12-5A-2
Section 12-5A-2 Duties of Administrative Director of Courts; education and training for juvenile
probation officers. (a) Beginning October 1, 1998, the Administrative Director of Courts shall
promote the delivery of juvenile probation services for youths alleged or adjudged to be delinquent
or in need of supervision, establish and promulgate reasonable minimum standards for initial
and continuing certification of juvenile probation officers, and verify any applicant meeting
these standards for the position of juvenile probation officer. (b) The Administrative Director
of Courts may establish and schedule in-service education and training for juvenile probation
officers which shall include training and educational programs to enable juvenile probation
officers to meet the minimum standards established pursuant to this section. Juvenile probation
officers in counties having a population of 99,000 or less according to the 1990 federal decennial
census may attend judicial colleges,...
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12-15-116
Section 12-15-116 Original jurisdiction - Criminal. (a) A juvenile court shall have exclusive
original jurisdiction to try any individual committing any of the following offenses while
18 years of age or older: (1) Contributing to the delinquency, in need of supervision, or
dependency of a child in violation of Section 12-15-111. (2) Opposing or interfering with
a juvenile probation officer or a representative of the Department of Human Resources in violation
of Section 12-15-112. (3) Violating any of the confidentiality provisions of Sections 12-15-133,
12-15-134, 12-15-135, or 12-15-217. (4) Nonsupport in violation of Section 13A-13-4. (5) Violating
any of the juvenile sex offender provisions of Section 15-20A-27(b)(1). (6) Violating any
of the provisions of the compulsory school attendance laws in Section 16-28-12. (b) All criminal
cases before the juvenile court shall be governed by the laws relating thereto and shall be
initiated by complaint made before a judge or magistrate...
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12-15-407
Section 12-15-407 Probable cause hearings for temporary confinement of the minor or child.
(a) If the juvenile court finds it necessary to temporarily confine or restrain the minor
or child, pending final hearing upon a petition for mental commitment of the minor or child
in the custody of any person, department, or agency other than his or her parent, legal guardian,
or legal custodian, the juvenile court at the time the confinement is ordered shall set the
matter for a hearing within seven days to determine if probable cause exists that the minor
or child should be committed. At the probable cause hearing, the juvenile court shall determine
if it is necessary to continue the restraint or confinement pending the final hearing. (b)
Upon a finding of probable cause that the minor or child should be committed, the juvenile
court shall enter an order so stating and setting the date, time, and place of the hearing
on the merits of the petition. (c) The final hearing shall be held on the...
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12-15-129
Section 12-15-129 Conduct of hearings generally. All hearings pursuant to this chapter shall
be conducted by the juvenile court without a jury and separate from other proceedings. The
general public shall be excluded from delinquency, in need of supervision, or dependency hearings
and only the parties, their counsel, witnesses, and other persons requested by a party shall
be admitted. Other persons as the juvenile court finds to have a proper interest in the case
or in the work of the juvenile court may be admitted by the juvenile court on condition that
the persons refrain from divulging any information which would identify the child under the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court or family involved. If the juvenile court finds that it
is in the best interests of the child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the child
may be temporarily excluded from the hearings, except while allegations of delinquency or
in need of supervision are being heard. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384,...
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12-15-131
Section 12-15-131 Issuance of orders restraining conduct of parties to proceedings. In any
proceeding commenced pursuant to this chapter, on motion of the juvenile court or on motion
of a party, the juvenile court may make an order restraining the conduct of any party over
whom the juvenile court has obtained jurisdiction, if all of the following occur: (1) An order
of disposition of a delinquent child, dependent child, or a child in need of supervision has
been made in a proceeding pursuant to this chapter. (2) The juvenile court finds that the
conduct of the party is or may be detrimental or harmful to the delinquent child, dependent
child, or child in need of supervision and will tend to defeat the execution of the order
of disposition made. (3) Notice of the motion and the grounds therein and an opportunity to
be heard thereon have been given to the party against whom the order is directed. (Acts 1975,
No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-141; §12-15-73; amended and renumbered by Act 2008-277,...
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12-15-221
Section 12-15-221 Modification, extension or termination of orders of custody or probation
generally. (a) An order awarding legal custody or an order of probation made by the juvenile
court in the case of a child may be modified, revoked, or extended on motion by: (1) A child,
whose legal custody has been transferred to a department, institution, agency, or person,
requesting the juvenile court for a modification or termination of the order, alleging that
the child is no longer in need of placement or probation and the department, institution,
agency, or person has denied application for release of the child or has failed to act upon
the application within a reasonable time; or (2) A department, institution, agency, or person
vested with legal custody or responsibility for probation, requesting the juvenile court for
a modification, an extension, or a termination of the order on the grounds that the action
is in the best interests of the child or necessary to safeguard the welfare of...
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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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12-5A-3
Section 12-5A-3 Juvenile Probation Services Fund. There is created in the State Treasury a
fund to be designated as the Juvenile Probation Services Fund. All funds now or hereafter
deposited to the credit of the Juvenile Probation Services Fund shall be expended for the
purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter which shall include, but not be limited
to, providing juvenile probation services for children alleged or adjudged to be delinquent
or in need of supervision, salaries and related costs for juvenile probation officers, salaries
and related costs for other professional and support staff for juvenile probation services,
training and education of juvenile probation officers and staff, research, equipment, printing,
supplies, state administrative office support staff, or any other purpose consistent with
the purposes of this chapter in counties having a population of 99,000 or less according to
the 1990 federal decennial census and for providing salary subsidies for...
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12-15-218
Section 12-15-218 Order requiring parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian to assist child
in complying with terms of probation; penalties; exemptions. (a) In all cases where a child
has been granted probation, the juvenile court, as a condition of granting probation to the
child, may order the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the child, if he or she
is made a party to the proceedings, to assist the juvenile court in ensuring that the child
complies with the terms of his or her probation. (b) Prior to granting probation, the juvenile
court shall explain to the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and the child the terms
of his or her probation, including the responsibility and the penalty which may be imposed
on all parties for failure to comply with the terms of the probation. (c) A parent, legal
guardian, or legal custodian, who after being made a party fails to assist the child in complying
with the terms of the probation, may be held in civil or criminal...
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12-15-219
Section 12-15-219 Serious juvenile offenders; disposition; serious juvenile offender review
panel; facility and programs. (a) The juvenile court may find a child to be a serious juvenile
offender if: (1) The child is adjudicated delinquent and the delinquent act or acts charged
in the petition would constitute any of the following if committed by an adult: a. A Class
A felony. b. A felony resulting in serious physical injury as defined in subdivision (14)
of Section 13A-1-2. c. A felony involving deadly physical force as defined in subdivision
(6) of Section 13A-1-2; or a deadly weapon as defined in subdivision (7) of Section 13A-1-2;
or a dangerous instrument as defined in subdivision (5) of Section 13A-1-2. (2) The child
has been adjudicated delinquent for an act which would constitute a Class A or B felony or
burglary in the third degree involving a residence and the child has previously been adjudicated
delinquent of two previous acts which would have been a Class A or B felony or...
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