2019 Code of Alabama
Title 12 - Courts.
Chapter 15 - Juvenile Proceedings.
Article 3 - Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights.
Section 12-15-316 - Modification, extension, or termination of orders of custody or protective supervision generally.
An order awarding legal custody or an order of protective supervision made by the juvenile court in the case of a child may be modified, terminated, or extended on motion by any of the following:
(1) A child, whose legal custody has been transferred to a department, institution, agency, or person, requesting the juvenile court for a modification or termination of the order, alleging that the child is no longer dependent or that protective supervision is no longer necessary.
(2) A department, institution, agency, or person vested with legal custody or responsibility for protective supervision, requesting the juvenile court for a modification, an extension, or a termination of the order on the grounds that this action is in the best interests of the child.
(Act 2008-277, p. 441, §18.)
