Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 12-15-1 et seq - [Repealed and Renumbered]
Section 12-15-101 - Purpose of the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act; short title; goals for the juvenile court
Section 12-15-102 - Definitions
Section 12-15-103 - Juvenile court judges may be circuit or district court judges; maintenance of separate juvenile case action summaries; promulgation of rules of procedure for juvenile courts; powers of judges of juvenile courts as to issuance of writs and processes and as to equity generally
Section 12-15-104 - Advisory boards
Section 12-15-105 - Exercise of authority by district attorneys in juvenile court proceedings generally; assistance by district attorneys in the juvenile courts; representation of the state by district attorneys in cases appealed from juvenile courts
Section 12-15-106 - Juvenile court referees' qualifications and appointment; conduct of hearings of cases by juvenile court referees; transmission of findings and recommendations for disposition of juvenile court referees to juvenile court judges; provision of notice and written copies of findings and recommendations of juvenile court referees to parties; rehearing of cases by juvenile court judges; when findings and recommendations of juvenile court referees become decree of the juvenile court
Section 12-15-107 - Juvenile probation officers - Duties of juvenile probation officers generally; powers of juvenile probation officers as to taking into custody and placing in shelter or detention care of children generally; procedure upon taking into custody of child by juvenile probation officer generally
Section 12-15-108 - Liability of counties for expenses of maintenance and care of children under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to this chapter; reimbursement
Section 12-15-109 - Issuance of orders to parents for payment of court costs, fees of attorneys, and expenses for support, treatment of children under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to this chapter; manner of payment; proceedings upon failure of parents to pay amounts directed
Section 12-15-110 - Punishment for contempt of court of persons disobeying orders of the juvenile court generally
Section 12-15-111 - Contributing to the delinquency, dependency, or need of supervision of children
Section 12-15-112 - Interference with performance of duties by juvenile probation officers
Section 12-15-113 - Jurisdiction to make a parent or parents, legal guardians, or legal custodians parties to juvenile court proceedings
Section 12-15-114 - Original jurisdiction - Juvenile
Section 12-15-115 - Original jurisdiction - Civil
Section 12-15-115.1 - Adoption records to be sealed
Section 12-15-116 - Original jurisdiction - Criminal
Section 12-15-117 - Retention and termination of jurisdiction generally
Section 12-15-117.1 - Continuing jurisdiction of juvenile court to modify and enforce judgments
Section 12-15-118 - Duties of juvenile court intake officers
Section 12-15-119 - Informal adjustment of certain cases prior to filing of juvenile petition
Section 12-15-120 - Cases initiated by filing of petitions by juvenile court intake officers
Section 12-15-121 - Form, contents, and execution of juvenile petitions
Section 12-15-122 - Issuance and service of summonses generally; waiver of service of summonses
Section 12-15-123 - Manner of service of summons
Section 12-15-124 - Authority of juvenile court to make interlocutory or final dispositional orders in cases where parties served by publication
Section 12-15-125 - Taking into custody of children generally
Section 12-15-126 - Issuance of pick-up order for taking into custody
Section 12-15-127 - Release, delivery to detention or shelter care facility, medical facility of children taken into custody generally
Section 12-15-128 - Authority and criteria for continuation of detention or shelter care of children taken into custody beyond 72 hours
Section 12-15-129 - Conduct of hearings generally
Section 12-15-130 - Ordering, conduct, and certification of findings of mental and physical examinations of children; minors or children believed to be individuals with a mental illness or an intellectual disability; treatment or care for children; payment; authority to order emergency medical care for children
Section 12-15-131 - Issuance of orders restraining conduct of parties to proceedings
Section 12-15-132 - Proceedings against children violating terms of probation or aftercare; disposition of these children
Section 12-15-133 - Filing and inspection of records
Section 12-15-134 - Maintenance and inspection of law enforcement records
Section 12-15-135 - Taking and disposition of fingerprints, photographs, blood samples
Section 12-15-136 - Proceedings for sealing legal and social files and records of courts, pertaining to certain persons and effect thereof
Section 12-15-137 - Proceedings for destruction of legal and social files and records of juvenile courts pertaining to certain persons and effect thereof
Section 12-15-138 - Power of juvenile courts to enter protection or restraint ex parte order; when order may be entered; purpose of order
Section 12-15-139 - Requisites for order; notice and hearing; evidentiary standard; showing of necessity to protect health or safety of child subject to a juvenile court proceeding, best interests of the child
Section 12-15-140 - Content of order; order may set forth reasonable conditions of behavior for parents, persons responsible for care; enumeration of certain specific requirements which may be included in order
Section 12-15-141 - Emergency ex parte orders authorized upon showing of verified evidence of abuse or neglect; evidence required; hearing required within 72 hours of issuance of order
Section 12-15-142 - Modification, extension, or termination of order after notice and hearing for person subject thereto; findings required concerning best interests of the child subject to a juvenile court proceeding
Section 12-15-143 - Violations of orders punished as contempt; willful conduct rendering violator responsible for court costs and attorney fees
Section 12-15-144 - Construction of sections; sections to be read in pari materia with certain other laws