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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26-21-7
Section 26-21-7 Nonliability of physician for claims arising out of disclosure of information; nondisclosure of information regarding abortion pursuant to court order; physician has no duty to secure waiver. (a) No physician who complies with the parental consent requirements of this chapter shall be liable in any manner to the minor upon whom the abortion was performed for any claim whatsoever arising out of or based on the disclosure of any information concerning the medical condition of such minor to her parent, parents, or legal guardian. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a physician who performs an abortion pursuant to a court order obtained under this chapter, shall not disclose any information regarding same to the parent, parents, or legal guardian of the minor unless such disclosure is made pursuant to a court order. In no event shall the physician be under any duty to initiate proceedings in any court to secure a waiver of the parental consent requirement on behalf of any minor...
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26-5-8
Section 26-5-8 Final settlement generally - Filing of account and vouchers by conservator; appointment of guardian ad litem for ward. The conservator, or his or her personal representative, must file in the court of probate a full account of the conservatorship, accompanied by the vouchers and verified by affidavit. Upon the filing of such account and vouchers, the court must appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the ward if he or she be a minor or otherwise incapacitated. (Code 1886, §2460; Code 1896, §2345; Code 1907, §4435; Code 1923, §8208; Code 1940, T. 21, §135; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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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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26-21-4
of petition; precedence of proceeding; rules of procedure; waiver of consent; guardian ad litem for interests of unborn child; findings and conclusions; appeal; no fees or costs; related criminal charges. (a) A minor who elects not to seek or does not or cannot for any reason, obtain consent from either of her parents or legal guardian, may petition, on her own behalf, the juvenile court, or the court of equal standing, in the county in which the minor resides or in the county in which the abortion is to be performed for a waiver of the consent requirement of this chapter. Notice by the court to the minor's parents, parent, or legal guardian shall not be required or permitted. The requirements and procedures under this chapter shall apply and are available only to minors who are residents of this state. (b) The minor may participate in proceedings in the court on her own behalf. The court shall advise her that she has a right to be represented by an attorney and that if she is unable...
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26-2A-152
Section 26-2A-152 Powers of conservator in administration. (a) Subject to limitation provided in Section 26-2A-154, a conservator shall have all of the powers conferred in this section and any additional powers now or hereafter conferred by law on trustees in this state. In addition, a conservator of the estate of an unmarried minor as to whom no one has parental rights, has the powers of a guardian of a minor described in Section 26-2A-78 until the minor attains the age of 19 years, or the disabilities of nonage have been removed, but the parental rights so conferred on a conservator do not preclude appointment of a guardian as provided in Division 1 of this article. (b) A conservator without court authorization or confirmation may invest and reinvest funds of the estate as would a trustee. (c) A conservator, acting as a fiduciary in efforts to accomplish the purpose of the appointment, may act without court authorization or confirmation, to (1) Collect, hold, and retain assets of the...
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35-5A-2
Section 35-5A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. An individual who has attained the age of 21 years. (2) BENEFIT PLAN. An employer's plan for the benefit of an employee or partner, or an individual retirement account. (3) BROKER. A person lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities or commodities for the person's own account or for the account of others. (4) CONSERVATOR. A person appointed or qualified by a court to act as general, limited, or temporary guardian of a minor's property or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions. (5) COURT. Circuit court. (6) CUSTODIAL PROPERTY. a. Any interest in property transferred to a custodian under this chapter and b. The income from and proceeds of that interest in property. (7) CUSTODIAN. A person so designated under Section 35-5A-10 or a successor or...
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12-15-305
Section 12-15-305 Right to counsel for petitioners or respondent parents, legal guardians, or legal custodians in dependency proceedings. THIS SECTION WAS CREATED BY ACT 2008-277 IN THE 2008 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009. (a) Upon request and a finding of indigency, the juvenile court may appoint an attorney to represent the petitioner and may order recoupment of the fees of the attorney to be paid to the State of Alabama. (b) In dependency and termination of parental rights cases, the respondent parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian shall be informed of his or her right to be represented by counsel and, if the juvenile court determines that he or she is indigent, counsel shall be appointed where the respondent parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian is unable for financial reasons to retain his or her own counsel. (Act 2008-277, §18.)...
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6-10-83
Section 6-10-83 Proceedings to set apart homestead when same exceeds value allowed. When it appears from the report of the appraisers that the homestead exceeds in value $6,000, the probate court shall forthwith appoint three commissioners, who shall, as soon as practicable not exceeding 30 days after their appointment, set off and allot the homestead exempt, having regard to both the quality and value of the property and to the selection of the surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse or the surviving spouse fails to act, of the guardian of the minor child or children, if there is such guardian; and, within 10 days thereafter, the commissioners shall return to the court in writing the homestead set off and allotted by them. (Code 1886, §2551; Code 1896, §2081; Code 1907, §4208; Code 1923, §7930; Code 1940, T. 7, §673; Acts 1951, No. 911, p. 1558, §1; Acts 1982, No. 82-399, p. 578, §8-102.)...
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12-15-319
Section 12-15-319 Grounds for termination of parental rights; factors considered; presumption arising from abandonment. (a) If the juvenile court finds from clear and convincing evidence, competent, material, and relevant in nature, that the parents of a child are unable or unwilling to discharge their responsibilities to and for the child, or that the conduct or condition of the parents renders them unable to properly care for the child and that the conduct or condition is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future, it may terminate the parental rights of the parents. In a hearing on a petition for termination of parental rights, the court shall consider the best interests of the child. In determining whether or not the parents are unable or unwilling to discharge their responsibilities to and for the child and to terminate the parental rights, the juvenile court shall consider the following factors including, but not limited to, the following: (1) That the parents have abandoned...
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