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30-3-152
Section 30-3-152 Factors considered; order without both parents' consent; presumption where
both parents request joint custody. (a) The court shall in every case consider joint custody
but may award any form of custody which is determined to be in the best interest of the child.
In determining whether joint custody is in the best interest of the child, the court shall
consider the same factors considered in awarding sole legal and physical custody and all of
the following factors: (1) The agreement or lack of agreement of the parents on joint custody.
(2) The past and present ability of the parents to cooperate with each other and make decisions
jointly. (3) The ability of the parents to encourage the sharing of love, affection, and contact
between the child and the other parent. (4) Any history of or potential for child abuse, spouse
abuse, or kidnapping. (5) The geographic proximity of the parents to each other as this relates
to the practical considerations of joint physical...
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38-1-3
Section 38-1-3 Legal representative for handling public assistance payments of incompetents.
If any otherwise qualified applicant for or recipient of public assistance appears to be incapable,
physically or mentally, or both, of managing his public assistance payments, and has no legal
guardian, he, his spouse, father, mother, child, brother or sister, with the consent of the
Department of Human Resources, or the Department of Human Resources may petition the probate
judge for the appointment of a legal representative to handle his public assistance payments
only. The petition shall be accompanied by a certificate in writing of a physician which certificate
shall state that the physician upon examination believes the applicant or recipient to be
physically or mentally, or both, incapable of managing his public assistance payments. The
probate judge shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of appointing a competent person as
legal representative after notice of at least 10 days in...
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38-12-32
Section 38-12-32 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) CAREGIVER. An individual 21 years of age or older, other than a child's parent,
legal guardian, or legal custodian who is an approved foster parent, who is a relative of
the child, and who has been providing care and support for the child while the child has been
residing in the caregiver's home for at least the last six consecutive months while in the
legal custody of the Department of Human Resources, a designated official for a child-placing
agency, or a successor guardian. (2) CHILD. An individual under 18 years of age who is in
foster care with the caregiver and over whom a court has exercised continuing jurisdiction.
(3) COURT. The juvenile court. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources. (5) KINSHIP
GUARDIAN. A caregiver who is willing to assume care of a child because of parental incapacity
of a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other dependency...
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26-10A-12
Section 26-10A-12 Persons who may take consent or relinquishments; forms. (a) A consent of
the natural mother taken prior to the birth of a child shall be signed or confirmed before
a judge of probate. At the time of taking the consent the judge shall explain to the consenting
parent the legal effect of signing the document and the time limits and procedures for withdrawal
of the consent and shall provide the parent with a form for withdrawing the consent in accordance
with the requirements of Sections 26-10A-13 and 26-10A-14. (b) All other pre-birth or post-birth
consents or relinquishments shall be signed or confirmed before: (1) A judge or clerk of any
court which has jurisdiction over adoption proceedings, or a public officer appointed by such
judge for the purpose of taking consents; or (2) A person appointed to take consents who is
appointed by any agency which is authorized to conduct investigations or home studies provided
by Section 26-10A-19, or, if the consent is taken out...
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26-10A-15
Section 26-10A-15 Surrender of custody of minor under age of majority. (a) No health facility
shall surrender the physical custody of an adoptee to any person other than the Department
of Human Resources, a licensed child placing agency, parent, relative by blood or marriage,
or person having legal custody, unless such surrender is authorized in a writing executed
after the birth of the adoptee by one of the adoptee's parents or agency or the person having
legal custody of the adoptee. (b) A health facility shall report to the Department of Human
Resources on forms supplied by the department, the name and address of any person and, in
the case of a person acting as an agent for an organization, the name and address of the organization
to whose physical custody an adoptee is surrendered. Such report shall be transmitted to the
department within 48 hours from the surrendering of custody. (c) No adoptee shall be placed
with the petitioners prior to the completion of a pre-placement...
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26-17-607
Section 26-17-607 Action to disprove parentage when there is a presumed father. (a) Except
as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a presumed father may bring an action to disprove
paternity at any time. If the presumed father persists in his status as the legal father of
a child, neither the mother nor any other individual may maintain an action to disprove paternity.
(b) A presumption of paternity under this section may be rebutted in an appropriate action
only by clear and convincing evidence. In the event two or more conflicting presumptions arise,
that which is founded upon the weightier considerations of public policy and logic, as evidenced
by the facts, shall control. The presumption of paternity is rebutted by a court decree establishing
paternity of the child by another man. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)...
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12-15-133
Section 12-15-133 Filing and inspection of records. (a) The following records, reports, and
information acquired or generated in juvenile courts concerning children shall be confidential
and shall not be released to any person, department, agency, or entity, except as provided
elsewhere in this section: (1) Juvenile legal files (including formal documents as petitions,
notices, motions, legal memoranda, orders, and decrees). (2) Social records, including but
not limited to: a. Records of juvenile probation officers. b. Records of the Department of
Human Resources. c. Records of the Department of Youth Services. d. Medical records. e. Psychiatric
or psychological records. f. Reports of preliminary inquiries and predisposition studies.
g. Supervision records. h. Birth certificates. i. Individualized service plans. j. Education
records, including, but not limited to, individualized education plans. k. Detention records.
l. Demographic information that identifies a child or the family of a...
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30-1-16
Section 30-1-16 Correction of vital error in marriage records. In all marriages where a vital
records error has been made, the parties to the marriage may file amended affidavits, forms,
and data with the judge of probate. The fee for filing amended affidavits, forms, and data
shall be the same as for an original filing. The amended affidavits, forms, and data shall
state that they are amended and shall reference the date in which the original affidavits,
forms, and data were filed. The judge of probate shall record the amended affidavits, forms,
and data if agreed to by the parties and shall forward a one page decree of correction to
the Office of Vital Statistics. If the parties cannot agree on the one page decree of correction,
either party may file an action in circuit court to correct the error. (Acts 1943, No. 337,
p. 318; Act 2019-340, §1.)...
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30-3B-209
Section 30-3B-209 Information to be submitted to court. (a) Except, as otherwise provided in
subsection (e), in a child custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an
attached affidavit, shall give information, if reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to
the child's present address or whereabouts, the places where the child has lived during the
last five years, and the names and present addresses of the persons with whom the child has
lived during that period. The pleading or affidavit must state whether the party: (1) Has
participated, as a party or witness or in any other capacity, in any other proceeding concerning
the custody of or visitation with the child and, if so, identify the court, the case number,
and the date of the child custody determination, if any; (2) Knows of any proceeding that
could affect the current proceeding, including proceedings for enforcement and proceedings
relating to domestic violence, protective orders, termination of parental rights,...
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26-10A-13
Section 26-10A-13 Time of consent or relinquishment; filing with court. (a) A consent or relinquishment
may be taken at any time, except that once signed or confirmed, may be withdrawn within five
days after birth or within five days after signing of the consent or relinquishment, whichever
comes last. (b) Consent or relinquishment can be withdrawn if the court finds that the withdrawal
is reasonable under the circumstances and consistent with the best interest of the child within
14 days after the birth of the child or within 14 days after signing of the consent or relinquishment,
whichever comes last. (c) All consents or relinquishments required by this act shall be filed
with the court in which the petition for adoption is pending before the final decree of adoption
is entered. (Acts 1990, No. 90-554, p. 912, §13.)...
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