SB377 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Sam Givhan Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Juveniles, dependency hearing, allow statements to be entered into evidence in cases if they were made by a child under the age of 12 during a forensic interview and pertain to allegations of abuse against the child, Secs. 12-15-301, 12-15-310 am'd.

Description

Existing law provides rules pertaining to the admissibility of certain statements as evidence when they are presented during a juvenile dependency hearing. These include certain statements made by a child under the age of 12 when those statements pertain to alleged sexual abuse of the child.

This bill would provide that statements made during a forensic interview by a child under the age of 12 may be entered into evidence in a juvenile dependency hearing involving that child, in certain circumstances, if the statements pertain to allegations of abuse committed against the child. This bill would also update defined terms.

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Subjects

Juveniles