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12-13-37
Section 12-13-37 Appointment of special judge when probate judge incompetent, absent, sick,
etc., generally; powers and duties of special judge and force, effect, etc., of judgments,
orders and decrees thereof. If in any matter or proceeding arising in the probate court or
in reference to which the judge thereof is required to exercise jurisdiction or authority
or to perform a duty the judge is incompetent for any legal cause or shall be absent, sick
or otherwise disqualified from acting, he or his chief clerk must certify the fact of incompetency,
absence, sickness or disqualification to the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and
the Supreme Court shall, upon such certificate, appoint a person possessing the qualifications
of a probate judge to act as special probate judge. Such special judge in relation to such
matter or proceeding shall have the jurisdiction and authority and discharge the duties of
the probate judge, and the judgments, orders and decrees made or rendered...
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45-49-85.42
Section 45-49-85.42 Temporary judges of probate. (a)(1) If the regularly elected Judge of Probate
of Mobile County is incompetent from any legal cause, incapacitated, absent or will be absent
from sickness, or otherwise disqualified from acting as judge, the judge of probate or the
chief clerk shall certify the fact of incompetency, incapacity, absence, sickness, or disqualification
to the presiding judge of the circuit court of the county and the presiding judge of the circuit
court, upon that certificate, shall appoint a person learned in the law, practicing and residing
in the county, to act as temporary judge of probate. At any time when the regularly elected
judge of probate of the county files a certificate in the office of the circuit clerk of the
county that he or she is no longer incompetent, from any legal cause, incapacitated, absent,
absent from sickness, or otherwise disqualified from acting as judge, then the regularly elected
judge of probate of the county shall...
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12-13-41
Section 12-13-41 Duties of probate judges generally. It shall be the duty of the probate judge:
(1) To issue all citations, letters testamentary, of administration and guardianship, subpoenas,
executions and all other process which is necessary for the exercise of his powers, the jurisdiction
of the court and the enforcement of its judgments, orders and decrees. (2) To keep minutes
of all his official acts and proceedings and, within three months thereafter, to record the
same in well-bound books. (3) To keep all the books, papers and records belonging to his office
with care and security, the papers arranged, filed and labeled so as to be of easy reference
and the books and records lettered and kept with general, direct and reverse indexes, but,
without the authority of the county commission, he shall not make new indexes. (4) To keep
constantly in his office a well-arranged docket, showing the date of the issue and return
of all process, the day set for the hearing, the kind of...
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22-52-10.6
Section 22-52-10.6 Petition for renewal of inpatient commitment order; probate court; special
judge; notice; hearing. (a) A petition for renewal of an inpatient commitment order may be
filed by the director of a state mental health facility or his designee at least 30 days prior
to the expiration of the current commitment order. The petition, together with a copy of the
original commitment order and copies of any subsequent renewal commitment orders, shall be
filed with the probate court of the county where the facility is located. The petition shall
explain in detail why renewal of the order is being requested, and shall further explain in
detail why less restrictive conditions of treatment are not appropriate. (b) Such probate
court may consider, hear, and enter appropriate orders pursuant to this section or may request
that the case be heard by a special judge of probate. (c) Whenever and wherever it shall become
necessary that a special judge of probate be provided to hear and...
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12-13-1
Section 12-13-1 Jurisdiction generally; validity and presumptions to be accorded to judgments,
orders, etc., of probate courts. (a) The probate court shall have original and general jurisdiction
as to all matters mentioned in this section and shall have original and general jurisdiction
as to all other matters which may be conferred upon them by statute, unless the statute so
conferring jurisdiction expressly makes the jurisdiction special or limited. (b) The probate
court shall have original and general jurisdiction over the following matters: (1) The probate
of wills. (2) The granting of letters testamentary and of administration and the repeal or
revocation of the same. (3) All controversies in relation to the right of executorship or
of administration. (4) The settlement of accounts of executors and administrators. (5) The
sale and disposition of the real and personal property belonging to and the distribution of
intestate's estates. (6) The appointment and removal of guardians for...
