Alabama § 45-37-83.20 - Additional Fee - Family Court Probation Fund.
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§ 45-37-83.20. Additional Fee - Family Court Probation Fund.
(a) In Jefferson County, in addition to all other costs and charges in district court cases, a fee of four dollars ($4) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the district court. This charge shall not be collected on traffic cases. The net monies derived from the charges hereinabove prescribed shall be remitted to the office of the family court administrator, who shall deposit such monies in the Family Court Probation Fund.
(b) There is hereby established a Family Court Probation Fund for the deposit of the above described court cost monies. The fund shall be maintained in an interest bearing account in a bank of known responsibility by the family court administrator.
(c) Any funds appropriated from this fund shall be strictly limited to family court programs endorsed by the chief probation officer and approved by the
presiding family court circuit judge.
(d) The family court administrator shall have the power to draw upon the fund for sums not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), any sums above that amount shall require the joint signature of the presiding family court circuit judge and the family court administrator.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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