Under existing law, the maximum fee that counsel may collect when appointed to represent an indigent client in a juvenile case is $2,500.
This bill would authorize the trial court to certify a fee in the amount of up to $5,000 in certain juvenile dependency cases for guardians ad litem representing children. This bill would require a court waiving the limit to enter an order specifying the reasons for the waiver.
Pending third reading on day 7 Favorable from Judiciary
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 33
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Source: Alabama Legislature