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- Ala. Code § 12-15-221 · Modification, Extension or Termination of Orders of Custody or Probation Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-301 · Definitions.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-302 · Venue Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-303 · Transfer of Dependency Proceedings Between Juvenile Courts Within the State.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-304 · Appointment by Juvenile Courts of Guardians Ad Litem.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-305 · Right to Counsel for Petitioners or Respondent Parents, Legal Guardians, or Legal Custodians in Dependency Proceedings.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-306 · Removing a Child from the Custody of a Parent, Legal Guardian, or Legal Custodian.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-307 · Notice and Right to Be Heard to Be Given to Relatives, Preadoptive Parents, or Foster Parents.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-308 · Filing of Petition and Conduct of 72-Hour Hearing as to Necessity for Continuation of Shelter Care of a Child.
- Ala. Code § 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.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-310 · Conduct of Adjudicatory Hearings.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-311 · Dispositional Hearing.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-312 · Reasonable Efforts in Judicial Determinations; Situations in Which Reasonable Efforts Are Not Required to Be Made.
- Ala. Code § 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 Guardian, or Legal Custodian After Hearing Where Ability to Care for or Supervise Child at Issue.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-314 · Dispositions for Dependent Children.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-315 · Permanency Hearing for Department of Human Resources Cases Only.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-316 · Modification, Extension, or Termination of Orders of Custody or Protective Supervision Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-317 · Who May File Petition.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-318 · Service of Process.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-319 · Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights; Factors Considered; Presumption Arising from Abandonment.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-320 · Dispositions.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-321 · Periodic Review of Efforts to Achieve Adoption of Child in Custody of Another After Parental Rights Terminated.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-322 · Authority of One in Custody to Place Child for Adoption or Consent to Adoption.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-323 · Appeals of Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Cases.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-324 · Applicability.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-401 · Definitions.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-402 · Authority and Procedure.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-403 · Review of the Petition by the Juvenile Court.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-404 · Service of the Petition.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-405 · Notice of Hearing; Appointment of Counsel for the Minor or Child.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-406 · Determination of Placement of the Minor or Child.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-407 · Probable Cause Hearings for Temporary Confinement of the Minor or Child.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-408 · Conducting Hearings to Commit the Minor or Child.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-409 · Role of Attorney as Advocate; Designation of Facilities.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-410 · Evidence in Commitment Proceedings for Minor and Child with an Intellectual Disability.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-411 · Discharge of the Minor or Child from Custody of the Department.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-412 · Retention of Jurisdiction.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-413 · Combining Probable Cause and Final Hearings.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-501 · Definitions.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-502 · Referral of Multiple Needs Child Case to County Team.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-503 · Recommendation by County Team; Decision by Juvenile Court of Multiple Needs Child.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-504 · Creation of Executive Council of the State Team; Membership; Duties.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-505 · State Team Established; Membership; Term; Duties; Hiring Authority.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-506 · County Teams Established; Appointments; Meetings; Duties.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-507 · Reimbursement Available for Team Member Expenses.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-508 · State Multiple Needs Children Fund Established; Use; Limitations; Accounting System to Be Maintained; Provisions for Yearly Audit.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-509 · Executive Council to Adopt Allocation Guidelines; Granting Role of State Team; Eligible Recipients; Prerequisites to Maintaining Funding; Penalty for Noncompliance; Reporting Requirement.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-601 · Appeals from Judgments and Orders of Juvenile Courts.
