8-17-153
Section 8-17-153 Jurisdiction in enforcement of division. District courts shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction along with the circuit courts of the state in the enforcement of this division. (Acts 1939, No. 607, p. 972, §5; Code 1940, T. 2, §425(5); Acts 1943, No. 596, p. 611, §5.)...
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33-6-10
Section 33-6-10 Enforcement of chapter, rules, etc.; prosecutions under chapter; violations and penalties. (a) This chapter and rules and orders adopted under this chapter shall be enforced by the State Board of Health and the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources according to rules adopted by the board and department. (b) Any person may complain under oath to a magistrate, district attorney, or grand jury concerning a violation of this chapter or of a rule adopted under this chapter and if a warrant is issued by the magistrate or district attorney, or indictment returned by a grand jury, the charge shall be tried in court to which the warrant is returnable, and the warrant may be made returnable to a district court or to the circuit court and the courts shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction of the offense, or if an indictment is returned, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction of the offense. Convicted persons may appeal as now provided by law. Whether...
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12-15-2
Section 12-15-2 Circuit courts and district courts to exercise original concurrent juvenile jurisdiction; maintenance of separate juvenile docket and entry of orders and decrees as to juvenile cases in separate minute book; promulgation of rules of procedure for juvenile courts; powers of courts as to issuance of writs and processes generally; powers of judges of courts as to issuance of writs generally; jurisdiction and equity powers generally. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 12-15-103 BY ACT 2008-277, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-102.)...
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12-11-30
Section 12-11-30 Generally. (1) CIVIL. The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all civil actions in which the matter in controversy exceeds twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), exclusive of interest and costs, and shall exercise original jurisdiction concurrent with the district court in all civil actions in which the matter in controversy exceeds six thousand dollars ($6,000), exclusive of interest and costs. (2) CRIMINAL. The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all felony prosecutions and of misdemeanor or ordinance violations which are lesser included offenses within a felony charge or which arise from the same incident as a felony charge; except, that the district court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court to receive pleas of guilty in felony cases not punishable by sentence of death. The circuit court may, on conviction of a defendant, upon a showing of inability to make immediate payment of fine and costs,...
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12-12-30
Section 12-12-30 Civil jurisdiction generally. The original civil jurisdiction of the district court of Alabama shall be uniform throughout the state, concurrent with the circuit court, except as otherwise provided, and shall include all civil actions in which the matter in controversy does not exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), exclusive of interest and costs, and civil actions based on unlawful detainer; except, that the district court shall not exercise jurisdiction over any of the following matters: (1) Actions seeking equitable relief other than: a. Equitable questions arising in juvenile cases within the jurisdiction of the district court. b. Equitable defenses asserted or compulsory counterclaims filed by any party in any civil action within the jurisdiction of the district court. (2) Any actions enumerated in Rule 81 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure other than any of the following: a. Actions based in negligence against municipalities. b. Actions seeking...
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12-12-32
Section 12-12-32 Criminal jurisdiction generally. (a) Misdemeanors. The district court shall have exclusive original trial jurisdiction over prosecutions of all offenses defined by law or ordinance as misdemeanors, except: (1) Prosecutions by municipalities having municipal courts; (2) Any such prosecution which also involves a felony offense which is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the circuit court, except as the district court is empowered to hold preliminary hearings with respect to felonies and to receive guilty pleas as provided in subsection (b) of this section; and (3) Any misdemeanor for which an indictment has been returned by a grand jury. (b) Felonies. (1) The district court may exercise original jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit court to receive pleas of guilty in prosecutions of offenses defined by law as felonies not punishable by sentence of death. (2) The district court shall have jurisdiction to hold preliminary hearings in prosecutions for felonies as...
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12-17-24.2
Section 12-17-24.2 Jurisdiction of Family Court Division. (a) The Family Court Division of the Circuit Court of the 37th Judicial Circuit shall handle all cases and proceedings involving divorces, annulments of marriages, custody and support of children, granting and enforcement of alimony, proceedings under any reciprocal non-support act, and all other domestic and marital matters over which the circuit courts have jurisdiction, including non-support cases arising in the circuit under Title 30, Chapters 3 and 4. (b) The division shall also have and exercise jurisdiction over juveniles for the purposes of subsection (a), and for the enforcement of Chapter 15 of this title. (c) All cases and proceedings involving domestic relations and marital matters which originate in the circuit court shall be assigned to the family court division. If the docket of the division is overcrowded, cases may be reassigned by the presiding judge of the circuit court to other circuit and district judges of...
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45-49-83.41
Section 45-49-83.41 Creation; procedures; collection and distribution of funds; enforcement. The District Attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama may establish a Recovery Unit of the Special Services Division. The district attorney, after electing to establish the unit, shall assign sufficient staff and resources to effectively operate the unit. The recovery unit shall be created for the purpose of the administration, collection, and enforcement of court costs, fines, fines for failure to appear in court, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, restitution, or other payments which are ordered in any criminal proceeding, quasi-criminal, or any other court proceeding by any court including, but not limited to, municipal courts, district courts, and circuit courts payable to the state, the county, to any municipality, or town within the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, to any crime victim on any court order or judgment entered which has not been otherwise...
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38-10-7
Section 38-10-7 Institution of actions for enforcement of child support obligations, etc. (a) Whenever anyone owing the obligation of support has failed to provide support, and application is made to the department for support services as may be provided pursuant to the requirements of Title IV-D or for aid, the department, and including the district attorney when providing services for the department, may take appropriate action under this article, or any other appropriate state and federal statutes, to assure that the responsible person or persons owing the obligation of support provide support, including, but not limited to, civil or criminal actions to determine parentage or to establish, modify, or enforce support obligations. All actions to determine parentage or to establish, modify, or enforce support obligations may be brought in either the juvenile court or district court or the circuit court or appropriate federal court, and all presently existing statutes are hereby amended...
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12-17-24.1
Section 12-17-24.1 Family court divisions; implementation plan. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the presiding circuit judge of any judicial circuit may establish by means of a written order, a family court division or divisions of the judicial circuit. The presiding circuit judge shall assign one or more of the existing circuit or district judges to preside in the family court division. The circuit or district court judges assigned to the family court division shall handle all cases and proceedings involving domestic relations, divorces, annulments of marriage, legal separations, custody and support of children, granting and enforcement of alimony, proceedings under any uniform interstate support or custody act, and all other domestic and marital matters over which the circuit courts have jurisdiction, including non-support cases arising in the circuit court under Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, Title 30, as well as other matters within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. In the...
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