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Ala. Code § 12-15-307 (2026)

Notice and Right to Be Heard to Be Given to Relatives, Preadoptive Parents, or Foster Parents.

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Relative caregivers, preadoptive parents, and foster parents of a child in foster care under the responsibility of the state shall be given notice, verbally or in writing, of the date, time, and place of any juvenile court proceeding being held with respect to a child in their care.

Foster parents, preadoptive parents, and relative caregivers of a child in foster care under the responsibility of the state have a right to be heard in any juvenile court proceeding being held with respect to a child in their care.

No foster parent, preadoptive parent, and relative caregiver of a child in foster care under the responsibility of the state shall be made a party to a juvenile court proceeding solely on the basis of this notice and right to be heard pursuant to this section.

(Act 2008-277, p. 441, §18.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2013–2025 · leading case: State of Alaska, DHSS, OCS v. Zander B & Kelly B. (Foster Parents), 474 P.3d 1153 (Alaska 2020).
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State of Alaska, DHSS, OCS v. Zander B & Kelly B. (Foster Parents), 474 P.3d 1153 (Alaska 2020). · cites it 2× “a party solely based on the rights established by the statute,” “but the plain language of the statute does not prohibit a foster parent from petitioning to intervene in an action before the juvenile court.”
F.W. v. T.M., 140 So. 3d 950 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “Code 1975, prohibits foster parents from being made a party to a juvenile case. § 12-15-307 provides: “Relative caregivers, preadoptive parents, and foster parents of a child in foster care under the responsibility of the state shall be given notice, verbally or in writing, of…”
T.N. v. I.B., 188 So. 3d 675 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “argued in their May 7, 2014, motion that § 12-15-307, Ala. Code 1975, requires foster parents and preadoptive parents to be given notice of and' a right to be heard in any juvenile-court proceeding.”
W.R. v. Marshall Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources (Ala. Civ. App. 2023). · cites it 5× “" The last paragraph of § 12-15-307 plainly states that the juvenile court shall not make a relative caregiver a party to a termination proceeding based on the rights granted in the first two paragraphs.”
J.S. v. Greene Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources (Ala. Civ. App. 2025). “Section 12-15-307, Ala. Code 1975, now provides: 7 CL-2025-0181 "Relative caregivers, preadoptive parents, and foster parents of a child in foster care under the responsibility of the state shall be given notice, verbally or in writing, of the date, time, and place of any…”
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