Code of Alabama - Title 30: Marital and Domestic Relations - Chapter 6 - Domestic Violence Facilities

• Section 30-6-1 Definitions
  In this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ABUSE. As defined in Section 30-5-2. (2)...
• Section 30-6-2 Legislative intent
  The Legislature recognizes that persons who are victims of domestic violence are in need of critical lifesaving services from specialized facilities that possess relevant expertise...
• Section 30-6-3 Duties of office; exemptions
  (a) The director shall perform or delegate all of the following duties: (1) Operate the domestic violence program and, in collaboration with ACADV or other...
• Section 30-6-4 Duties of ACADV
  The ACADV, or other qualified entity, shall do all of the following: (1) Recommend minimum certification qualifications and administrative standards to ensure the health, safety,...
• Section 30-6-5 Report
  (a) Each domestic violence center shall provide to the director information relating to the number of persons who receive services from local domestic violence programs...
• Section 30-6-6 Establishment and funding of facilities
  (a) In order to be certified, each domestic violence center shall do all of the following: (1) Provide a facility that shall serve as a...
• Section 30-6-7 Limitations on appropriation and expenditure of funds
  (a) The Department of Economic and Community Affairs may pay the administrative costs necessary to fulfill the requirements of this chapter from the Domestic Violence...
• Section 30-6-8 Disclosure of information
  Information identifying individuals or facilities received by the office, the circuit, any district attorney or his or her employees, the director, or by authorized persons...
• Section 30-6-9 Law enforcement officer to advise person of available facility
  Any law enforcement officer who investigates an alleged incident of domestic violence shall , at the time of the incident, assist the victim with obtaining...
• Section 30-6-10 Rules and regulations
  (a) The director is authorized to adopt rules necessary to administer and implement the provisions of this chapter not otherwise covered by subsection (b). (b)...
• Section 30-6-11 Disposition of funds
  There is created the Domestic Violence Trust Fund within the State Treasury for the specific purpose of funding certified domestic violence centers. The fund shall...
• Section 30-6-12 Immunity from civil liability
  Any person, firm, corporation or official acting pursuant to this chapter, or participating in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom, shall, in so doing, be immune...
• Section 30-6-13 Construction of chapter
  "The provisions of this chapter are supplemental and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relating to domestic relations, domestic violence, and law...

Last modified: May 3, 2021