{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-12-15-305","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 12-15-305","heading":"Right to Counsel for Petitioners or Respondent Parents, Legal Guardians, or Legal Custodians in Dependency Proceedings.","body":"(a) Upon request and a finding of indigency, the juvenile court may appoint an attorney to represent the petitioner and may order recoupment of the fees of the attorney to be paid to the State of Alabama.\n(b) In dependency and termination of parental rights cases, the respondent parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian shall be informed of his or her right to be represented by counsel and, if the juvenile court determines that he or she is indigent, counsel shall be appointed where the respondent parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian is unable for financial reasons to retain his or her own counsel.","path":["Title 12 Courts.","Chapter 15 Juvenile Proceedings.","Article 3 Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=12-15-305","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"a236220262ab62b33cd459fe12f0bf30d7b8fab956519dd7e24324d6132bc998","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-12-15-304","next":"us-al/ala.-code-12-15-306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}