9-9-14
Section 9-9-14 Board of water management commissioners - Composition; qualifications, appointment,
terms of office, oath and bond of commissioners; seal; officers and employees generally; meetings;
vacancies; quorum. Upon the organization of the district, the court of probate shall appoint
three water management commissioners to be designated "Board of Water Management Commissioners,"
who shall have control of the affairs of the district, and each commissioner shall be an owner
of real property within the district and shall be over 19 years of age, and at least one of
them shall be a resident of the county in which the proceedings are held. Whenever the owners
of a majority in acres of the land comprising a district petition the court for appointment
of a person qualified under this article to act as a water management commissioner, it shall
be the duty of the court to appoint such person or persons, but in the absence of such petition
it shall be the duty of the court to appoint such...
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12-15-405
Section 12-15-405 Notice of hearing; appointment of counsel for the minor or child. (a) When
any minor or child against whom a petition has been filed seeking to commit the minor or child
to the custody of the department is initially brought before the juvenile court, the juvenile
court shall provide a copy of the petition and if requested, read the petition to the minor
or child and to his or her parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and counsel, and inform
those persons verbally and in writing of the date, time, and place of the next hearing to
be held in regard to the minor or child, the purpose of the hearing, the rights of the minor
or child at the hearing, and the possible consequences of the hearing. (b) The juvenile court
shall appoint a child's attorney for the minor or child. The juvenile court may appoint a
guardian ad litem in addition to the child's attorney. No statement made or act done by the
minor or child in the presence of the juvenile court prior to the minor...
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15-20A-23
Section 15-20A-23 Adult sex offender - Relief from residency restriction. (a) A sex offender
required to register under this chapter may petition the court for relief from the residency
restriction pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 15-20A-11 during the time a sex offender
is terminally ill or permanently immobile, or the sex offender has a debilitating medical
condition requiring substantial care or supervision or requires placement in a residential
health care facility. (b) A petition for relief pursuant to this section shall be filed in
the civil division of the circuit court of the county in which the sex offender seeks relief
from the residency restriction. (c) The sex offender shall serve a copy of the petition by
certified mail on all of the following: (1) The prosecuting attorney in the county of adjudication
or conviction, if the sex offender was adjudicated or convicted in this state. (2) The prosecuting
attorney of the county where the sex offender seeks relief from the...
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15-20A-34
Section 15-20A-34 Juvenile sex offender - Relief from lifetime registration requirements. (a)
A juvenile sex offender subject to lifetime registration pursuant to Section 15-20A-28 may
file a petition requesting the sentencing juvenile court to enter an order relieving the juvenile
sex offender of the requirements pursuant to this chapter 25 years after the juvenile sex
offender is released from the custody of the Department of Youth Services or sentenced, if
the juvenile sex offender was placed on probation, for the sex offense requiring registration
pursuant to this chapter. (b) The petition shall be filed as follows: (1) If the juvenile
sex offender was adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense in this state, the petition shall
be filed in the juvenile court of the county in which the juvenile sex offender was adjudicated
delinquent. (2) If the juvenile sex offender was adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense in
a jurisdiction outside of this state, the petition shall be filed in the...
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26-10A-22
Section 26-10A-22 Attorney participation and appointment of attorney for the adoptee or other
party. (a) In making adoption arrangements, potential adopting parents and birth parents may
obtain counsel to provide legal advice and assistance. (b) Upon the motion of any party, or
upon the court's own motion, before or after the filing of petition for adoption the court
may appoint a guardian ad litem for the adoptee, or for any incompetent or minor who is a
party to the proceeding or who would be a party to the proceeding. In the event of a contested
adoption, a guardian ad litem shall be appointed. The fees of a guardian ad litem shall be
assessed as court costs. (Acts 1990, No. 90-554, p. 912, §22.)...
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35-5A-20
Section 35-5A-20 Accounting by and determining of liability of custodian. (a) A minor who has
attained the age of 14 years, the minor's guardian of the person or legal representative,
an adult member of the minor's family, a transferor, or a transferor's legal representative
may petition the court (1) for an accounting by the custodian or the custodian's legal representative;
or (2) for a determination of responsibility, as between the custodial property and the custodian
personally, for claims against the custodial property unless the responsibility has been adjudicated
in an action under section 35-5A-18 to which the minor or the minor's legal representative
was a party. (b) A successor custodian may petition the court for an accounting by the predecessor
custodian. (c) The court, in a proceeding under this chapter or in any other proceeding, may
require or permit the custodian or the custodian's legal representative to account. (d) If
a custodian is removed under section...
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39-7-5
Section 39-7-5 Summary proceedings for review, etc., of sufficiency of petition. The probate
or circuit court or any judge thereof within the county shall have summary jurisdiction upon
complaint of an elector to determine the sufficiency of the petition and shall make such order
as justice may require as to such sufficiency. Such summary proceeding shall be instituted
within 10 days after the petition is filed with the clerk or probate judge. (Acts 1935, No.
40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §21.)...
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15-15-20.1
Section 15-15-20.1 Non-capital felony offense. (a) In any criminal proceeding for a non-capital
felony offense commenced by complaint, the defendant may give written notice three days after
his or her arrest to a judge of the district or circuit court of the county having jurisdiction
of the offense charged that the defendant desires to plead guilty as charged or as a youthful
offender upon the granting of youthful offender status. (b) Upon receipt of the written notice
from the defendant stating his or her desire to plead guilty, the court shall direct the district
attorney to prefer and file an information against the defendant. The information shall be
made under oath of the district attorney or a witness, and shall accuse the defendant with
the same specificity as required in an indictment of the offense or offenses for which the
defendant is charged. This section shall not be construed to preclude the district attorney
from amending or dismissing a pending charge against a...
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15-21-7
Section 15-21-7 When petition may be addressed to another judge; justifying proof required;
ouster of jurisdiction of nearest judge. (a) When the petition for a writ of habeas corpus
is required to be addressed to the nearest circuit court judge and such judge is absent, is
incapable of acting, has refused to grant the writ, has refused to grant the writ returnable
within five days or has granted the writ returnable in five days but has failed or refused
to rule therein within five days from the return date, it may be addressed to any other circuit
court judge. In such case, before the writ is granted, proof must be made, either by the oath
of the applicant or other sufficient evidence, of the particular facts which justify such
address. (b) The jurisdiction of the nearest circuit court judge shall be ousted when the
petition is filed with any other circuit court judge. (Code 1852, §714; Code 1867, §4265;
Code 1876, §4941; Code 1886, §4765; Code 1896, §4818; Code 1907, §7013;...
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18-1A-254
Section 18-1A-254 Absence of concurrent condemnation action. In the absence of a pending condemnation
action relating to the property, a petition, motion, or other proceeding initiated in connection
with arbitration pursuant to an agreement under this article shall be filed in and determined
by a court that would have both jurisdiction and proper venue of the condemnation action if
it had been commenced immediately prior thereto. Unless the agreement for arbitration otherwise
provides, the total or apportioned amounts of compensation as determined by the arbitration
award and confirmed by the court shall be entered as a judgment with the same effect and subject
to the same terms and conditions as a judgment of condemnation of the property. (Acts 1985,
No. 85-548, p. 802, §1505.)...
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