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6-6-26.01
Section 6-6-26.01 Definitions. In this division: (1) "Collaborative law communication"
means a statement, whether oral or in a record, or verbal or nonverbal, that: (A) is made
to conduct, participate in, continue, or reconvene a collaborative law process; and (B) occurs
after the parties sign a collaborative law participation agreement and before the collaborative
law process is concluded. (2) "Collaborative law participation agreement" means
an agreement by persons to participate in a collaborative law process. (3) "Collaborative
law process" means a procedure intended to resolve a collaborative matter without intervention
by a tribunal in which persons: (A) sign a collaborative law participation agreement; and
(B) are represented by collaborative lawyers. (4) "Collaborative lawyer" means a
lawyer who represents a party in a collaborative law process. (5) "Collaborative matter"
means a dispute, transaction, claim, problem, or issue for resolution, including a dispute,
claim, or issue...
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12-18-33
Section 12-18-33 Surviving spouses' election to obtain benefits under provisions of Article
1 of chapter; payment to Judicial Retirement Fund by surviving spouse at time of election.
The surviving spouse of any justice or judge, active or supernumerary, who died at any time
before the expiration of one year from October 1, 1976, is authorized to elect to come under
the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter and obtain the benefits thereof for spouses. Such
election is to be manifested in the same manner and within the same time provided in Sections
12-18-30 through 12-18-32 for the election by a supernumerary justice or judge; except, that
in cases of death of justices or judges, active or supernumerary, during the last six months
of the year following October 1, 1976, an election by a surviving spouse shall be made within
six months from the death of the deceased justice or judge. The surviving spouse must, at
the time of making the election, pay into the Judicial Retirement Fund a...
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12-25-32
Section 12-25-32 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the
following meanings: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Sentencing Commission, established as a state
agency under the Supreme Court by this chapter. (2) CONTINUUM OF PUNISHMENTS. An array of
punishment options, from probation to incarceration, graduated in restrictiveness according
to the degree of supervision of the offender including, but not limited to, all of the following:
a. Active Incarceration. A sentence, other than an intermediate punishment or unsupervised
probation, that requires an offender to serve a sentence of imprisonment. The term includes
time served in a work release program operated as a custody option by the Alabama Department
of Corrections or in the Supervised Intensive Restitution program of the Department of Corrections
pursuant to Article 7, commencing with Section 15-18-110, of Chapter 18 of Title 15. b. Intermediate
Punishment. A sentence that may include assignment to any...
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15-20A-4
Section 15-20A-4 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) ADULT SEX OFFENDER. A person convicted of a sex offense. (2) CHILD.
A person who has not attained the age of 12. (3) CHILDCARE FACILITY. A licensed child daycare
center, a licensed childcare facility, or any other childcare service that is exempt from
licensing pursuant to Section 38-7-3, if it is sufficiently conspicuous that a reasonable
person should know or recognize its location or its address has been provided to local law
enforcement. (4) CONVICTION. A verdict or finding of guilt as the result of a trial, a plea
of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, or an Alford plea regardless of whether adjudication
was withheld. Conviction includes, but is not limited to, a conviction in a United States
territory, a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted
by the Armed Forces of the United States, a conviction for an offense committed...
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16-64-1
Section 16-64-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings: (1) MINOR. An individual who, because of age, lacks the capacity to contract
under Alabama law. Under current law, this means a single individual under 19 years of age
and a married individual under 18 years of age, but excludes an individual whose disabilities
of nonage have been removed by a court of competent jurisdiction for a reason other than establishing
a legal residence in Alabama. If current law changes, this definition shall change accordingly.
(2) RESIDENCE. The single location at which a person resides with the intent of remaining
in that location indefinitely as evidenced by more substantial connections with that place
than with any other place. (3) RESIDENT. One whose residence is in the State of Alabama. (4)
RESIDENT/NONRESIDENT STUDENT. In determining resident or nonresident classification, the primary
issue is one of intent. If a person is in Alabama...
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16-6G-4
Section 16-6G-4 Use of funds in support of Alabama Reading Initiative; literacy and reading
specialists. (a) Funds appropriated by the Legislature in support of the Alabama Reading Initiative
shall be allocated to support the following: (1) Local education agencies to support local
reading specialists. (2) The Alabama Summer Achievement Program. (3) Regional literacy specialists.
(4) Preservice and inservice teacher professional learning activities for elementary school
teachers in reading. (5) Curricula to support student interventions. (6) State administration.
(b) Funds dedicated to the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be expended on local and regional
reading specialists, professional learning activities, and administrative activities that
support all of the following activities for kindergarten through third grade students in public
K-12 schools; continued funding shall be contingent on measurable performance growth, as determined
by the task force established under subsection (a)...
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26-23H-3
Section 26-23H-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any
other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be
pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood
cause the death of the unborn child. The term does not include these activities if done with
the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn
child, to deliver the unborn child prematurely to avoid a serious health risk to the unborn
child's mother, or to preserve the health of her unborn child. The term does not include a
procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman with an ectopic pregnancy, nor does
it include the procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman when the unborn child
has a lethal anomaly. (2) ECTOPIC PREGNANCY. Any pregnancy resulting from...
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30-5-3
Section 30-5-3 Jurisdiction; request for protection order; venue; other actions; residency.
(a) The courts, as provided in this chapter, shall have jurisdiction to issue protection orders.
(b) A protection order may be requested in any pending civil or domestic relations action,
as an independent civil action, or in conjunction with the preliminary, final, or post-judgment
relief in a civil action. (c) A petition for a protection order may be filed in any of the
following locations: (1) Where the plaintiff or defendant resides. (2) Where the plaintiff
is temporarily located if he or she has left his or her residence to avoid further abuse.
(3) Where the abuse occurred. (4) Where a civil matter is pending before the court in which
the plaintiff and the defendant are opposing parties. (d) When custody, visitation, or support,
or a combination of them, of a child or children has been established in a previous court
order in this state, or an action containing any of the issues above is...
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37-16-3
Section 37-16-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES. The communications capabilities defined
from time to time as advanced telecommunications capabilities by the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) through regulations, statutes, or other written guidance or orders. The term
also includes broadband systems and broadband services. (2) BROADBAND AFFILIATE. A person
that is at least 10 percent owned by an electric provider, controlled by way of ownership
interests therein, directly or indirectly, by the electric provider, or under common control
with the electric provider, and which is formed to provide, among other services, utility
support services or nonutility support services. (3) BROADBAND OPERATOR. A person that owns
or operates a broadband system within an electric easement, including the electric provider
if the electric provider is operating the broadband system and including a...
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38-1-5
Section 38-1-5 Civil actions against certain persons owning property and supported at public
charge. If any person who has received any relief, support or maintenance at public charge,
under Chapter 8 of this title or as an inmate of any state, county or municipal institution,
was at the time of receiving such relief, support or maintenance the owner of property, the
authorities charged with the care of the poor of the municipality or the authorities in charge
of the institution chargeable with such relief, support or maintenance may file a civil action
for and collect the value of the same against such person and against his estate. In any such
action or proceeding, the statutes of limitation shall not be placed in defense, but the court
may, in its discretion, refuse to enter judgment or allow the claim in favor of the claimant
in any case where a parent, wife or child is dependent on such property for support. The records
kept by the state, county or municipality, for the purpose of...
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