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22-52-7
Section 22-52-7 Restrictions on imposition of limitations upon liberty of person sought
to be committed pending hearings; ordering, etc., of examinations of person sought to be committed;
supervision of temporary treatment. (a) When a petition has been filed seeking to have limitations
placed upon the liberty of a respondent pending the outcome of a final hearing on the merits,
the probate judge shall order the sheriff of the county in which the respondent is located
to serve a copy of the petition upon the respondent and to bring the respondent before the
probate judge instanter. When any respondent against whom a petition has been filed seeking
to have limitations placed upon the respondent's liberty pending the outcome of a full and
final hearing on the merits is initially brought before the probate judge, the probate judge
shall determine from an interview with the respondent and with other available persons what
limitations, if any, shall be imposed upon the respondent's liberty...
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22-52-10.5
Section 22-52-10.5 Facilities for inpatient treatment; length of treatment; cost. (a)
At the final hearing on a petition for involuntary commitment or a hearing for the revocation
of a prior order for commitment to outpatient treatment, the probate court may order that
the respondent be committed to: (i) the department for inpatient treatment at a state mental
health facility, or (ii) the department for inpatient treatment at a designated mental health
facility. (b) Pursuant to this section, an order for inpatient treatment shall not
exceed 150 days. (c) No county shall be required to pay the cost of inpatient treatment provided
at a state mental health facility or inpatient treatment authorized by the department at a
designated mental health facility. (Acts 1991, No. 91-440, p. 783, §15.)...
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22-52-2
Section 22-52-2 Review of petition by probate judge; examination of petitioner; dismissal
of petition without further proceedings. (a) When any petition is filed seeking the involuntary
commitment of a respondent, the probate judge shall immediately review the petition and shall
require the petitioner to be sworn and answer under oath questions regarding the petition
and the respondent. (b) If it appears from the face of the petition or from the testimony
of the petitioner that the petition is totally without merit, the probate judge shall order
the petition dismissed without further proceedings. (Acts 1975, No. 1226, p. 2562, §2; Acts
1977, No. 670, p. 1143; Acts 1991, No. 91-440, p. 783, §4.)...
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22-52-4
Section 22-52-4 Appointment of attorney and guardian ad litem for person sought to be
committed; statements, etc., of person in presence of judge, prior to obtaining services of
attorney, not to be considered by judge. (a) At the time when any petition has been filed
seeking the involuntary commitment of a respondent, the probate judge shall appoint a guardian
ad litem to represent and to protect the rights of the respondent, and shall determine if
the respondent has the funds with which to employ an attorney to represent the respondent
and if the respondent has the mental ability to secure the services of an attorney. If the
respondent does not have funds with which to employ an attorney or does not have the mental
ability to secure the services of an attorney, the probate judge shall appoint an attorney,
who may be the same person as the guardian ad litem, to represent the respondent. The probate
judge shall immediately inform the attorney so appointed of his appointment. (b) No...
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22-11A-31
Section 22-11A-31 Commitment petition - Rules to apply at hearings. At all hearings
conducted by the probate judge in relation to a petition to commit any person to the custody
of the Alabama Department of Public Health or such other facility as the court may order,
the following rules shall apply: (1) The person sought to be committed shall be present unless,
prior to the hearing, the attorney for such person has filed in writing a waiver of the presence
of such person on the ground that the presence of such person would be dangerous to such person's
health or that such person's conduct could reasonably be expected to prevent the hearing from
being held in an orderly manner, and the probate judge has judicially found and determined
from evidence presented in an adversary hearing that the person proposed to be committed is
so mentally or physically ill as to be incapable of attending such proceedings. Upon such
findings, an order shall be entered approving the waiver. (2) The person...
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22-52-10.8
Section 22-52-10.8 Order for involuntary commitment for inpatient treatment to be entered
into Criminal Justice Information System and NICS; redaction of order upon removal of limitation
to purchase firearm. (a) When the judge of probate of a county enters an order for the involuntary
commitment of a person pursuant to Section 22-52-10.1, and the order is for a final
commitment for inpatient treatment to the Department of Mental Health or a Veterans' Administration
hospital, or as otherwise provided by law, the judge shall immediately forward the order to
the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the order shall be entered in its information systems.
The order shall be forwarded to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency in the manner as the Alabama
Justice Information Center Commission shall provide. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency shall
as soon as possible thereafter enter the order in the National Instant Criminal Background
Check System (NICS) and the information shall be entered into...
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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,
§4.)...
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35-4-322
Section 35-4-322 Application to compel conveyance - Contents; notice generally; decree;
appeals. Such application must be by petition, setting out the contract or agreement, the
lands to be conveyed and stating the names of the heirs and personal representatives of the
contracting party, which of them are of full age and which are minors; and the judge of probate
must give notice of such petition by 20 days' written notice to the personal representative
and resident heirs of the contracting party, to be served by any sheriff and, if any one or
more are nonresidents, by publication in some newspaper published in his county and in the
county in which the lands lie; or, if none is published therein, the paper published in the
place nearest to the county site of such county, once a week for three successive weeks; and
if, on the hearing of such application, it appears that such agreement or contract was fairly
made and the consideration or conditions of the same paid or performed, such...
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38-1-3
Section 38-1-3 Legal representative for handling public assistance payments of incompetents.
If any otherwise qualified applicant for or recipient of public assistance appears to be incapable,
physically or mentally, or both, of managing his public assistance payments, and has no legal
guardian, he, his spouse, father, mother, child, brother or sister, with the consent of the
Department of Human Resources, or the Department of Human Resources may petition the probate
judge for the appointment of a legal representative to handle his public assistance payments
only. The petition shall be accompanied by a certificate in writing of a physician which certificate
shall state that the physician upon examination believes the applicant or recipient to be
physically or mentally, or both, incapable of managing his public assistance payments. The
probate judge shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of appointing a competent person as
legal representative after notice of at least 10 days in...
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24-8-13
Section 24-8-13 Recommendation for hearing by investigator; order for hearing; parties'
right to take civil action; amendment of complaint; subpoenas; refusal to allow discovery;
hearing; panel opinion and order; review. (a) If not sooner resolved, the investigator, upon
completion of his investigation, shall submit to ADECA a statement of the facts disclosed
by his investigation and recommend either that the complaint be dismissed or that a panel
of office members be designated to hear the complaint. ADECA, after review of the case file
and the statement and recommendation of the investigator, shall issue an order either of dismissal
or for a hearing, which is not subject to judicial or other further review. (b) If the order
is for dismissal, ADECA shall mail a copy of the order to the complainant and the respondent
at their last known addresses. The complainant may bring an action against the respondent
in circuit court within 90 days of the date of the dismissal or within one year...
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