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What if I don’t feel the tug toward adoption or fostering, but I recognize the need and still want to help? Are there ways to do that? The short answer is ‘absolutely’! There are many ways in which you can support adoption and foster care without …
Is Fostering and Adoption Not for You? Don’t Worry. There’s Plenty To Do.Read More
Trial courts often decide not to have a hearing when one party challenges its decision in a postjudgment motion. Parties who have gone through the trial process can become so exhausted that avoiding yet another hearing seems a relief. But …
What Happens After a Termination Trial – What Foster Adoptive Parents Need to KnowRead More
Since 1984, National Professional Social Work Month has been nationally recognized. Through a Joint Resolution of Congress and proclamation of President Ronald Reagan our country has set aside March as a deliberate consideration point to recognize …
State agencies (like DHR) often have broad authority, but persons adversely affected by agency decisions may seek go to the courts, who then are free to decide the issue in accord with their own judgment of the law. In Ex parte Alabama Medicaid …
Foster and Adoptive Parents Need to Know Their Rights with DHRRead More
If an administrative agency (DHR) has made a decision that adversely affects you, you have options. Here’s one path to take. What can you do if an Alabama administrative agency issues a decision that you feel is wrong and affects you negatively? …
Foster and Adoptive Parents Should Know How to Appeal a DHR Decision in 2026Read More
This comes up all the time. Should permanency for a child be delayed again and again for a parent that refuses to work their services? The answer her is authoritatively, No. In R.R. v. Chilton County Department of Human Resources (Ala.Civ.App …
"Delay is always someone's friend in a conflict." When the conflict involves permanency for a child, the "someone" is never the child. It's a well known maxim in Juvenile Court that “[t]ermination of parental rights shall be given priority over all …
Foster and Adoptive Parents Should Know This in 2026 About Delaying a Child’s PermanencyRead More
In order for the Juvenile Court to terminate the parental rights of a foster child, the Juvenile Court must find clear and convincing evidence that: 1) The legal parents are unable or unwilling to discharge their responsibilities to the child, and …
Several amendments to Alabama’s Adoption Code became effective on January 1, 2026. Among the sections amended was § 26-10E-4, which addresses venue. For the purpose of adoption proceedings, venue means the legally proper county and court where a …
What Adoptive Parents Need to Know About Venue in 2026 – The Impact of a Five-Letter WordRead More
