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26-10-22
Section 26-10-22 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following
meanings unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) ADOPTION SUBSIDY. A money payment, services,
deferred payment, or any combination thereof that is provided to a child with special needs
or circumstances after submission of an application to the department. (2) AGENCY. The department
or a child welfare agency which is authorized in its license issued by the department to place
children for adoption. (3) APPLICATION. The submission to the department of a complete application
as defined by the department with documentation of the child's special needs. (4) CHILD. An
individual under 19 years of age, or an individual 19 or 20 years of age and eligible for
Title IV-E Federal Funding, who is: a. in the care or custody, or both, of the department,
or a public or voluntary licensed child-placing agency, b. legally free for adoption and c.
in special need or circumstances because he or she is...
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30-3-161
Section 30-3-161 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, unless the context requires a different definition: (1) CHANGE
OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE. A change of the residence of a child whose custody has been determined
by a prior court order, whether or not accompanied by a change of the residence of a person
entitled to custody of the child, with the intent that such change shall be permanent in nature
and not amounting to a temporary absence of the child from his or her principal residence.
(2) CHILD. A minor child as defined by subdivision (2) of Section 30-3B-102. As used in this
article, the term may include the singular and the plural. (3) CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION.
A judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody,
or visitation with respect to a child. The term includes a permanent, temporary, initial,
and modification order. The term does not include an order relating...
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30-3-169.9
Section 30-3-169.9 Change of principal residence outside state. (a) In those instances where
the change of principal residence of a child results in the relocation of a child to a residence
outside this state, the provisions of Sections 30-3B-101 to 30-3B-314, inclusive, shall apply
to actions commenced under this article. (b) Where the parties have been awarded joint custody,
joint legal custody, or joint physical custody of a child as defined in Section 30-3-151,
and at least one parent having joint custody, joint legal custody, or joint physical custody
of a child continues to maintain a principal residence in this state, the child shall have
a significant connection with this state and a court in fashioning its judgments, orders,
or decrees may retain continuing jurisdiction under Sections 30-3B-202 to 30-3B-204, inclusive,
even though the child's principal residence after the relocation is outside this state. (c)
In a proceeding commenced to modify, interpret, or enforce a final...
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12-3-10
Section 12-3-10 Appellate jurisdiction of Court of Civil Appeals. The Court of Civil Appeals
shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction of all civil cases where the amount involved,
exclusive of interest and costs, does not exceed $50,000, all appeals from administrative
agencies other than the Alabama Public Service Commission, all appeals in workers' compensation
cases, all appeals in domestic relations cases, including annulment, divorce, adoption, and
child custody cases and all extraordinary writs arising from appeals in said cases. Where
there is a recovery in the court below of any amount other than costs, the amount of such
recovery shall be deemed to be the amount involved; otherwise, the amount claimed shall be
deemed to be the amount involved; except, that in actions of detinue the alternate value of
the property as found by the court or jury shall be deemed to be the amount involved. (Acts
1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §3; Acts 1993, No. 93-346, p. 536, §5.)...
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22-9A-13.1
Section 22-9A-13.1 Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth. (a) For the purposes of this
section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH RESULTING
IN STILLBIRTH. A certificate issued to record and memorialize the birth of a stillborn child.
(2) STILLBIRTH or STILLBORN. An unintended, intrauterine fetal death after a gestational age
of not less than 20 completed weeks. (b) Effective January 1, 2012, the State Registrar shall
issue a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth upon the request of a parent named on
a report of fetal death filed on or after January 1, 2007. A Certificate of Birth Resulting
in Stillbirth shall be issued within 60 days from the date of the request. (c) The person
who is required to file a report of fetal death under Section 22-9A-13, shall advise the parent
of a stillborn child: (1) That a parent may, but is not required to, request the preparation
of a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth. (2) That a...
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26-2A-112
Section 26-2A-112 Definitions. For the purposes of this division, the following terms have
the following meanings: (1) RELATIVE. A sibling, child, parent, grandparent, or grandchild
of a ward or a person who shares this same relationship through adoption or a spouse of the
ward. (2) VISITATION. Any in-person meeting or any telephonic mail or electronic communication
between a ward and his or her relative. (3) VISITATION ORDER. An order issued by the court
after notice and hearing regarding the visitation with a ward by his or her relative specifying
the approval or disapproval of any visitation and the specifics of that visitation including,
but not limited to, the time, place, and manner of the visitation. (4) WARD. An adult who
is a ward as defined in Section 26-2A-20. (Act 2016-404, §2.)...
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26-9-5
Section 26-9-5 Procedure for appointment of guardian - Filing of petition; contents thereof.
A petition for the appointment of a guardian may be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction
by or on behalf of any person who under existing law is entitled to priority of appointment.
If there is no person so entitled or if the person so entitled shall neglect or refuse to
file such a petition within 30 days after mailing of notice by the administration to the last
known address of such person indicating the necessity for the same, a petition for such appointment
may be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction by or on behalf of any responsible person
residing in this state. The petition for appointment shall set forth the name, age, place
of residence of the ward, the names and places of residence of the nearest relative, if known,
and the fact that such ward is entitled to receive moneys payable by or through the administration
and shall set forth the amount of moneys then due and...
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38-7-15
Section 38-7-15 Conditions precedent to bringing child into state for purposes of adoption
or placement in child-care facility. (a) No person or agency shall bring or send any child
into the State of Alabama for the purpose of placing him or procuring his adoption or placing
him in any child-care facility, as defined herein, without first obtaining the consent of
the department. The department shall have the power to impose and enforce reasonable conditions
precedent to the granting of such consent. Such conditions shall be for the purpose of providing
the same care and protection for the child coming into the State of Alabama for placement
or adoption as are afforded to a child who is born in the State of Alabama, and such conditions
shall include the following: (1) The department shall be authorized to designate an agency
in another state from which said child is being brought or sent, or in which said child's
parents or guardian may be found, to interview said parent or parents or...
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12-15-111
Section 12-15-111 Contributing to the delinquency, dependency, or need of supervision of children.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other person
to do any of the following: (1) To willfully aid, encourage, or cause any child to become
or remain delinquent, dependent, or in need of supervision. (2) To permit or encourage the
employment of any child in violation of any of the provisions of the child labor law. (3)
To cause a child to fail to attend school as required by the compulsory school attendance
law. (b) Whenever, in the course of any proceedings pursuant to this chapter, or when, by
affidavit as provided in this subsection, it shall appear to the juvenile court that a parent,
legal guardian, legal custodian, or other person having custody, control, or supervision of
a child or any other person not standing in any relation to the child has aided, encouraged,
or caused the child to become delinquent, dependent, or in need of supervision,...
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26-10-26
Section 26-10-26 Subsidies - Report; modification of subsidy; review; duration of subsidy.
(a)(1) The department may require the adoptive parent or parents to submit a report, annually
or at a time or times specified in the agreement or when the department is investigating an
allegation of improperly received benefits. The parent shall state in the report that the
child remains under their care and any change in the conditions or circumstances of the adopting
parent or the needs of the child. The subsidy agreement shall continue according to its terms,
except as provided by this article. The department may confirm the accuracy and veracity of
the report from any reliable sources of information concerning the adoptive family and child,
including any governmental or private agency that serves the area in which the child resides.
If the report or information received by the department indicates a substantial change in
the conditions that existed when the adoption subsidy agreement was...
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