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AL SB56
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Section 38-12A-2 of the Alabama Code to expand foster parent rights regarding child removal and legal proceedings.
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Grants foster parents the right to notice and a hearing before the Department of Human Resources removes a child from their care, with the right to appeal any removal decision.
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Allows foster parents to intervene in department actions to terminate parental rights of a foster child's biological parent, or to intervene in custody proceedings if the child has been in their care for at least 12 consecutive months.
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Provides foster parents the right to appointed counsel in custody proceedings involving a foster child if the court finds indigency.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.
Legislative Description
Foster parents, notice and hearing before foster child removed from home, termination of parental rights, action by Department of Human Resources, custody proceedings, intervention, appointed counsel upon finding of indigency, Sec. 38-12A-2 am'd.
Foster Parents
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Children, Youth Affairs, and Human Resources
2/5/2013