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26-10A-7
Section 26-10A-7 Persons whose consents or relinquishment are required. (a) Consent to the
petitioner's adoption or relinquishment for adoption to the Department of Human Resources
or a licensed child placing agency shall be required of the following: (1) The adoptee, if
14 years of age or older, except where the court finds that the adoptee does not have the
mental capacity to give consent; (2) The adoptee's mother; (3) The adoptee's presumed father,
regardless of paternity, if: a. He and the adoptee's mother are or have been married to each
other and the adoptee was born during the marriage, or within 300 days after the marriage
was terminated by death, annulment, declaration of invalidity, or divorce, or after a decree
of separation was entered by a court; or b. Before the adoptee's birth, he and the adoptee's
mother have attempted to marry each other by a marriage solemnized in apparent compliance
with law, although the attempted marriage is or could be declared invalid, and, 1. If...
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26-19-1
Section 26-19-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the
meanings ascribed, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACMEC. The Alabama
Center for Missing and Exploited Children created by this chapter within the department. (2)
CJIC. The Criminal Justice Information Center of the state. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama State
Law Enforcement Agency. (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. Federal, state and local law enforcement
agencies of this state primarily, and of other states generally. (5) MISSING CHILD. A child
whose whereabouts are unknown to the child's legal custodian, the circumstances of whose absence
indicate that: a. The child did not voluntarily leave the care and control of the custodian,
and the taking of the child was not authorized by law; or b. The child voluntarily left the
care and control of the child's legal custodian without the custodian's consent and without
intent to return. (6) MISSING PERSON. A person 18 years old or older...
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38-7-16
Section 38-7-16 Penalties; burden of proof of relationship. Any person, group of persons, association
or corporation who: (1) Conducts, operates or acts as a child-care facility without a license,
or a six-month permit or an approval to do so in violation of the provisions of this chapter;
(2) Makes materially false statements in order to obtain a license or permit; (3) Fails to
keep the records and make the reports provided under this chapter; (4) Advertises any service
not authorized by the license or permit held; (5) Publishes any advertisement in violation
of this chapter; (6) Receives within this state any child in violation of Section 38-7-15;
(7) Violates any other provision of this chapter or any reasonable rule or regulation adopted
and published by the department for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00
or be imprisoned in the county jail not longer than one year,...
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12-15-102
Section 12-15-102 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have
the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age or older. (2) AFTERCARE.
Conditions and supervision as the juvenile court orders after release from the Department
of Youth Services. (3) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18 years, or under 21 years of
age and before the juvenile court for a delinquency matter arising before that individual's
18th birthday, or under 19 years of age and before the juvenile court for a child in need
of supervision matter or commitment to the State Department of Mental Health or under 19 years
of age and before the juvenile court for a proceeding initiated under Section 12-15-115(b)(2).
Where a delinquency petition alleges that an individual, prior to the individual's 18th birthday,
has committed an offense for which there is no statute of limitation pursuant to Section 15-3-5,
the term child also shall include the individual subject to the...
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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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26-14-1
Section 26-14-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ABUSE. Harm or threatened
harm to a child's health or welfare. Harm or threatened harm to a child's health or welfare
can occur through nonaccidental physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or attempted sexual
abuse, or sexual exploitation or attempted sexual exploitation. Sexual abuse includes the
employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in,
or having a child assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or any
simulation of the conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of the conduct;
or the rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children,
or incest with children as those acts are defined by Alabama law. Sexual exploitation includes
allowing, permitting, or encouraging a child to engage in prostitution and...
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5-2A-81
Section 5-2A-81 Revocation and suspension of licenses; injunctive relief as to violations of
Small Loan Act. (a) Upon 10 days' written notice to a licensee, stating the contemplated action
and grounds therefor, and after giving the licensee a reasonable opportunity to be heard,
the bureau shall suspend or revoke any license issued under Chapter 18 of this title if it
finds: (1) That the licensee is in default in the payment of the annual license fee or has
failed to comply with any rule, regulation or order of the Bureau of Loans promulgated by
it under authority of Chapter 18 of this title; or (2) That a fact or condition exists as
to the licensee which would have justified the bureau in refusing originally a license to
him if the fact or condition had existed at the time of the original application for such
license by him. If the bureau finds that there exists probable cause for the suspension or
revocation of any license and that the enforcement of Chapter 18 of this title requires...
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12-15-109
Section 12-15-109 Issuance of orders to parents for payment of court costs, fees of attorneys,
and expenses for support, treatment of children under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court
pursuant to this chapter; manner of payment; proceedings upon failure of parents to pay amounts
directed. If, after making a parent, or other person legally obligated to care for and support
a child, a party to the action pursuant to this chapter and the Alabama Rules of Juvenile
Procedure and after a hearing, the juvenile court finds that the parent or other person is
financially able to pay all or part of the court costs, as provided by law, attorney fees,
and expenses with respect to examination, treatment, care, detention, or support of the child
incurred from the commencement of the proceeding in carrying out this chapter, the juvenile
court shall order them to pay the same and may prescribe the manner of payment. Unless otherwise
ordered, payment shall be made to the clerk of the juvenile court...
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26-14-7.1
Section 26-14-7.1 Due process rights for persons under investigation by department. Any person
who comes under investigation by the Department of Human Resources for the abuse or neglect
of a child or children and who is employed by, serves as a volunteer for, holds a license
or certificate for, or is connected with any facility, agency, or home which cares for and
controls any children and which is licensed, approved, or certified by the state, operated
as a state facility, or any public, private, or religious facility or agency that may be exempt
from licensing procedures shall be granted the following due process rights by the Department
of Human Resources: (1) The department shall notify the alleged perpetrator that an investigation
has commenced against him or her after such investigation has officially begun in accordance
with written policies established by the Department of Human Resources. The notice shall be
in writing and shall state the name of the child or children...
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26-15-3.3
Section 26-15-3.3 Mother of unborn child taking, with good faith belief, controlled substance
pursuant to a lawful prescription. (a) No one shall violate Section 26-15-3.2, and no one
shall be required to report under Chapter 14 of this title, the exposing of an unborn child
to any of the following: (1) A prescription medication if the responsible person was the mother
of the unborn child, and she was, or there is a good faith belief that she was, taking that
medication pursuant to a lawful prescription. (2) A non-prescription FDA approved medication
or substance if the responsible person was the mother of the unborn child, and she was, or
there is a good faith belief that she was, taking that medication or substance as directed
or recommended by a physician or a health care provider acting within the authorized scope
of his or her license. (b) No one shall be criminally liable under any Alabama law for the
assistance or conduct of exposing the unborn child to a medication or substance...
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