Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-2-84.12

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

Any judicial officer of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit, upon making a determination that the defendant is indigent and not able to be employed, may waive or defer any administrative or supervision fee, or a portion thereof, associated with a defendant’s assignment to a program administered pursuant to the terms of this part. The court, in making this determination, should take into consideration that it is the intent of the Legislature that the programs established hereunder should strive to be self-supporting.