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12-15-402
Section 12-15-402 Authority and procedure. (a) The state, any county, any municipality, or
any governmental department or agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Human
Resources or the Department of Youth Services, or any person, including a parent, legal guardian,
or legal custodian, may file a petition in the juvenile court to have any minor or child,
as defined in this chapter, committed to the custody of the department on the basis that the
minor or child is an individual with a mental illness or intellectual disability and, as a
consequence of that mental illness or intellectual disability, poses a real and present threat
of substantial harm to self or to others. (b) The petition shall be verified and filed in
the county in which the minor or child is located or resides, petitioning the juvenile court
to commit the minor or child to the custody of the department. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384,
§5-137; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-928; §12-15-90; amended and...
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13A-6-40
Section 13A-6-40 Definitions. The following definitions apply in this article: (1) RESTRAIN.
To intentionally or knowingly restrict a person's movements unlawfully and without consent,
so as to interfere substantially with his liberty by moving him from one place to another,
or by confining him either in the place where the restriction commences or in a place to which
he has been moved. Restraint is "without consent" if it is accomplished by: a. Physical
force, intimidation or deception, or b. Any means, including acquiescence of the victim, if
he is a child less than 16 years old or an incompetent person and the parent, guardian or
other person or institution having lawful control or custody of him has not acquiesced in
the movement or confinement. (2) ABDUCT. To restrain a person with intent to prevent his liberation
by either: a. Secreting or holding him in a place where he is not likely to be found, or b.
Using or threatening to use deadly physical force. (3) RELATIVE. A parent or...
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15-20A-48
Section 15-20A-48 Relation to other laws. (a) For the purposes of Sections 13A-5-2, 13A-5-6,
14-9-41, 15-18-8, 15-22-27.3, or any other section of the Code of Alabama 1975, a criminal
sex offense involving a child shall mean a conviction for any sex offense in which the victim
was a child under the age of 12 or any offense involving child pornography. (b) For the purpose
of Section 12-15-107(a)(7), a juvenile probation officer shall notify the state and either
the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a juvenile sex offender, or the child's
attorney for the juvenile sex offender, of the pending release of the sex offender and provide
them with a copy of the risk assessment pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 15-20A-26. (c)
For the purpose of Section 12-15-116(a)(5), a juvenile court shall have exclusive original
jurisdiction to try any individual who is 18 years of age or older and violates any of the
juvenile criminal sex offender provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection...
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19-3B-303
Section 19-3B-303 Representation by fiduciaries and ancestors. To the extent there is no conflict
of interest between the representative and the person represented or among those being represented
with respect to a particular question or dispute: (1) a conservator may represent and bind
the estate that the conservator controls; (2) a guardian may represent and bind the ward if
a conservator of the ward's estate has not been appointed; (3) an agent having authority to
act with respect to the particular question or dispute may represent and bind the principal;
(4) a trustee may represent and bind the beneficiaries of the trust; (5) a personal representative
of a decedent's estate may represent and bind persons interested in the estate; and (6) a
parent or other direct ancestor may represent and bind the minor or unborn issue if a conservator
or guardian for the issue has not been appointed. (Act 2006-216, p. 314, §1.)...
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2-27-62
Section 2-27-62 Penalty for violations of article; injunctions. (a) General penalty. Any person
who shall violate the provisions or requirements of this article, or rules and regulations
promulgated under this article, or who engages in the custom application of pesticides without
having a license therefor or who shall fail or refuse to perform any duty or requirement imposed
by the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall
be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00 and, within the discretion of the court,
may also be imprisoned for a term not to exceed six months. (b) Remedy by injunction. In addition
to the penalty prescribed in subsection (a) of this section and notwithstanding the existence
of an adequate legal remedy, the circuit court, or any judge thereof, shall have jurisdiction
and for cause shown and upon a hearing to grant a temporary restraining order or a preliminary
or permanent injunction, or all, restraining and...
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31-13-27
Section 31-13-27 Verification of citizenship and immigration status of students enrolling in
public schools; annual reports; disclosure of information. (a)(1) Every public elementary
and secondary school in this state, at the time of enrollment in kindergarten or any grade
in such school, shall determine whether the student enrolling in public school was born outside
the jurisdiction of the United States or is the child of an alien not lawfully present in
the United States and qualifies for assignment to an English as Second Language class or other
remedial program. (2) The public school, when making the determination required by subdivision
(1), shall rely upon presentation of the student's original birth certificate, or a certified
copy thereof. (3) If, upon review of the student's birth certificate, it is determined that
the student was born outside the jurisdiction of the United States or is the child of an alien
not lawfully present in the United States, or where such certificate...
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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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38-12-4
Section 38-12-4 Individualized service plan. (a) The department shall determine whether the
person is able to care effectively for the foster child by the following methods: (1) Reviewing
personal and professional references. (2) Observing during a home visit of the kinship foster
parent with household members. (3) Interviewing the kinship foster parent. (b) The department
and the kinship foster parent shall develop an individualized service plan for the foster
care of the child. The plan shall be periodically reviewed and updated. If the plan includes
the use of an approved daycare center or family daycare home, the department shall pay for
child care arrangements, according to established rates. (c) The kinship foster parent shall
cooperate with any activities specified in the individualized service plan for the foster
child, such as counseling, therapy, court sessions, or visits with the foster child's parents
or other family members. (d) Whether appointed kinship guardian by the...
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43-8-1
Section 43-8-1 General definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in the subsequent
articles which are applicable to specific articles or divisions, and unless the context otherwise
requires, in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BENEFICIARY.
As it relates to trust beneficiaries, includes a person who has any present or future interest,
vested or contingent, and also includes the owner of an interest by assignment or other transfer
and as it relates to a charitable trust, includes any person entitled to enforce the trust.
(2) CHILD. Includes any individual entitled to take as a child under this chapter by intestate
succession from the parent whose relationship is involved and excludes any person who is only
a stepchild, a foster child, a grandchild or any more remote descendant. (3) COURT. The court
having jurisdiction in matters relating to the affairs of decedents. This court in Alabama
is known as the probate court. (4) DAYS. That...
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12-15-122
Section 12-15-122 Issuance and service of summonses generally; waiver of service of summonses.
(a) After a petition alleging delinquency, in need of supervision, or dependency has been
filed, the juvenile court shall direct the issuance of summonses to be directed to the child
if he or she is 12 or more years of age, to the parents, legal guardian, or other legal custodian,
and to other persons who appear to the juvenile court to be proper or necessary parties to
the proceedings, requiring them to appear personally before the juvenile court at the time
fixed to answer or testify as to the allegations of the petition. Where the legal custodian
is summoned, the parent or legal guardian, or both, shall also be served with a summons. (b)
A copy of the petition shall be attached to each summons. (c) The summons shall direct the
parents, legal guardian, or other legal custodian having the custody or control of the child
to bring him or her to the hearing. (d) An adult who is a party may...
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