12-15-306
Section 12-15-306 Removing a child from the custody of a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian.
(a) A child may be removed by a law enforcement officer from the custody of a parent, legal
guardian, or legal custodian if there are reasonable grounds to believe any of the following:
(1) The child is suffering from an illness or injury or is in imminent danger from the surroundings
of the child and that the removal of the child is necessary for the protection of the health
and safety of the child. (2) The child has no parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or
other suitable person able to provide supervision and care for the child. (b) The person removing
the child shall immediately deliver the child to the Department of Human Resources. (Act 2008-277,
p. 441, §18.)...
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16-28-21
Section 16-28-21 Juvenile court jurisdiction. The juvenile court of the county shall have original
and exclusive jurisdiction of all prosecutions or proceedings arising under the provisions
of this article against or concerning any parent, guardian or other person having charge or
control of a child, or against or concerning any child or other person for the purpose of
enforcing the provisions of this article and effecting its objects, and all provisions of
Chapter 15 of Title 12 shall apply to prosecutions or proceedings arising under the provisions
and terms of this article. (School Code 1927, §320; Code 1940, T. 52, §316.)...
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13A-6-71
Section 13A-6-71 Foster parent engaging in a sex act, etc., with a foster child. (a) A person
commits the crime of engaging in a sex act with a foster child if he or she is a foster parent
and engages in sexual intercourse or sodomy, as defined by Section 13A-6-60, with a foster
child under the age of 19 years who is under his or her care or supervision. Engaging in a
sex act with a foster child is a Class B felony. (b) A person commits the crime of engaging
in a sexual contact with a foster child if he or she is a foster parent and engages in a sexual
contact, pursuant to Section 13A-6-60, with a foster child under the age of 19 years who is
under his or her care or supervision. Engaging in sexual contact with a foster child is a
Class C felony. (c) A person commits the crime of soliciting a sex act or sexual contact with
a foster child if he or she is a foster parent and solicits, persuades, encourages, harasses,
or entices a foster child under the age of 19 years to engage in a sex...
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16-28-12
Section 16-28-12 Person in loco parentis responsible for child's school attendance and behavior;
noncompliance; local boards to promulgate written behavior policy, contents, annual distribution,
receipt to be documented; school officials required to report noncompliance; failure to report
suspected violation; district attorneys vigorously to enforce provisions. (a) Each parent,
guardian, or other person having control or custody of any child required to attend school
or receive regular instruction by a private tutor who fails to have the child enrolled in
school or who fails to send the child to school, or have him or her instructed by a private
tutor during the time the child is required to attend a public school, private school, church
school, denominational school, or parochial school, or be instructed by a private tutor, or
fails to require the child to regularly attend the school or tutor, or fails to compel the
child to properly conduct himself or herself as a pupil in any public...
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16-28-2
Section 16-28-2 Purposes of article. The purposes of this article are to secure the prompt
and regular attendance of pupils and to secure their proper conduct, and to hold the parent,
guardian or other person in charge or control of a child responsible and liable for such child's
nonattendance and improper conduct as a pupil, and to effect these purposes the chapter shall
be liberally construed and the courts and those charged with the enforcement of its provisions
are vested with a wide discretion in its administration. (School Code 1927, §321; Code 1940,
T. 52, §317.)...
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30-3-160
Section 30-3-160 Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama
Parent-Child Relationship Protection Act" and promotes the general philosophy in this
state that children need both parents, even after a divorce, established in Section 30-3-150.
(Act 2003-364, p. 1017, §1.)...
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12-15-210
Section 12-15-210 Notification to children of right to counsel; appointment of counsel by juvenile
court. (a) In delinquency and child in need of supervision cases, a child and his or her parent,
legal guardian, or legal custodian shall be advised by the juvenile court or its representative
at intake that the child has the right to be represented at all stages of the proceedings
by a child's attorney retained by them or, if they are unable to afford a child's attorney,
by a child's attorney appointed by the juvenile court. (b) If a child's attorney is not retained
by the child or a party in a juvenile court proceeding in which there is a reasonable likelihood
such may result in a placement in an institution in which the freedom of the child is curtailed,
a child's attorney shall be appointed to defend the child. (c) In delinquency and child in
need of supervision proceedings, a juvenile court may appoint a guardian ad litem in addition
to the child's attorney described in this section....
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12-15-308
Section 12-15-308 Filing of petition and conduct of 72-hour hearing as to necessity for continuation
of shelter care of a child. (a) When a child alleged to be dependent has been removed from
the custody of the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and has not been returned to
same, a hearing shall be held within 72 hours from the time of removal, Saturdays, Sundays,
and holidays included, to determine whether continued shelter care is required. (b) Notice
of the 72-hour hearing requirement, either verbal or written, stating the date, time, place,
and purpose of the hearing and the right to counsel shall be given to the parent, legal guardian,
or legal custodian if he or she can be found. (c) At the commencement of the 72-hour hearing
requirement, the juvenile court shall advise the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian
of the right to counsel and shall appoint counsel if the juvenile court determines he or she
is indigent. If the juvenile court already has not done so, it...
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26-2A-112
Section 26-2A-112 Definitions. For the purposes of this division, the following terms have
the following meanings: (1) RELATIVE. A sibling, child, parent, grandparent, or grandchild
of a ward or a person who shares this same relationship through adoption or a spouse of the
ward. (2) VISITATION. Any in-person meeting or any telephonic mail or electronic communication
between a ward and his or her relative. (3) VISITATION ORDER. An order issued by the court
after notice and hearing regarding the visitation with a ward by his or her relative specifying
the approval or disapproval of any visitation and the specifics of that visitation including,
but not limited to, the time, place, and manner of the visitation. (4) WARD. An adult who
is a ward as defined in Section 26-2A-20. (Act 2016-404, §2.)...
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31-13-20
Section 31-13-20 Stay of chapter when unauthorized alien is a victim or critical witness, etc.,
under certain conditions. If a person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United
States and is a victim of a criminal act, is the child of a victim of a criminal act, is a
biological parent or legal guardian of a victim of a criminal act who is a minor, is a critical
witness in any prosecution, is the biological parent or legal guardian of a critical witness
in any prosecution who is a minor, or is the child of a critical witness in any prosecution
of a state or federal crime, all provisions of this chapter shall be stayed until all of the
related legal proceedings are concluded. However, the relevant state, county, or local law
enforcement agency shall comply with any request by federal immigration officers to take custody
of the person. (Act 2011-535, p. 888, §21; Act 2012-491, p. 1410, §1.)...
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