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Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights
- 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.