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26-10-25
Section 26-10-25 Subsidies - Agreements; type; amount; duration; limitation. When parents are
found and approved for adoption of a child certified as eligible for subsidy, and before the
final decree of adoption is issued, there must be a written agreement between the State Department
of Human Resources and the adopting family as to the terms and conditions of the subsidy.
Upon determination of eligibility, adoption subsidies in individual cases may commence at
any time after the adoption placement or at the appropriate time after the adoption decree,
and will vary with the needs of the child and as negotiated with the adoptive parent or parents,
and according to, as well as the availability of, other resources to meet the child's needs.
The subsidy may be for special services only, or for money payments, payment deferred, and
either for a limited period, or for a long term, or for any combination of the foregoing.
The amount of the time-limited or long-term subsidy may in no case...
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26-10-26
Section 26-10-26 Subsidies - Report; modification of subsidy; review; duration of subsidy.
(a)(1) The department may require the adoptive parent or parents to submit a report, annually
or at a time or times specified in the agreement or when the department is investigating an
allegation of improperly received benefits. The parent shall state in the report that the
child remains under their care and any change in the conditions or circumstances of the adopting
parent or the needs of the child. The subsidy agreement shall continue according to its terms,
except as provided by this article. The department may confirm the accuracy and veracity of
the report from any reliable sources of information concerning the adoptive family and child,
including any governmental or private agency that serves the area in which the child resides.
If the report or information received by the department indicates a substantial change in
the conditions that existed when the adoption subsidy agreement was...
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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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38-9A-1
Section 38-9A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a)
ADULT. An individual 18 years of age or older with a developmental disability. (b) AGENCY.
Any public state agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Mental Health, Department
of Public Health, and Department of Education. (c) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18
who has a developmental disability or who is at risk for a developmental disability. A child
under the age of six is considered at risk for a developmental disability if the child has
substantial developmental delay or specific congenital or acquired condition that has a high
probability of resulting in a developmental disability if services are not provided. (d) COMMUNITY
COUNCIL. A local council composed of people with a developmental disability and their family
members who supervise the implementation of the program in its...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers
to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and
deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military
families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the
transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age
requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military
families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing,
grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for
enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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26-10B-8
Section 26-10B-8 Department to provide coverage and benefits not provided by residence state;
procedure for reimbursement. The State Department of Human Resources shall provide coverage
and benefits for a child who is in another state and who is covered by an adoption assistance
agreement made by the State Department of Human Resources for coverage or benefits, if any,
not provided by the residence state. To this end, the adoptive parents acting for the child
must obtain prior approval from the State Department of Human Resources and may submit evidence
of payment for services or benefit amounts not payable in the residence state and shall be
reimbursed therefor. However, there shall be no reimbursement for services or benefit amounts
covered under any insurance or other third party medical contract or arrangement held by the
child or the adoptive parents. The State Department of Human Resources shall make regulations
implementing this section. Among other things, such regulations...
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26-17-103
Section 26-17-103 Scope of chapter; choice of law. (a) This chapter applies to determination
of parentage in this state except for matters relating to legitimation and adoption. Nothing
in this chapter supersedes or modifies Alabama law regarding the requirements contained in
Section 26-10C-1. (b) The court shall apply the law of this state to adjudicate the parent-child
relationship. The applicable law does not depend on: (1) the place of birth of the child;
or (2) the past or present residence of the child. (c) This chapter does not create, enlarge,
or diminish parental rights or duties under other law of this state. (d) This chapter does
not authorize or prohibit an agreement between a woman and intended parents in which the woman
relinquishes all rights as a parent of a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction,
and which provides that the intended parents become the parents of the child. If a birth results
under such an agreement and the agreement is unenforceable under...
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38-7-15
Section 38-7-15 Conditions precedent to bringing child into state for purposes of adoption
or placement in child-care facility. (a) No person or agency shall bring or send any child
into the State of Alabama for the purpose of placing him or procuring his adoption or placing
him in any child-care facility, as defined herein, without first obtaining the consent of
the department. The department shall have the power to impose and enforce reasonable conditions
precedent to the granting of such consent. Such conditions shall be for the purpose of providing
the same care and protection for the child coming into the State of Alabama for placement
or adoption as are afforded to a child who is born in the State of Alabama, and such conditions
shall include the following: (1) The department shall be authorized to designate an agency
in another state from which said child is being brought or sent, or in which said child's
parents or guardian may be found, to interview said parent or parents or...
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38-12-2
Section 38-12-2 Program established. (a) There is established a Kinship Foster Care Program
in the State Department of Human Resources. (b) When a child has been removed from his or
her home and is in the care, custody, or guardianship of the department, the department shall
attempt to place the child with a relative for kinship foster care. If the relative is approved
by the department to provide foster care services, in accordance with rules and regulations
adopted by the department regarding foster care services, and a placement with the relative
is made, the relative may receive payment for the full foster care rate only as provided by
federal law for the care of the child and any other benefits that might be available to foster
parents, whether in money or in services. Foster care payments shall cease upon the effective
date of the kinship subsidiary payments or as provided by the department. (c) The department
shall establish standards for becoming a kinship foster parent as...
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44-2-20
Section 44-2-20 Text of compact. The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is hereby
enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in
form substantially as follows: Article I. Purpose and Policy. It is the purpose and policy
of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to
the end that: (a) Each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to
be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications
and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable degree and type of care. (b) The appropriate
authorities in a state where a child is to be placed may have full opportunity to ascertain
the circumstances of the proposed placement, thereby promoting full compliance with applicable
requirements for the protection of the child. (c) The proper authorities of the state from
which the placement is made may obtain the most complete...
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