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Section 12-15-301 - Definitions. - For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 12-15-302 - Venue Generally. - (a) Dependency proceedings shall be commenced in the county where...
Section 12-15-303 - Transfer of Dependency Proceedings Between Juvenile Courts Within the State. - (a) If a dependency proceeding is commenced in a county...
Section 12-15-304 - Appointment by Juvenile Courts of Guardians Ad Litem. - (a) In all dependency and termination of parental rights proceedings,...
Section 12-15-305 - Right to Counsel for Petitioners or Respondent Parents, Legal Guardians, or Legal Custodians in Dependency Proceedings. - THIS SECTION WAS CREATED BY ACT 2008-277 IN THE 2008...
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...
Section 12-15-307 - Notice and Right to Be Heard to Be Given to Relatives, Preadoptive Parents, or Foster Parents. - Relative caregivers, preadoptive parents, and foster parents of a child...
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...
Section 12-15-309 - Alleged Dependent Child to Be Released When Continued Shelter Care Not Required; Conditions Imposed Upon Release; Amendment of Conditions or Return of Child to Custody Upon Failure to Conform to Conditions Imposed. - (a) When the juvenile court finds that continued shelter care...
Section 12-15-310 - Conduct of Adjudicatory Hearings. - (a) An adjudicatory hearing is a hearing at which evidence...
Section 12-15-311 - Dispositional Hearing. - (a) If the juvenile court finds from clear and convincing...
Section 12-15-312 - Reasonable Efforts in Judicial Determinations; Situations in Which Reasonable Efforts Are Not Required to Be Made. - (a) When the juvenile court enters an order removing a...
Section 12-15-313 - Ordering and Preparation of Report Concerning a Child and Family; Ordering, Conduct, and Certification of Findings of Physical or Mental Examination of Child Prior to Hearing on Petition Generally; Examination of Parent, Legal Gua... - (a) After a petition alleging dependency has been filed, the...
Section 12-15-314 - Dispositions for Dependent Children. - (a) If a child is found to be dependent, the...
Section 12-15-315 - Permanency Hearing for Department of Human Resources Cases Only. - (a) Within 12 months of the date a child is...
Section 12-15-316 - Modification, Extension, or Termination of Orders of Custody or Protective Supervision Generally. - An order awarding legal custody or an order of protective...
Section 12-15-317 - Who May File Petition. - The Department of Human Resources, any public or private licensed...
Section 12-15-318 - Service of Process. - (a) Except as otherwise provided by the Alabama Rules of...
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...
Section 12-15-320 - Dispositions. - (a) Termination of parental rights cases shall be given priority...
Section 12-15-321 - Periodic Review of Efforts to Achieve Adoption of Child in Custody of Another After Parental Rights Terminated. - Where the juvenile court has terminated the parental rights and...
Section 12-15-322 - Authority of One in Custody to Place Child for Adoption or Consent to Adoption. - Upon the termination of parental rights by the juvenile court...
Section 12-15-323 - Appeals of Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Cases. - Appeals relating to dependency and termination of parental rights cases...
Section 12-15-324 - Applicability. - The provisions of Sections 12-15-317 and 12-15-319 as amended by...