ALABAMA RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE

Rule 9.

Designation of detention or shelter care facility.

(A) Each juvenile court shall by order designate the detention or shelter care facility or facilities to which children shall be delivered when taken into custody. In districts where such shelter care facilities are unavailable for dependent children, the order shall specify that dependent children shall be brought to the Department of Human Resources for placement in licensed or approved foster homes.

(B) Copies of the order shall be made available to all law enforcement agencies within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.

[Amended eff. 5-1-94.]

Comment

See Ala.Code 1975, §§ 12-15-56 through 12-15-59, in regard to circumstances under which a child may be taken into custody and detained. This rule should provide a means for anyone taking a child into custody to deliver such child to an appropriate detention or shelter facility without undue delay.

[Comment amended eff. 5-1-94.]