2014 Code of Alabama
Title 44 - YOUTH SERVICES.
Chapter 1 - DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES AND YOUTH SERVICES BOARD.
Section 44-1-31 - Guardianship of youth in custody of department.
If, at any time while legal custody of a youth is vested in the department of youth services, the department learns that he or she, for any reason does not have a natural or adoptive parent in a position to exercise effective guardianship or a legally appointed guardian of his or her person, the department may thereupon file a petition in the appropriate court for the appointment of a guardian of the person or property of such youth. No officer or employee of the department shall accept appointment as the guardian of a youth whose legal custody is vested in the department.
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