Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-15-321 (2026)
Periodic Review of Efforts to Achieve Adoption of Child in Custody of Another After Parental Rights Terminated.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Where the juvenile court has terminated the parental rights and has placed legal custody of the child with the Department of Human Resources or with a public or private licensed child-placing agency, the juvenile court, at least annually, shall review the circumstances of the child to determine what efforts have been made to achieve permanency for the child.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-261, p. 442, §9; §26-18-9; amended and renumbered by Act 2008-277, p. 441, §19.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2014–2025 · leading case: Ex parte Alabama Dep't of Human Resources, 154 So. 3d 1060 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014).
Ex parte Alabama Dep't of Human Resources, 154 So. 3d 1060 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014). “Nothing in § 12-15-321, however, bestows upon a juvenile court the power to determine the permanency plan for the child, which power it does have under § 12-15-315, Ala.”
Ex parte Limestone Cnty. Dep't of Human Res., 255 So. 3d 210 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “The orders indicate that the juvenile court intends to question Buckner to have her explain her and the State DHR's actions as part of the juvenile court's authority and duty under Ala. Code 1975, § 12-15-321, to review the efforts taken by the State DHR to achieve the…”
B.T. v. Jefferson Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources & Legal Aid Soc'y of Birmingham (Appeal from Jefferson Juv. Court, Bessemer Div.: JU-21-387.02). (Ala. Civ. App. 2025). “"8) That pursuant to Ala. Code § 12-15-321 [,] this child's case shall be set for a permanency review December 6, 2024[,] @ 08:30 a.”
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