Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all expenses necessary or appropriate to the carrying out of the purposes and intent of this chapter and all expenses of maintenance and care of children under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to this chapter that may be incurred by order of the juvenile court in carrying out the provisions and intent of this chapter (except costs paid by parents, legal guardians, legal custodians, or trustees and court costs as provided by law) shall be valid charges and preferred claims against the county . These claims shall be paid by the county treasurer when itemized and sworn to by the creditor or other persons knowing the facts in the case and when approved by the juvenile court. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a municipality shall reimburse the county the actual costs of housing, maintenance, and medical expenses of those children held in a facility utilized by the county for housing children, or other facility licensed by the Department of Youth Services utilized by the county, as a result of a child being cited or detained for an alleged violation of an ordinance of the municipality that is not based on a state criminal statute adopted by the municipality as a municipal ordinance.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 15 - Juvenile Proceedings.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 12-15-102 - Definitions.
Section 12-15-104 - Advisory Boards.
Section 12-15-111 - Contributing to the Delinquency, Dependency, or Need of Supervision of Children.
Section 12-15-112 - Interference With Performance of Duties by Juvenile Probation Officers.
Section 12-15-114 - Original Jurisdiction - Juvenile.
Section 12-15-115 - Original Jurisdiction - Civil.
Section 12-15-116 - Original Jurisdiction - Criminal.
Section 12-15-117 - Retention and Termination of Jurisdiction Generally.
Section 12-15-117.1 - Continuing Jurisdiction of Juvenile Court to Modify and Enforce Judgments.
Section 12-15-118 - Duties of Juvenile Court Intake Officers.
Section 12-15-119 - Informal Adjustment of Certain Cases Prior to Filing of Juvenile Petition.
Section 12-15-120 - Cases Initiated by Filing of Petitions by Juvenile Court Intake Officers.
Section 12-15-121 - Form, Contents, and Execution of Juvenile Petitions.
Section 12-15-122 - Issuance and Service of Summonses Generally; Waiver of Service of Summonses.
Section 12-15-123 - Manner of Service of Summons.
Section 12-15-125 - Taking Into Custody of Children Generally.
Section 12-15-126 - Issuance of Pick-Up Order for Taking Into Custody.
Section 12-15-129 - Conduct of Hearings Generally.
Section 12-15-131 - Issuance of Orders Restraining Conduct of Parties to Proceedings.
Section 12-15-133 - Filing and Inspection of Records.
Section 12-15-134 - Maintenance and Inspection of Law Enforcement Records.
Section 12-15-135 - Taking and Disposition of Fingerprints, Photographs, Blood Samples.