Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB54 Compare Versions

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3	3	HB54
4	4	QT7A554-1
5	5	By Representative Simpson
6	6	RFD: Judiciary
7	7	First Read: 04-Feb-25
8	8	PFD: 01-Oct-24
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14	14	6 QT7A554-1 09/17/2024 CNB (L)bm 2024-2573
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17	17	SYNOPSIS:
18	18	Under existing law, a juvenile court may issue
19	19	an emergency ex parte order of protection or restraint
20	20	upon a showing of verified written or verbal evidence
21	21	of abuse or neglect.
22	22	This bill would provide that a circuit court and
23	23	district court may also issue an emergency ex parte
24	24	order of protection or restraint in certain
25	25	circumstances.
26	26	A BILL
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28	28	AN ACT
29	29	Relating to child custody; to add Section 30-3-11 to
30	30	the Code of Alabama 1975, to allow a circuit or district court
31	31	to issue an ex parte order of protection or restraint in
32	32	certain circumstances.
33	33	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
34	34	Section 1. Section 30-3-11 is added to the Code of
35	35	Alabama 1975, to read as follows:
36	36	§30-3-11
37	37	(a) For the purposes of this section, "department"
38	38	means the local county department of human resources as
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68	68	means the local county department of human resources as
69	69	described in Section 38-2-8.
70	70	(b) Pending all petitions for divorce or legal
71	71	separation, or other actions seeking modification,
72	72	interpretation, or enforcement of a final decree, the court
73	73	may issue an emergency ex parte order of protection or
74	74	restraint upon making specific findings of evidence of abuse
75	75	or neglect of a child, as defined in Section 26-14-1.
76	76	(c) The court entering an emergency ex parte order may
77	77	order the child removed from his or her parent or legal
78	78	custodian and placed into the custody of an appropriate
79	79	relative as determined by the court. If no relative is found,
80	80	the court may place the child into the temporary protective
81	81	custody of the department. The court shall include in its
82	82	order specific findings that no parent or legal custodian of
83	83	the child is able to provide appropriate care and protection
84	84	to the child based on the evidence the court relied upon and
85	85	that it is contrary to the welfare of the child to remain in
86	86	the home of a parent or legal guardian.
87	87	(d) Immediate verbal and written notice and copies of
88	88	the order shall be given to the department pursuant to Section
89	89	26-14-3. Upon notice, the department shall proceed in
90	90	accordance with the duties set forth under Chapter 14 of Title
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92	92	consent for medical, dental, health, and hospital services as
93	93	needed for the child.
94	94	(e) The emergency ex parte order shall remain in effect
95	95	until the juvenile court, exercising jurisdiction pursuant to
96	96	Section 12-15-114, conducts a hearing pursuant to Section
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126	126	Section 12-15-114, conducts a hearing pursuant to Section
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128	128	or by the court that entered the emergency ex parte order. The
129	129	juvenile court may ratify the emergency ex parte order or
130	130	enter its own order upon the conclusion of a hearing.
131	131	Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
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