(a) Subject to the laws relating to the procedures therefor and the limitations thereon, the juvenile court may punish a person for contempt of court for disobeying an order of the juvenile court or for obstructing or interfering with the proceedings of the juvenile court or the enforcement of its orders.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the juvenile court shall be limited in the actions it may take with respect to a child violating the terms and conditions of the order of protective supervision as this term is defined in subdivision (5) of Section 12-15-301, to those which the juvenile court could have taken at the time of the original disposition of the juvenile court pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 12-15-314.
(c) A finding of indirect contempt not based on a delinquency petition does not constitute an adjudication of delinquency.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-147; §12-15-12; amended and renumbered by Act 2008-277, p. 441, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 2011–2014 · leading case:
D.C.S. v. L.B., 84 So. 3d 954 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011).
D.C.S. v. L.B., 84 So. 3d 954 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011).
· cites it 5× “Under § 12-15-110, Ala. Code 1975, the juvenile court retains the power to enforce its judgments through contempt determinations.”
Ex parte Madison Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 136 So. 3d 485 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013).
· cites it 3× “Section 12-15-110(a), Ala.Code 1975, gives juvenile courts the power to punish a person for contempt of court “for disobeying an order of the juvenile court or for obstructing or interfering with the proceedings of the juvenile court or the enforcement of its orders.”
Dcs v. Lb, 84 So. 3d 954 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011).
· cites it 5× “I also concur that, pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 12-15-110, the juvenile court retained jurisdiction to adjudicate the petition of the father to hold the mother in contempt for violating the visitation provisions of the juvenile court's April 13, 2007, judgment.”
Holifield v. Lambert, 144 So. 3d 407 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014).
“” § 12-15-110(a), Ala.Code 1975. Thus, the family court could properly find the father in contempt for violating one of its own orders, but it could not find the father in contempt for violating an order of the circuit court.”
Ala. Code § 12-15-110(a): 4 cases
Ex parte Madison Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 136 So. 3d 485 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013).
“Section 12-15-110(a), Ala.Code 1975, gives juvenile courts the power to punish a person for contempt of court “for disobeying an order of the juvenile court or for obstructing or interfering with the proceedings of the juvenile court or the enforcement of its orders.”
D.C.S. v. L.B., 84 So. 3d 954 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011).
“Under § 12-15-110, Ala. Code 1975, the juvenile court retains the power to enforce its judgments through contempt determinations.”
Dcs v. Lb, 84 So. 3d 954 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011).
“I also concur that, pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 12-15-110, the juvenile court retained jurisdiction to adjudicate the petition of the father to hold the mother in contempt for violating the visitation provisions of the juvenile court's April 13, 2007, judgment.”
Holifield v. Lambert, 144 So. 3d 407 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014).
“” § 12-15-110(a), Ala.Code 1975. Thus, the family court could properly find the father in contempt for violating one of its own orders, but it could not find the father in contempt for violating an order of the circuit court.”
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