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ARJP Rule 31: Procedure for Making a Parent, Legal Guardian, or Legal Custodian a Party
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Rule 31. Procedure for making a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian a party
(A) In a petition alleging that a child is a delinquent child, a dependent child, or a child in need of supervision, the child’s parent or parents, legal guardian, or legal custodian shall be given notice of the allegations of the petition by sending the parent or parents, legal guardian, or legal custodian a copy of the petition, with a summons, as prescribed by law and rule, and with a written statement of the rights of the parent or parents, legal guardian, or legal custodian and the child.
(B) On each petition alleging that a child is delinquent or in need of supervision, the following notice shall be placed in capital letters at the bottom of the petition, as follows:
“A PARENT, LEGAL GUARDIAN, OR LEGAL CUSTODIAN OF THE CHILD CAN BE MADE A PARTY TO THIS DELINQUENCY OR CHILD-IN-NEED-OF-SUPERVISION CASE PURSUANT ALA. CODE 1975, § 12-15-113. A PERSON MADE A PARTY TO THIS CASE MAY BE REQUIRED TO PAY ATTORNEY FEES, TO PAY FOR EVALUATION AND TREATMENT, TO PAY FINES, COURT COSTS, AND RESTITUTION, AND TO PAY FOR CARE, SUPPORT, AND SUPERVISION OF THE CHILD. A PERSON MADE A PARTY MAY BE SUBJECT TO OTHER ORDERS ALSO. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDERS OF THE COURT CAN RESULT IN CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS, AND FAILURE TO MAKE PAYMENTS ORDERED CAN RESULT IN A CIVIL JUDGMENT FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE PAYMENTS ORDERED.”
(C) When a petition alleging that a child is delinquent or in need of supervision is delivered by a juvenile court intake officer to be filed in the circuit court clerk’s office or, after such a petition is filed, at any time during the course of the juvenile court proceeding, any interested person may make a motion to join a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian; upon this motion, the juvenile court may issue an order making the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian a party. Also, at any time during the juvenile court proceeding, the juvenile court may, on its own motion, issue an order making a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian a party to the proceeding.
(D) If a child is released to a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian, pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 12-15-127(a)(1) and (2), the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian shall be informed that the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian may be made a party to the juvenile-delinquency or child-in-needof-supervision proceeding by ordering the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian to appear with the child and to answer the allegations of the petition. The juvenile court shall inform the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of his or her rights pursuant to law.
(E) If a child is not released to the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 12-15-127, then the notice of a detention or shelter-care hearing, either oral or written, given pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 12-15-207(b), may include notice by the juvenile court that the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian may be made a party to the juvenile-delinquency or child-in-need-of-supervision proceeding. The juvenile court shall also inform the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of his or her rights pursuant to law. If a detention or shelter-care hearing is held within 72 hours of placement in detention or shelter care, pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 12-15-207(a), then the judge, in open court, may inform the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian that he or she may be made a party to the juvenile court proceeding and inform the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of his or her rights.
(F) During any juvenile-delinquency or child-in-need-of-supervision proceeding, the juvenile court may issue an order making a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian a party to the proceeding; upon issuing this order, the juvenile court shall inform the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of his or her rights. The joinder of the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian as a party makes the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian subject to orders to pay attorney fees; to pay for evaluation and treatment; to pay fines, court costs, and restitution; and to pay for the care, support, and supervision of the child. A parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian made a party to the proceeding may also be subject to other orders.
[Adopted 8-31-93; eff. 5-1-94; Amended eff. 1-9-2009; Amended 7-14-2011, eff. 10-1-2011.]
Comment to Amendment to Rule 31 Effective January 9, 2009
Nonsubstantive changes were made to subsections (B), (D), and (E) of this rule to make the citations to the Alabama Code consistent with the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act of 2008. The term “legal custodian” was added and the word “legal” was added before the word “guardian” throughout this rule to be consistent with Ala. Code 1975, § 12-15-113. Other technical changes were made.
Comment to Amendment to Rule 31 Effective October 1, 2011
Most of the changes to this rule were to clarify that parents, legal guardians, or legal custodians may be made parties only in delinquency and child-in-need-of-supervision cases. Parents, legal guardians, and legal custodians are already considered parties when a dependency case is filed because of the fact that they, as respondents, have a right to appointed counsel if determined by the juvenile court to be indigent. See Ala. Code 1975, § 12-15-305(b). Other changes to this rule were technical.