- Ala. Code § 12-15-701 · Definitions; Applicability of Prostitution Statutes; Procedures.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-1 · When Words “Jury” or “Juries” Include Court or Judge.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-2 · Persons Exempted from Jury Duty.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-3 · Citizens of State, Counties, Cities, Etc., Not Disqualified as Interested in Actions in Which State, County, City, Etc., a Party or Interested.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-4 · Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 594, P. 712, §11, Effective April 27, 1978.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-5 · Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 594, P. 712, §11, Effective April 27, 1978.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-6 · Duty of Court to Ascertain Qualifications Before Administering Oath to Jurors.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-7 · Duty of Juror to Declare Personal Knowledge as to Fact in Controversy During Trial and Proceedings Upon Such Declaration; Proceedings Upon Declaration of Fact by Juror During Retirement of Jury.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-8 · Employees Excused from Employment; Compensation; Postponement of Service.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-8.1 · Discharge of Employee or Adverse Employee Action.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-9 · Separation and Sequestration of Jury in Felony Cases.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-10 · Provision of Lodging and Meals for Jurors, Etc., When Jury Kept Together Without Separation Overnight, Etc.; Presumption as to Separation of Jurors on Basis of Sex.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-11 · Charge of Court to Jury Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-12 · When Charge Must Be Written and Filed in Record.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-13 · Charges Moved for by Parties; Appeals; General Charges.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-14 · Taking of Written Evidence by Jury on Retirement.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-15 · Polling of Jurors and Proceedings Thereupon.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-30 · Establishment.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-31 · Composition; Qualifications of Members; Members May Not Hold Other Offices or Perform Other Public Duties Under Federal, State, Etc., Governments for Compensation.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-32 · Appointment and Term of Office of Members.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-33 · President of Commission; Quorum; Members to Take Oath of Office and Be Commissioned Prior to Entering Upon Discharge of Duties.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-34 · Compensation of Members.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-35 · Disqualification of Member and Appointment of Successor; Filling of Vacancies Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-36 · Appointment of Persons to Act as Members of Commission in Event of Absence from State, Sickness, Etc., of Two Members.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-37 · Clerks of Commissions - Authority for Employment; Compensation; Clerical Assistance.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-38 · Clerks of Commissions - Oath of Office.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-39 · Clerks of Commissions - Duties.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-40 · Clerks of Commissions - Clerks to Devote Such Time as Required by Commissions to Performance of Duties; Clerks Not to Be Paid for Sundays; Discharge of Clerks.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-41 · Duty of Jury Commission as to Preparation of Jury Roll and Jury Box; Entry of Juror’s Name on Jury Roll, Etc.; Scanning of Registration Lists, Telephone Directories, Etc., and Visiting of Precincts by Clerk.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-42 · Preparation, Maintenance, Etc., of Jury Roll, Cards and Box Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-43 · Qualifications of Persons to Be Placed on Jury Roll and in Jury Box Generally; Service on Juries by Persons Over Age 65.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-44 · Preparation, Etc., of Separate Jury Rolls and Boxes for Courts of Territorial Subdivisions of Counties.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-45 · Notification of Commission as to Necessity to Refill Jury Box; Emptying and Refilling of Box by Circuit Court Judge.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-46 · Certification of New Jury Roll and Refilling of Jury Box by Commission.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-47 · Certification to Commission by Court Clerks of Names of Persons Empaneled on Juries; Entry of Notation on Jury Roll by Clerk of Commission.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-48 · Certification to Commission by Court Clerks of Names of Persons Found Disqualified or Exempt from Jury Service; Entry of Notation on Jury Roll by Clerk of Commission.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-49 · Taxing of Cost of Summoning, Etc., Unqualified Person on Jury Roll Against Clerk or Members of Commission.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-50 · Probate Judge to Purchase Supplies for Commission.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-51 · Failure of Clerk or Member of Commission to Perform Duty Imposed by Article; Failure of Person to Attend or Testify Before Commission.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-55 · Declaration of Policy.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-56 · Discrimination Prohibited.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-57 · Master List.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-58 · Placement of Names of Prospective Jurors in Master Jury Box.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-59 · Drawings from Master Jury Box; Preparation and Contents of Juror Qualification Forms; Completion of Qualification Forms by Prospective Jurors; Misrepresentation of Material Facts on Qualification Forms.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-60 · Qualifications of Jurors.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-61 · Trial Court Jury Box.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-62 · No Exemptions from Jury Service.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-63 · Excusing Prospective Jurors from Service.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-63.1 · Request for Postponement of Service.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-64 · Preservation of Records.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-70 · Names of Prospective Jurors Provided from Master Jury List; Preparation of List; Summons.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-72 · When Juries for Next Session of Court Drawn by Presiding Judge.