26-17-602
Section 26-17-602 Standing to maintain proceeding. Subject to Article 3 and Sections 26-17-607 and 26-17-609, a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be maintained by: (1) the child; (2) the mother of the child; (3) a man whose paternity of the child is to be adjudicated; (4) the Alabama Department of Human Resources; (5) an authorized adoption agency or licensed child-placing agency licensed in Alabama or any other state that is properly authorized to do business in Alabama; (6) a representative authorized by law to act for an individual who would otherwise be entitled to maintain a proceeding but who is deceased, incapacitated, or a minor; or (7) any interested person. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)...
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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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38-15-3
Section 38-15-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CHILD. A person under the age of 18 years. (2) COMMUNITY TREATMENT FACILITY FOR YOUTHS. A religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit youth residential facility that provides mental health treatment services to children in a group setting and that has the capacity to provide secure containment. (3) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Human Resources. (4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the State Department of Human Resources. (5) LONG TERM YOUTH RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. A religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit long term residential facility, group care facility, or similar facility as determined by the director, providing 24-hour nonmedical care of youth in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the child and...
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23-1-374
Section 23-1-374 Revocation, refusal to issue or renew license; procedure for review under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. In any case where the director refuses to issue a certificate of approval, license, or renewal of license for an airport, restricted landing area, or other air navigation facility, or refuses to allow any aircraft to be operated, or in any case where the director shall issue any order requiring certain things to be done, or revoking any license or certificate, the director shall set forth the reasons therefor and shall state the requirements to be met before approval will be given, license granted, or order modified or changed. Any order made by the director pursuant to this article shall be delivered either in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the interested persons. Any person aggrieved by an order of the director may request a hearing pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Section 41-22-1, et seq. A hearing shall...
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40-26B-20
Section 40-26B-20 Definitions. The following words, terms, and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) BED. Any bed that is licensed by the Alabama Department of Health and its successor agency to provide nursing home care which is in a nursing facility. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama. (3) FISCAL YEAR. An accounting period of 12 months beginning on the first day of the first month of the state fiscal year. (4) MEDICAID PROGRAM. The medical assistance program as established in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and as administered in the State of Alabama by the Alabama Medicaid Agency pursuant to executive order and Title 560 of the Alabama Administrative Code. (5) NURSING FACILITY. An institution which is licensed under the laws of the State of Alabama as a skilled nursing facility or an intermediate nursing facility. Nursing facility shall not include any facility owned or operated by, or operating under an exclusive contract with, the State...
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41-29-224
Section 41-29-224 Information required of state agencies requiring regulatory approval, etc. Each state agency which requires a permit, license, or other regulatory approval or maintains standards or criteria with which an activity or facility must comply shall inform the office of the following: (1) The activity or facility that is subject to regulation. (2) The existence of any threshold levels which would exempt the activity or facility from regulation. (3) The nature of the regulatory program. (4) The amount of any fees. (5) How to apply for any permits or regulatory approvals. (6) A brief statement of the purpose of requiring the permit or regulatory approval or requiring compliance with the standards or criteria. (Acts 1984, No. 84-262, p. 445, §5; §41-9-764; amended and renumbered by Act 2015-450, §5.)...
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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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12-15-301
Section 12-15-301 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONMENT. A voluntary and intentional relinquishment of the custody of a child by a parent, or a withholding from the child, without good cause or excuse, by the parent, of his or her presence, care, love, protection, maintenance, or the opportunity for the display of filial affection, or the failure to claim the rights of a parent, or failure to perform the duties of a parent. (2) AGE APPROPRIATE or DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE. Activities or items that are generally accepted as suitable for children of the same chronological age or level of maturity or that are determined to be developmentally appropriate for a child based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities that are typical for an age or age group and, in the case of a specific child, activities or items that are suitable for the child based on the...
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26-10A-10
Section 26-10A-10 Persons whose consents or relinquishments are not required. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 26-10A-7, the consent or relinquishment of the following persons shall not be required for an adoption: (1) A parent whose rights with reference to the adoptee have been terminated by operation of law in accordance with the Alabama Child Protection Act, Sections 26-18-1 through 26-18-10; (2) A parent who has been adjudged incompetent pursuant to law or a parent whom the court finds to be mentally incapable of consenting or relinquishing and whose mental disability is likely to continue for so long a period that it would be detrimental to the adoptee to delay adoption until restoration of the parent's competency or capacity. The court must appoint independent counsel or a guardian ad litem for an incompetent parent for whom there has been no such prior appointment; (3) A parent who has relinquished his or her minor child to the Department of Human Resources or a...
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34-2A-11
Section 34-2A-11 Administrators licensed in other state; licensed nursing home administrators; acute care hospital administrators, etc. (a) The board may, subject to this chapter and the rules and regulations of the board prescribing the qualifications for an assisted living administrator license, issue a license to an assisted living administrator who has been issued a license by the proper authorities of any other state or issued a certificate of qualification by any national organization, upon complying with the provisions of licensure, payment of a fee established by the board pursuant to its rule-making authority, and upon submission of evidence satisfactory to the board of all of the following: (1) That the other state or national organization maintained a system and standards of qualification and examinations for an assisted living administrator license or certificate which were substantially equivalent to those required in this state at the time the other license or certificate...
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