38-10-30
Section 38-10-30 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) CHILD. A minor or disabled child. (2) CUSTODY. A legal status created by court
order. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources of the State of Alabama, including
the state and county departments of human resources. (4) FOSTER CARE. Services for children
outside of their own homes provided on a 24-hour basis in a licensed or approved facility.
(Acts 1986, Ex. Sess., No. 86-686, p. 81, §1.)...
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26-10A-33
Section 26-10A-33 Crime to place children for adoption. Only a parent, a parent of a deceased
parent, or a relative of the degree of relationship specified in Section 26-10A-28, the Department
of Human Resources or a licensed child placing agency, or an agency approved by the Department
of Human Resources may place a minor for adoption. No person or entity other than the Department
of Human Resources or a licensed child placing agency shall engage in the business of placing
minors for adoption. Any person or entity making more than two unrelated placements of minors
for adoption within the preceding twelve-month period shall be deemed to be in the business
of placing minors for adoption. Any other person who places a minor for adoption is guilty,
upon the first conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor and upon subsequent convictions is guilty
of a Class C felony. This section does not intend to make it unlawful for any person not engaged
in the business of placing minors for adoption to...
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29-2-100
Section 29-2-100 Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHILDREN
IN STATE CARE. A child who is described by any of the following circumstances: a. The child's
foster care placement is primarily the financial responsibility of the state. b. The child
is under the legal or physical custody of a state agency, including, but not limited to, the
Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Youth
Services. c. The Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department
of Youth Services, or any other agency is providing out of home services to the child. d.
Children not included under this definition are children whose care is furnished by a child
care center, group day care home, or family day care home. (2) COMMITTEE. The Permanent Joint
Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care. (3) COUNCIL. Interdepartmental
Coordination Council on Children in State Care. (Act 98-612, p. 1347,...
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38-10-51
Section 38-10-51 Trust fund established. The finance director of the State of Alabama shall
establish a separate account for deposit of donations to the foster care trust fund, the proceeds
of which shall be available to the Department of Human Resources for the purpose of assisting
children in its custody. (Acts 1990, No. 90-385, p. 527, §2.)...
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38-2-11
Section 38-2-11 Photographic reproductions of books, records, papers or other documents of
state department. (a) Commissioner authorized to make reproductions and destroy originals.
The Commissioner of Human Resources of the State of Alabama is authorized to make or to have
made microfilm copies, photostatic copies or other similar photographic reproductions of all
books, records, papers or other documents required to be maintained or kept by the Department
of Human Resources or any agency, division or employee thereof. The Commissioner of Human
Resources is authorized to destroy or cause to be disposed of any books, records, papers or
other documents which have been microfilmed, photostated or otherwise photographed. Such microfilms,
photostats or other photographs shall be retained and kept in lieu of such books, records,
papers or documents required to be kept or maintained. (b) Effect of reproductions; certification;
admission in evidence. Such microfilm copies, photostatic copies...
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26-14-6
Section 26-14-6 Temporary protective custody. A police officer, a law enforcement official,
or a designated employee of the State or County Department of Human Resources may take a child
into protective custody, or any person in charge of a hospital or similar institution or any
physician treating a child may keep that child in his or her custody, without the consent
of the parent or guardian, whether or not additional medical treatment is required, if the
circumstances or conditions of the child are such that continuing in his or her place of residence
or in the care and custody of the parent, guardian, custodian, or other person responsible
for the child's care presents an imminent danger to that child's life or health. However,
such official shall immediately notify the court having jurisdiction over juveniles of such
actions in taking the child into protective custody; provided, that such custody shall not
exceed 72 hours and that a court of competent jurisdiction and the...
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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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38-12-32
Section 38-12-32 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) CAREGIVER. An individual 21 years of age or older, other than a child's parent,
legal guardian, or legal custodian who is an approved foster parent, who is a relative of
the child, and who has been providing care and support for the child while the child has been
residing in the caregiver's home for at least the last six consecutive months while in the
legal custody of the Department of Human Resources, a designated official for a child-placing
agency, or a successor guardian. (2) CHILD. An individual under 18 years of age who is in
foster care with the caregiver and over whom a court has exercised continuing jurisdiction.
(3) COURT. The juvenile court. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources. (5) KINSHIP
GUARDIAN. A caregiver who is willing to assume care of a child because of parental incapacity
of a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other dependency...
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38-2-6.1
Section 38-2-6.1 Office of State Parent Locator for the Location of Absent Parents established;
duties; assistance of other agencies, etc.; use of information obtained. (a) As used in this
section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ABSENT PARENT. The parent
of a minor child who owes a financial ligation for the support of the minor child or a putative
parent against whom a complaint has been filed. (2) OFFICE. The state parent locator in the
Department of Human Resources for the location of absent parents, hereinafter created. (b)
The Office of State Parent Locator for the Location of Absent Parents is hereby established,
and shall perform the following duties: (1) Assist any governmental agency or department in
locating an absent parent. (2) Coordinate any activity on a state level in a search for an
absent parent. (3) Obtain and disseminate, as hereinafter provided, any information which
directly relates to the identity or location of an absent parent. (4)...
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12-15-505
Section 12-15-505 State Team established; membership; term; duties; hiring authority. (a) The
State Team is created and shall consist of a representative appointed by the head of the following
departments, agencies, or organizations: The Department of Education, the Department of Human
Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Public Health, the Department
of Youth Services, and the Alabama Chief Probation Officers Association. (b) The appointments
to the State Team shall be for a term of three years beginning October 1, 1993, and each three
years thereafter and until their successors are appointed, except that the initial appointments
of the representatives of the Department of Human Resources and the Department of Mental Health
shall be for three years; the initial appointments of the representatives of the Department
of Education and the Department of Youth Services shall be for two years; and the initial
appointments of representatives of the Department of...
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