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38-12-31
Section 38-12-31 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)
There exists in this state a number of children who cannot reside with their parents, legal
guardians, or legal custodians because of such parents', legal guardians', or custodians'
incapacity or inability to perform the regular and expected functions of care and support
of the children and family care and who thereby come to the attention of juvenile court and
into the care and custody of the Department of Human Resources. (2) An increasing number of
relatives, including grandparents, find themselves wanting to provide care to related foster
children on a long-term basis to prevent the children from remaining in foster care with unrelated
caregivers yet these relatives are either unable or unwilling to seek termination of the legal
relationships between the parent and the child, particularly when it is the caregiver's own
child or sibling who is the parent. (3) It is in the public interest to...
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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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30-3-62
Section 30-3-62 Who may petition for withholding order; withholding on existing support orders;
filing with clerk; service; hearing; issuance of order; contents; when order takes effect;
entry of support and withholding orders by different courts; termination of withholding. (a)
Section 8-5-21 to the contrary notwithstanding, and in addition to and independent of any
other remedy provided by law for the enforcement of support, the obligee, district attorney,
or representative of the Department of Human Resources may file with a court of this state,
as defined in this article, a petition seeking an order of income withholding. Additionally,
for all existing support orders issued in the State of Alabama that do not provide for income
withholding and upon the filing of an application for support services by the obligee with
the department, the department shall petition the court for an income withholding order pursuant
to this section. The obligee, district attorney, or representative of...
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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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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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26-17-315
Section 26-17-315 Hospital paternity acknowledgment program. (a) Hospitals that have a licensed
obstetric care unit or are licensed to provide obstetric services or licensed birthing centers
associated with a hospital shall provide to the mother and alleged father, if he is present
in the hospital, during the period immediately preceding or following the birth of a child
to an unmarried woman in the hospital, all of the following: (1) written materials about paternity
establishment; (2) form affidavits of paternity; (3) a written description of the rights and
responsibilities of acknowledging paternity; and (4) an opportunity, prior to discharge from
the hospital, to speak with a trained person made available through the Department of Human
Resources, either by telephone or in person, who can clarify information and answer questions
about paternity establishment. The Department of Human Resources shall make materials available
without cost to the hospitals. If the mother and father...
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27-21B-9
Section 27-21B-9 Garnishment of wages. (a) The Alabama Medicaid Agency may garnish the wages,
salary, or other employment income of any person who is required by a court or administrative
order to provide coverage of the costs of health services to a child who is eligible for medical
assistance and has received payment from a third party for the cost of services for the child
but has not used the payments to reimburse the other parent or guardian of the child, the
provider of services, or the Alabama Medicaid Agency for its payments made. Current or past
due child support shall have priority over claims for the costs of the services. (b) In addition
to the powers granted in subsection (a), the Alabama Medicaid Agency may notify the State
Department of Revenue of any amounts due under this section. Upon proper and timely notice,
the department shall withhold any amount from any state tax refund due to the above-described
person. (Acts 1994, No. 94-710, p. 1377, §9.)...
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30-6-8
Section 30-6-8 Disclosure of information. Information identifying individuals or facilities
received by the office, the circuit, any district attorney or his or her employees, the director,
or by authorized persons employed by or volunteering services to a domestic violence center,
through files, reports, inspection, or otherwise, is confidential and exempt from Section
36-12-40. Information about the location of domestic violence centers and facilities is confidential
and exempt from Section 36-12-40. Oral communications between a domestic violence victim and
an advocate and written reports and records concerning the victim may not be disclosed without
the written consent of the victim. This privilege does not relieve a person from any duty
imposed pursuant to Section 26-14-1 or Section 38-9-2. However, when cooperating with the
Department of Human Resources, the staff and volunteers of a domestic violence center shall
protect the confidentiality of other clients at the center. A...
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30-9-1
Section 30-9-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter the term domestic violence fatality review
team means an organization that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the
following agencies or organizations: (1) Law enforcement agencies. (2) The Alabama State Law
Enforcement Agency, the Attorney General, and the President of the Alabama District Attorney's
Association, for state level teams or the district attorney of each judicial circuit for local
or regional teams. (3) The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. (4) Certified domestic
violence centers. (5) Child protection service providers. (6) The Administrative Office of
Courts. (7) The municipal and circuit clerks of the court. (8) Victim service programs. (9)
Providers of civil legal assistance to victims. (10) Child death review teams. (11) Members
of the business community. (12) County probation or corrections agencies. (13) Any other persons
who have knowledge regarding domestic violence fatalities, nonlethal...
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40-18-360
Section 40-18-360 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Revenue of the State of Alabama.
(2) PRIVATE ADOPTION. An adoption through a private agency in which the adoptive parent(s)
reside in Alabama. (3) QUALIFIED FOSTER CHILD. Any individual who: a. is in the permanent
legal custody of the Alabama Department of Human Resources; and/or b. is placed in a licensed
or approved foster home by the Alabama Department of Human Resources for the purpose of adoption
pursuant to an approved case plan. (Act 2014-413, p. 1517, §1; Act 2018-549, §1.)...
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