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12-15-314
Section 12-15-314 Dispositions for dependent children. (a) If a child is found to be dependent,
the juvenile court may make any of the following orders of disposition to protect the welfare
of the child: (1) Permit the child to remain with the parent, legal guardian, or other legal
custodian of the child, subject to conditions and limitations as the juvenile court may prescribe.
(2) Place the child under protective supervision under the Department of Human Resources.
(3) Transfer legal custody to any of the following: a. The Department of Human Resources.
b. A local public or private agency, organization, or facility willing and able to assume
the education, care, and maintenance of the child and which is licensed by the Department
of Human Resources or otherwise authorized by law to receive and provide care for the child.
c. A relative or other individual who, after study by the Department of Human Resources, is
found by the juvenile court to be qualified to receive and care for the...
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12-18-8.2
Section 12-18-8.2 Eligibility for retirement of circuit judges; credit for former service in
executive department of state; credit for service as full-time assistant district attorney,
deputy district attorney or assistant attorney general. (a) Any circuit judge who is an active
and contributing member of the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama and has been such a member
since February 1, 1977, and who has had full-time service as an administrative assistant and/or
an executive assistant in the executive department of the state, or who had former service
as a full-time assistant district attorney, a deputy district attorney or an assistant attorney
general regardless of whether or not such time of service was continuous, may hereby claim
and purchase credit in the judicial retirement fund for up to three years of such time of
service. (b) Any circuit judge eligible to claim and purchase credit for such service under
subsection (a) shall be awarded such credit provided that such judge...
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26-10-4.1
Section 26-10-4.1 Fee for investigation services involving adoption; disposition of moneys
received. (a) The State Department of Human Resources shall charge and collect a fee in the
amount of $300.00 for investigation services they perform in cases involving adoption, provided,
however, that in those adoption proceedings in which an investigation is specifically not
required by statute because the petitioner is a stepfather, stepmother, or closely related
relative, no fee shall be charged for investigation services. This fee shall not apply to
investigation services for cases in which a child was placed for adoption by the State Department
of Human Resources, in cases in which a child was placed for adoption as a result of or pursuant
to a court order in which parental rights in the child were terminated or in cases in which
the investigative services were performed by a licensed child-placing agency. The Department
of Human Resources may waive this fee in the case of an indigent and...
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38-13-4
Section 38-13-4 Mandatory criminal history check notice; suitability determinations; checks
on subsequent activity. (a) Every employer, child care facility, adult care facility, the
Department of Human Resources, and child placing agency required to obtain a criminal history
background information check pursuant to this chapter shall obtain, prior to or upon the date
of employment, or issuance of a license or approval or renewal thereof, and maintain in the
agency or personnel file, a request with written consent for the criminal history background
information check and a statement signed by the applicant, volunteer, or employee indicating
whether he or she has ever been convicted of a crime, and if so, fully disclosing all convictions.
The statement shall include a notice and questionnaire the same as or similar to the following:
(1) MANDATORY CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK NOTICE: Alabama law requires that a criminal history
background information check be conducted on all persons who hold a...
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12-15-409
Section 12-15-409 Role of attorney as advocate; designation of facilities. (a) An attorney
representing the state, any county, or municipality or the Department of Youth Services or
the Department of Human Resources or an attorney representing the person or persons filing
a petition to have a minor or child committed may serve as the advocate in support of the
petition to commit in all matters regarding the petition. (b) At the final hearing upon a
petition seeking to commit a minor or child to the custody of the department on the basis
that the minor or child is mentally ill, the juvenile court may grant the petition if clear
and convincing evidence proves all of the following: (1) That the minor or child sought to
be committed is mentally ill. (2) That, as a consequence of the mental illness, the minor
or child poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to himself, herself, or to others.
(3) That the threat of substantial harm has been evidenced by a recent overt act. (4)...
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23-1-29
Section 23-1-29 Legal division - Charging of salaries and expenses. The salaries of the chief
counsel, assistant counsel, stenographic and clerical help, and other expenses of the legal
division shall be charged, so far as practicable, to the division or function of the State
Department of Transportation for which the expense was incurred. (Acts 1963, No. 581, p. 1267,
§5.)...
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26-16-50
Section 26-16-50 Department of Human Resources to provide for teams; composition of teams.
The Department of Human Resources shall provide for the development and coordination of the
multi-disciplinary child protection teams created by this article and for the services to
be provided by such teams throughout the state. Such teams shall be composed of representatives
from the local departments of human resources, the local law enforcement agencies, the local
district attorneys' offices, and the local educational agencies. The teams may also include
representatives from the local health field, mental health services, local social service
agencies, and local members of the legal profession. Representatives of other professions
or disciplines may be included if the local team as established deems them useful or necessary.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-682, p. 1078, §1.)...
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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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38-10-30
Section 38-10-30 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) CHILD. A minor or disabled child. (2) CUSTODY. A legal status created by court
order. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources of the State of Alabama, including
the state and county departments of human resources. (4) FOSTER CARE. Services for children
outside of their own homes provided on a 24-hour basis in a licensed or approved facility.
(Acts 1986, Ex. Sess., No. 86-686, p. 81, §1.)...
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38-2-8
Section 38-2-8 County departments of human resources. (a) There is hereby created in each county
a county department of human resources which shall consist of the county director of human
resources and such other officers and employees as the county board and state department shall
deem necessary for the efficient performance of the welfare services of the county. The county
director, subject to the approval of the county board and the provisions of the merit system,
shall appoint such staff as may be necessary to administer the welfare activities within the
county. Upon request of the local board, the State Personnel Department shall establish a
county register of eligibles who are residents of the county in which the vacancy exists.
If no appointment is made from the local register or there is no local register then appointment
shall be made from the statewide register. Any person employed in county departments shall
be covered under the provisions of the State Merit System. (b) It...
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