{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-12-15-117.1","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 12-15-117.1","heading":"Continuing Jurisdiction of Juvenile Court to Modify and Enforce Judgments.","body":"(a) The Legislature finds that it was its original intent in the adoption of the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act (Act 2008-277) for a juvenile court to retain continuing jurisdiction in all cases in its jurisdiction to the extent provided by law. Act 2012-383 is curative and shall apply retroactively to ratify and confirm the exercise of continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court to modify and enforce a judgment in cases filed in juvenile court on or after January 1, 2009, and prior to May 14, 2012. Any order of a juvenile court issued while exercising jurisdiction pursuant to this subsection during this time shall be deemed valid.\n(b) Nothing in Act 2012-383 shall affect the jurisdiction of the circuit courts over any custody, visitation, or support issues, or enforcement or modification of the same issues, that a circuit court exercised in cases filed on or after January 1, 2009, and prior to May 14, 2012.","path":["Title 12 Courts.","Chapter 15 Juvenile Proceedings.","Article 1 General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=12-15-117.1","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"a6a7279e5c7ef28cb52c838d584573e5017da163ad29432aab4d6b971e4bd083","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-12-15-117","next":"us-al/ala.-code-12-15-118"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}