Relative caregivers, preadoptive parents, and foster parents of a child in foster care under the responsibility of the state shall be given notice, verbally or in writing, of the date, time, and place of any juvenile court proceeding being held with respect to a child in their care.
Foster parents, preadoptive parents, and relative caregivers of a child in foster care under the responsibility of the state have a right to be heard in any juvenile court proceeding being held with respect to a child in their care.
No foster parent, preadoptive parent, and relative caregiver of a child in foster care under the responsibility of the state shall be made a party to a juvenile court proceeding solely on the basis of this notice and right to be heard pursuant to this section.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 15 - Juvenile Proceedings.
Article 3 - Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights.
Section 12-15-301 - Definitions.
Section 12-15-302 - Venue Generally.
Section 12-15-303 - Transfer of Dependency Proceedings Between Juvenile Courts Within the State.
Section 12-15-304 - Appointment by Juvenile Courts of Guardians Ad Litem.
Section 12-15-310 - Conduct of Adjudicatory Hearings.
Section 12-15-311 - Dispositional Hearing.
Section 12-15-314 - Dispositions for Dependent Children.
Section 12-15-315 - Permanency Hearing for Department of Human Resources Cases Only.
Section 12-15-317 - Who May File Petition.
Section 12-15-318 - Service of Process.
Section 12-15-320 - Dispositions.
Section 12-15-322 - Authority of One in Custody to Place Child for Adoption or Consent to Adoption.
Section 12-15-323 - Appeals of Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Cases.