26-17-102
Section 26-17-102 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) "Acknowledged father" means a man who has established a father-child relationship under Article 3. (2) "Adjudicated father" means a man who has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be the father of a child. (3) "Alleged father" means a man who alleges himself to be, or is alleged to be, the genetic father or a possible genetic father of a child, but whose paternity has not been determined. The term does not include: (A) a presumed father; (B) a man whose parental rights have been terminated or declared not to exist; or (C) a male donor who donates in compliance with Section 26-17-702. (4) "Assisted reproduction" means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse. The term includes: (A) intrauterine insemination; (B) donation of eggs; (C) donation of embryos; (D) in-vitro fertilization and transfer of embryos; and (E) intracytoplasmic sperm injection. (5) "Child" means an individual of any age whose...
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30-2-40
Section 30-2-40 Legal separation. (a) The court shall enter a decree of legal separation if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The court determines that the jurisdictional requirements for the dissolution of a marriage have been met. (2) The court determines the marriage is irretrievably broken or there exists a complete incompatibility of temperament or one or both of the parties desires to live separate and apart. (3) To the extent that it has jurisdiction to do so, the court has considered, approved, or provided for child custody, and has entered an order for child support in compliance with Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration. (b) A legal separation is a court determination of the rights and responsibilities of a husband and wife arising out of the marital relationship. A decree of legal separation does not terminate the marital status of the parties. (c) If a party files a complaint for a decree of legal separation rather than a decree of...
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38-12-34
Section 38-12-34 Subsidies - Authorized; eligibility. (a) Subject to rules adopted to implement this article, the department may provide subsidies for an eligible child placed in kinship guardianship by a court, or by a federally recognized Native American Indian tribe, if the child would not be placed in a kinship guardianship without the assistance of the program. (b) A child is an eligible child for a kinship guardianship subsidy if the department determines the following: (1) The child has been removed from the custody of his or her parent or parents, legal guardian, or legal custodian as a result of a judicial determination to the effect that continuation in the custody of the parent or parents, legal guardian, or legal custodian would be contrary to the welfare of the child. (2) The department is responsible for the placement and care of the child. (3) Being returned home or being adopted are not appropriate permanent options for the child. (4) Permanent placement with a kinship...
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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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12-15-506
Section 12-15-506 County teams established; appointments; meetings; duties. (a) A county team is created in each county of the state The county team shall consist of a representative appointed by the head of the following departments, agencies, or organizations: The local education agency or agencies, the county department of human resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Youth Services, and a juvenile probation officer appointed by the presiding juvenile court judge. (b) Appointments to the county team shall be for a term of three years beginning October 1, 1993, and each three years thereafter and until their successors are appointed, except that the initial appointments of the representatives of the county department of human resources and the Department of Mental Health shall be for three years; the initial appointments of the representatives of the local education agency or agencies and the Department of Youth Services shall be for two years; and the initial...
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15-20A-5
Section 15-20A-5 Sex offenses. For the purposes of this chapter, a sex offense includes any of the following offenses: (1) Rape in the first degree, as provided by Section 13A-6-61. (2) Rape in the second degree, as provided by Section 13A-6-62. A juvenile sex offender adjudicated delinquent of a violation of rape in the second degree is presumed to be exempt from this chapter after the juvenile has been counseled on the dangers of the conduct for which he or she was adjudicated delinquent unless the sentencing court makes a determination that the juvenile sex offender is to be subject to this chapter. (3) Sodomy in the first degree, as provided by Section 13A-6-63. (4) Sodomy in the second degree, as provided by Section 13A-6-64. A juvenile sex offender adjudicated delinquent of a violation of sodomy in the second degree is presumed to be exempt from this chapter after the juvenile has been counseled on the dangers of the conduct for which he or she was adjudicated delinquent unless...
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26-17-315
Section 26-17-315 Hospital paternity acknowledgment program. (a) Hospitals that have a licensed obstetric care unit or are licensed to provide obstetric services or licensed birthing centers associated with a hospital shall provide to the mother and alleged father, if he is present in the hospital, during the period immediately preceding or following the birth of a child to an unmarried woman in the hospital, all of the following: (1) written materials about paternity establishment; (2) form affidavits of paternity; (3) a written description of the rights and responsibilities of acknowledging paternity; and (4) an opportunity, prior to discharge from the hospital, to speak with a trained person made available through the Department of Human Resources, either by telephone or in person, who can clarify information and answer questions about paternity establishment. The Department of Human Resources shall make materials available without cost to the hospitals. If the mother and father...
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26-21-3
Section 26-21-3 Written consent of parent or guardian to performing abortion on unemancipated minor; written statement where abortion to be performed on emancipated minor; waiver of consent requirement; coercion; forms. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (d) of this section and Sections 26-21-4 and 26-21-5 hereof, no physician shall perform an abortion upon an unemancipated minor unless the physician or his or her agents first obtain the written consent of either parent or the legal guardian of the minor. (b) The physician who shall perform the abortion or his or her agents shall obtain or be provided with the written consent from either parent or legal guardian stating the names of the minor, parent, or legal guardian, that he or she is informed that the minor desires an abortion and does consent to the abortion, the date, and the consent shall be signed by either parent or legal guardian. The signatures of the parents, parent, or legal guardian shall be affixed...
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26-24-30
Section 26-24-30 Alabama Children's Policy Council. (a) The Alabama Children's Policy Council is hereby created and shall consist of the following members: Three appointees from business and industry made by the Governor; the Lieutenant Governor; the Speaker of the House of Representatives; two members of the Alabama Senate, one appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and one appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama; the legal advisor to the Governor; the Attorney General; the President of the Juvenile and Family Court Judges' Association; the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections; the President of the District Attorneys' Association; the President of the Chief Juvenile Probation Officers' Association; the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources; the Administrative Director of Courts; the Secretary of the...
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30-3-169.3
Section 30-3-169.3 Change of custody. (a) Upon the entry of a temporary order or upon final judgment permitting the change of principal residence of a child, a court may consider a proposed change of principal residence of a child as a factor to support a change of custody of the child. In determining whether a proposed or actual change of principal residence of a minor child should cause a change in custody of that child, a court shall take into account all factors affecting the child, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The nature, quality, extent of involvement, and duration of the child's relationship with the person proposing to relocate with the child and with the non-relocating person, siblings, and other significant persons or institutions in the child's life. (2) The age, developmental stage, needs of the child, and the likely impact the change of principal residence of a child will have on the child's physical, educational, and emotional development, taking into...
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