to...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/12-15-408.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

12-22-198
Section 12-22-198 Appeals from denial of petition or where parts of record ordered transcribed
deemed inadequate. (a) Any defendant or petitioner who has filed a petition under the provisions
of this division and which petition is denied by the trial court, or if parts of the record
ordered to be transcribed are deemed to be inadequate by defendant or petitioner, said defendant
or petitioner may, within 10 days from the order of the trial court, file a notice of appeal
with the clerk of the trial court from the order denying the petition or from the order deemed
inadequate in specifying the parts of the transcript of the evidence to be forwarded to the
appellate court on appeal, and such notice of appeal shall specify with particularity wherein
the defendant or petitioner considers himself aggrieved by the order of the trial court, whereupon
the trial judge shall cause to be certified and transmitted, to the Court of Criminal Appeals
in cases wherein the punishment is 20 years or less...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/12-22-198.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages

13A-5-53.1
Section 13A-5-53.1 Appeals of capital punishment. (a) Rule 32.2(c) of the Alabama Rules of
Criminal Procedure shall not apply to cases in which a criminal defendant is convicted of
capital murder and sentenced to death, and files a petition for post-conviction relief under
the grounds specified in Rule 32.1(a), (e), or (f) of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure.
(b) Post-conviction remedies sought pursuant to Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure
in death penalty cases shall be pursued concurrently and simultaneously with the direct appeal
of a case in which the death penalty was imposed. In all cases where the defendant is deemed
indigent or as the trial judge deems appropriate, the trial court, within 30 days of the entry
of the order pronouncing the defendant's death sentence, shall appoint the defendant a separate
counsel for the purposes of post-conviction relief under this section. Appointed counsel shall
be compensated pursuant to Chapter 12 of Title 15;...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/13A-5-53.1.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages

22-52-34
Section 22-52-34 Proceedings for reevaluation and civil commitment or transfer of certain persons
in custody of Department of Mental Health. (a) Where any person is in the custody of the Department
of Mental Health pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of this chapter, the commissioner
shall direct the superintendent of Bryce or Searcy Hospital or any other facility so designated
by the commissioner to reevaluate the mental condition of such person for a determination
as to whether or not he or she meets the minimum standards for civil commitment as defined
in Section 22-52-37. Where the sentence for which said person was committed has expired and
where said person meets the minimum standards for involuntary civil commitment, the commissioner
or his designee is hereby authorized to petition the judges of probate of Tuscaloosa or Mobile
Counties or any judge of probate where such facility exists for an order of civil commitment
to the Department of Mental Health. All of the subsequent...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-52-34.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

41 through 50 of 104 similar documents, best matches first.
<<previous   Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10   next>>