§ 38-2-1 State Department of Human Resources
§ 38-2-2 State Board of Human Resources
§ 38-2-3 Commissioner of State Department of Human Resources; other personnel
§ 38-2-4 Legal counsel for department
§ 38-2-5 Allocation of funds
§ 38-2-6 Duties, powers, and responsibilities of state department
§ 38-2-6.1 Office of State Parent Locator for the Location of Absent Parents established; duties; assistance of other agencies, etc.; use of information obtained
§ 38-2-7 County boards of human resources created; composition; terms of office; meetings; duties, etc.; county director
§ 38-2-8 County departments of human resources
§ 38-2-9 Appropriations by counties and municipalities; expenditures to be approved by state department
§ 38-2-10 Authority of state department with respect to granting of public assistance
§ 38-2-11 Photographic reproductions of books, records, papers or other documents of state department
§ 38-2-12 Authority of commissioner to destroy certain records, etc
§ 38-2-13 Bonds of officers of State Department of Human Resources
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Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 38 > Chapter 2 - State and County Departments and Boards of Human Resources

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • juries: include courts or judges in all cases when a jury trial is waived, or when the court or judge is authorized to ascertain and determine the facts as well as the law. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.