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12-15-501
Section 12-15-501 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY TEAM. A county children's services facilitation
team. (2) MULTIPLE NEEDS CHILD. A child coming to the attention of the juvenile court or one
of the entities listed herein who is at imminent risk of out-of-home placement or a placement
in a more restrictive environment, and whose needs require the services of two or more of
the following entities: Department of Youth Services, public school system (services for exceptional
needs), Department of Human Resources, Department of Public Health, juvenile probation officers,
or Department of Mental Health. (3) STATE TEAM. The Alabama Children's Services Facilitation
Team. (Act 2008-277, p. 441, §25.)...
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26-14-1
Section 26-14-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ABUSE. Harm or threatened
harm to a child's health or welfare. Harm or threatened harm to a child's health or welfare
can occur through nonaccidental physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or attempted sexual
abuse, or sexual exploitation or attempted sexual exploitation. Sexual abuse includes the
employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in,
or having a child assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or any
simulation of the conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of the conduct;
or the rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children,
or incest with children as those acts are defined by Alabama law. Sexual exploitation includes
allowing, permitting, or encouraging a child to engage in prostitution and...
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38-2-6.1
Section 38-2-6.1 Office of State Parent Locator for the Location of Absent Parents established;
duties; assistance of other agencies, etc.; use of information obtained. (a) As used in this
section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ABSENT PARENT. The parent
of a minor child who owes a financial ligation for the support of the minor child or a putative
parent against whom a complaint has been filed. (2) OFFICE. The state parent locator in the
Department of Human Resources for the location of absent parents, hereinafter created. (b)
The Office of State Parent Locator for the Location of Absent Parents is hereby established,
and shall perform the following duties: (1) Assist any governmental agency or department in
locating an absent parent. (2) Coordinate any activity on a state level in a search for an
absent parent. (3) Obtain and disseminate, as hereinafter provided, any information which
directly relates to the identity or location of an absent parent. (4)...
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26-16-70
Section 26-16-70 Membership; eligibility. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the following meanings: (1) FORENSIC INTERVIEW. The same meaning as in Section 12-15-301.
(2) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. The police department for the municipality and the sheriff's
department for the county in which a child advocacy center is located. (3) MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.
An individual holding a master's or higher degree in social work, mental health counseling,
or other social work related or mental health counseling related field of study, and who has
received special training regarding child maltreatment and child trauma. (b) In order to become
eligible for a full membership in the Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Incorporated,
child advocacy centers in this state shall: (1) Incorporate as a nonprofit agency under the
requirements of Section 10A-3-1.01 et seq. (2) Utilize a neutral, child-focused facility where
forensic interviews, conducted jointly by...
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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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6-5-621
Section 6-5-621 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms have the following
meanings: (1) DISPARAGEMENT. The dissemination to the public in any manner of false information
that a perishable food product or commodity is not safe for human consumption. The information
shall be deemed to be false if it is not based upon reasonable and reliable scientific inquiry,
facts, or data. (2) PERISHABLE FOOD PRODUCT OR COMMODITY. Any agricultural or aquacultural
food product which is sold or distributed in a form that will perish or decay beyond marketability
within a short period of time. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-892, p. 175, §2.)...
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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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12-15-319
Section 12-15-319 Grounds for termination of parental rights; factors considered; presumption
arising from abandonment. (a) If the juvenile court finds from clear and convincing evidence,
competent, material, and relevant in nature, that the parents of a child are unable or unwilling
to discharge their responsibilities to and for the child, or that the conduct or condition
of the parents renders them unable to properly care for the child and that the conduct or
condition is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future, it may terminate the parental rights
of the parents. In a hearing on a petition for termination of parental rights, the court shall
consider the best interests of the child. In determining whether or not the parents are unable
or unwilling to discharge their responsibilities to and for the child and to terminate the
parental rights, the juvenile court shall consider the following factors including, but not
limited to, the following: (1) That the parents have abandoned...
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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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12-15-317
Section 12-15-317 Who may file petition. The Department of Human Resources, any public or private
licensed child-placing agency, parent, child, or any interested person may file a petition
to terminate the parental rights of a parent or parents of a child. (1) Mandatory filing of
petition by the Department of Human Resources. The Department of Human Resources shall be
required to file a petition to terminate the parental rights of a parent or parents of a child,
or if the petition has been filed by another party, shall seek to be joined as a party to
the petition, and, concurrently, to identify, recruit, process, and approve a qualified family
for adoption, in the following circumstances: a. In the case of a child who has been in foster
care in the custody of the Department of Human Resources for 12 of the most recent 22 months.
b. If a child has been abandoned. c. If the parent has committed murder of another child of
that parent. d. If the parent has committed manslaughter of another...
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