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22-52-35
Section 22-52-35 Appointment of special probate judges for consideration, hearing and entry
of orders pertaining to commitment or continued custody of certain persons committed or transferred
to facilities of Department of Mental Health; qualifications, powers, etc., of special probate
judges; conduct of hearings by special probate judges generally. (a) Upon application of the
commissioner or his designee, the Governor may appoint one or more special judges of probate
for the purpose of considering, hearing and entering appropriate orders with regard to the
commitment or continued custody of such persons who have been committed by any court of this
state to any facility pursuant to the provisions of Sections 15-16-24 and 15-16-40, accused
of a crime but not yet tried, or transferred to such facility on order of the Governor, pursuant
to the provisions of Article 4 of this chapter. (b) A special judge of probate appointed under
the provisions of this article shall be vested with all...
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12-13-15
Section 12-13-15 Chief clerk of probate court - Acts which may be performed by chief clerk
during vacancy in office of probate judge; authority, compensation and liability of chief
clerk for acts performed during such vacancy. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office
of the probate judge, the chief clerk in that office, appointed and qualified as authorized
by law, shall, during such vacancy and until the qualification of a lawful successor, perform
all the duties of that office which he is authorized by law to perform when there is no vacancy,
but must not receive money on decrees or executions or become the custodian of trust funds
pertaining to the court. He may make all necessary orders for the continuances of cases and
proceedings pending in the court. All such duties are to be performed, during such vacancy,
by such chief clerk in his own name as clerk of the probate court, and he is entitled to the
lawful fees therefor. For his official acts under this article, such chief...
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45-49-120.04
Section 45-49-120.04 Supervisory committee. (a) There is hereby established the Supervisory
Committee of the Mobile County Personnel Board. The supervisory committee hereby created shall
succeed to and exercise all the rights, powers, and authority, and shall perform all the duties
and functions now vested in and required of the Citizen's Supervisory Committee created by
Act 470, 1939 Regular Session (Acts 1939, p. 298) and the Supervisory Committee of the Mobile
County Personnel Board created by Act 167, 1955 Regular Session (Acts 1955, p. 431). (b) The
Supervisory Committee of the Mobile County Personnel Board shall be composed of the following:
(1) The persons holding each of the following elective offices in Mobile County, Alabama,
namely, the presiding judge of the circuit court, the judge of probate, the revenue commissioner,
the presiding judge of the District Court of Mobile County, the county license commissioner,
the Chair of the Mobile County Commission, the Sheriff of...
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12-15-102
Section 12-15-102 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have
the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age or older. (2) AFTERCARE.
Conditions and supervision as the juvenile court orders after release from the Department
of Youth Services. (3) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18 years, or under 21 years of
age and before the juvenile court for a delinquency matter arising before that individual's
18th birthday, or under 19 years of age and before the juvenile court for a child in need
of supervision matter or commitment to the State Department of Mental Health or under 19 years
of age and before the juvenile court for a proceeding initiated under Section 12-15-115(b)(2).
Where a delinquency petition alleges that an individual, prior to the individual's 18th birthday,
has committed an offense for which there is no statute of limitation pursuant to Section 15-3-5,
the term child also shall include the individual subject to the...
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43-2-150
Section 43-2-150 Enforcement of judgments, etc., of probate court against representatives -
Generally. All judgments, orders, and decrees of the probate court against an executor or
administrator for the payment of money may be enforced by execution or by process of garnishment,
which may issue in like cases and manner as it may issue on judgments in circuit courts, and
may, in like manner, be prosecuted to judgment against the garnishee; for the delivery of
personal property, by attachment or a special order to the sheriff, requiring him to take
such property and deliver the same according to the judgment, order or decree; for the possession
of land, by a writ to the sheriff against the executor or administrator, requiring him to
put the heir or devisee in possession of the same. (Code 1852, §1921; Code 1867, §2280;
Code 1876, §2618; Code 1886, §2276; Code 1896, §345; Code 1907, §2812; Code 1923, §6051;
Code 1940, T. 61, §128.)...
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