ALABAMA RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE

Rule 23.

Scheduling hearings—Waiver.

(A) All adjudicatory hearings shall be scheduled for the earliest practicable date with priority given those children in detention or shelter care facilities.

(B) The hearing may be held before the scheduled date if each party waives, in writing or on the record at the hearing, his right to notice of the hearing. In this event each party shall be given a copy of the petition at or before the hearing.

Comment

Hearings should be held as quickly as possible allowing for time necessary for preparation. Where a judge also exercises jurisdiction other than that of the juvenile court, priority in scheduling hearings should be given to juvenile cases, especially those cases in which a child has been detained.