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12-15-127
Section 12-15-127 Release, delivery to detention or shelter care facility, medical facility
of children taken into custody generally. (a) A person taking a child into custody without
an order of the juvenile court shall, with all possible speed, and in accordance with this
chapter and the rules of court pursuant thereto: (1) Release the child to the parents, legal
guardian, or legal custodian of the child or other suitable person able to provide supervision
and care for the child and issue verbal counsel and warning as may be appropriate. (2) Release
the child to the parents, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the child upon his or her
promise to bring the child before the juvenile court when requested, unless the placement
of the child in detention or shelter care appears required. If a parent, legal guardian, or
other legal custodian fails, when requested, to bring the child before the juvenile court
as provided in this section, the juvenile court may issue an order directing that...
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26-14-8
Section 26-14-8 Statewide central registry. (a) For the purposes of this section,
the following words shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) INDICATED. When credible
evidence and professional judgment substantiates that an alleged perpetrator is responsible
for child abuse or neglect. (2) NOT INDICATED. When credible evidence and professional judgment
does not substantiate that an alleged perpetrator is responsible for child abuse or neglect.
(b) The Department of Human Resources shall establish a statewide central registry for reports
of child abuse and neglect made pursuant to this chapter. The central registry shall contain,
but shall not be limited to: (1) All information in the written report; (2) Record of the
final disposition of the report, including services offered and services accepted; (3) The
names and identifying data, dates, and circumstances of any persons requesting or receiving
information from the registry; provided, however, that requests for...
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26-16-96
Section 26-16-96 Local child death review teams. (a) There are hereby created local
child death review teams. (b) Each county of the state shall be included in a local multidisciplinary,
multiagency child death review team's jurisdiction. The district attorney shall initiate the
establishment of local teams by convening a meeting of potential team members within 60 days
of September 11, 1997. In the absence of the initiation of a child death review team by the
district attorney within 60 days of September 11, 1997, the local public health representative
will initiate the first team meeting. During this meeting, participants shall recommend whether
to establish a team for that county alone or to establish a team with and for the counties
within that judicial circuit. (c) The local team shall include, but not be limited to, all
of the following members, the first five of whom are ex officio. The ex officio members may
designate representatives from their particular departments or offices...
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38-7-2
Section 38-7-2 Definitions. Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. When not inconsistent
with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular
number include the plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular number,
and the word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory: (1) CHILD. Any
person under 19 years of age, a person under the continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court
pursuant to Section 12-15-117, or a person under 21 years of age in foster care as
defined by the Department of Human Resources. (2) CHILD-CARE INSTITUTION or INSTITUTION FOR
CHILD CARE. A child-care facility where more than 10 children are received and maintained
for the purpose of providing them with care or training or both, or transitional living program
services, but does not include: a. Any institution for child care which is under the ownership
or control,...
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12-15-301
Section 12-15-301 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words and
phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONMENT. A voluntary and intentional relinquishment
of the custody of a child by a parent, or a withholding from the child, without good cause
or excuse, by the parent, of his or her presence, care, love, protection, maintenance, or
the opportunity for the display of filial affection, or the failure to claim the rights of
a parent, or failure to perform the duties of a parent. (2) AGE APPROPRIATE or DEVELOPMENTALLY
APPROPRIATE. Activities or items that are generally accepted as suitable for children of the
same chronological age or level of maturity or that are determined to be developmentally appropriate
for a child based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities
that are typical for an age or age group and, in the case of a specific child, activities
or items that are suitable for the child based on the...
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22-52-90
Section 22-52-90 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) 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 commitment process. (2) COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER. A person who acts
as a liaison between law enforcement and the general public, and who is regularly employed
by a municipality within the county or regularly employed by the county commission or any
public body or agency, including the state Department of Mental Health. A community mental
health officer may be employed jointly or in combination by two or more governments, entities,
or agencies authorized by the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
a community mental health officer shall not be an employee of the Department of Human...
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12-15-134
Section 12-15-134 Maintenance and inspection of law enforcement records. (a) Law enforcement
agencies shall take special precautions to ensure that law enforcement records and files concerning
a child will be maintained in a manner and pursuant to those safeguards that will protect
against disclosure to any unauthorized person, department, agency, or entity. Unless a charge
of delinquency is transferred for criminal prosecution pursuant to Section 12-15-203
or the juvenile court otherwise orders in the interests of the child or of national security,
the law enforcement records and files with respect to the child shall not be open to public
inspection nor their contents disclosed to the public. (b) Law enforcement records and files
described in subsection (a) shall be open to inspection and copying by the following: (1)
A juvenile court having a child currently before it in any proceeding. (2) Personnel of the
Department of Human Resources, the Department of Youth Services, public and...
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16-28-13
Section 16-28-13 Burden of proof on person in loco parentis. No parent, guardian or
other person having control or charge of any child shall be convicted for failure to have
said child enrolled in school or for failure to send a child to school or for failure to require
such child to regularly attend such school or tutor, or for failure to compel such child to
properly conduct himself as a pupil, if such parent, guardian or other person having control
or charge of such child can establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the court the following:
(1) That the principal teacher in charge of said school which he attends or should attend
or the tutor who instructs or should instruct said child gave permission for the child to
be absent; or (2) That such parent, guardian or other person is unable to provide necessary
books and clothes in order that the child may attend school in compliance with law, and that
such parent, guardian or other person had prior to the opening of the school, or...
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6-6-20
Section 6-6-20 Definition; instances requiring mediation; sanctions; exceptions; etc.
(a) For purposes of this section, "mediation" means a process in which a
neutral third party assists the parties to a civil action in reaching their own settlement
but does not have the authority to force the parties to accept a binding decision. (b) Mediation
is mandatory for all parties in the following instances: (1) At any time where all parties
agree. (2) Upon motion by any party. The party asking for mediation shall pay the costs of
mediation, except attorney fees, unless otherwise agreed. (3) In the event no party requests
mediation, the trial court may, on its own motion, order mediation. The trial court may allocate
the costs of mediation, except attorney fees, among the parties. (c) If any party fails to
mediate as required by this section, the court may apply such sanctions as it deems
appropriate pursuant to Rule 37 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. (d) A court shall
not order...
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13A-6-71
Section 13A-6-71 Foster parent engaging in a sex act, etc., with a foster child. (a)
A person commits the crime of engaging in a sex act with a foster child if he or she is a
foster parent and engages in sexual intercourse or sodomy, as defined by Section 13A-6-60,
with a foster child under the age of 19 years who is under his or her care or supervision.
Engaging in a sex act with a foster child is a Class B felony. (b) A person commits the crime
of engaging in a sexual contact with a foster child if he or she is a foster parent and engages
in a sexual contact, pursuant to Section 13A-6-60, with a foster child under the age
of 19 years who is under his or her care or supervision. Engaging in sexual contact with a
foster child is a Class C felony. (c) A person commits the crime of soliciting a sex act or
sexual contact with a foster child if he or she is a foster parent and solicits, persuades,
encourages, harasses, or entices a foster child under the age of 19 years to engage in a sex...
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