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40-18-360
Section 40-18-360 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Revenue of the State of Alabama.
(2) PRIVATE ADOPTION. An adoption through a private agency in which the adoptive parent(s)
reside in Alabama. (3) QUALIFIED FOSTER CHILD. Any individual who: a. is in the permanent
legal custody of the Alabama Department of Human Resources; and/or b. is placed in a licensed
or approved foster home by the Alabama Department of Human Resources for the purpose of adoption
pursuant to an approved case plan. (Act 2014-413, p. 1517, §1; Act 2018-549, §1.)...
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38-13-2
Section 38-13-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age and older. (2) ADULT CARE
FACILITY. A person or entity holding a Department of Human Resources license or approval or
certification to provide care, including foster care, for adults. (3) APPLICANT. A person
or entity who submits an application for license as a child care or adult care facility to
the Department of Human Resources or a child placing agency, or an application for employment
or for a volunteer position to a Department of Human Resources licensed child care or adult
care facility. With regard to child care and adult care facilities in a home setting, the
term includes an adult household member whose residence is in the home. The term also includes
an individual who submits an application for a volunteer position or for employment with the
Department of Human Resources in a position in which the person has unsupervised...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning
October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues
and upon appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1)
Ten percent of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution
to one or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for
tobacco control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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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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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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38-13-3
Section 38-13-3 Criminal history background information check required for certain individuals;
exemptions. (a) On November 1, 2000, every employer, child care facility, adult care facility,
the Department of Human Resources, and child placing agency shall request the Alabama State
Law Enforcement Agency to conduct a criminal history background information check for the
following: (1) An employment applicant, employee or volunteer of an employer, child care facility,
adult care facility, or child placing agency. (2) A current foster parent for a child or adult
or adult household member of a foster family or applicant and an adult household member of
a foster family seeking approval to operate as a foster parent or foster family home for a
child placing agency or the Department of Human Resources. Unless otherwise provided in this
chapter, no criminal history background information check shall be conducted on a current
foster parent or household member of a foster family if a Federal...
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26-10A-17
Section 26-10A-17 Notice of petition. (a) Unless service has been previously waived,
notice of pendency of the adoption proceeding shall be served by the petitioner on: (1) Any
person, agency, or institution whose consent or relinquishment is required by Section
26-10A-7, unless parental rights have been terminated pursuant to Section 12-15-319.
(2) The legally appointed custodian or guardian of the adoptee. (3) The spouse of any petitioner
who has not joined in the petition. (4) The spouse of the adoptee. (5) The surviving parent
or parents of a deceased parent of the adoptee unless parental rights have been terminated
pursuant to Section 12-15-319. (6) Any person known to the petitioners as currently
having physical custody of the adoptee, excluding foster parents or other private licensed
agencies, or having visitation rights with the adoptee under an existing court order. (7)
The agency or individual authorized to investigate the adoption under Section 26-10A-19.
(8) Any other...
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12-15-315
Section 12-15-315 Permanency hearing for Department of Human Resources cases only. (a)
Within 12 months of the date a child is removed from the home and placed in out-of-home care,
and not less frequently than every 12 months thereafter during the continuation of the child
in out-of-home care, the juvenile court shall hold a permanency hearing. The Department of
Human Resources shall present to the juvenile court at the hearing a permanent plan for the
child. The juvenile court shall consult with the child, in an age-appropriate manner, regarding
the permanency plan and any transition plan to independent living. If a permanent plan is
not presented to the juvenile court at this hearing, there shall be a rebuttable presumption
that the child should be returned home. This provision is intended to ensure that a permanent
plan is prepared by the Department of Human Resources and presented to the juvenile court
within 12 months of the placement of any child in foster care and no less...
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38-7-2
Section 38-7-2 Definitions. Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. When not inconsistent
with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular
number include the plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular number,
and the word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory: (1) CHILD. Any
person under 19 years of age, a person under the continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court
pursuant to Section 12-15-117, or a person under 21 years of age in foster care as
defined by the Department of Human Resources. (2) CHILD-CARE INSTITUTION or INSTITUTION FOR
CHILD CARE. A child-care facility where more than 10 children are received and maintained
for the purpose of providing them with care or training or both, or transitional living program
services, but does not include: a. Any institution for child care which is under the ownership
or control,...
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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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