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22-11A-30
Section 22-11A-30 Commitment petition - Order for person to appear for hearing and be examined
by physician. When a petition has been filed seeking to commit any person to the custody of
the Alabama Department of Public Health, the probate judge shall order such person to appear
at the places and times designated for hearing the petition, and may order the person to appear
at designated times and places to be examined by licensed physicians. If the respondent does
not appear as ordered by the probate judge, the probate judge may order the sheriff of the
county in which the person is located to take the respondent into custody and compel his attendance
as ordered by the probate judge. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §30.)...
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26-2A-135
Section 26-2A-135 Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition. (a) Upon receipt
of a petition for appointment of a conservator or other protective order because of minority,
the court shall set a date for hearing. If the court determines at any time in the proceeding
that the interests of the minor are or may be inadequately represented, it may appoint an
attorney to represent the minor, giving consideration to the choice of the minor if 14 or
more years of age. An attorney appointed by the court to represent a minor may be granted
the powers and duties of a guardian ad litem. (b) Upon receipt of a petition for appointment
of a conservator or other protective order for reasons other than minority, the court shall
set a date for hearing. Unless the person to be protected has chosen counsel, the court shall
appoint an attorney to represent the person who may be granted the powers and duties of a
guardian ad litem. If the alleged disability is mental illness, mental...
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22-52-3
Section 22-52-3 Service of petition and order setting petition for hearing upon person sought
to be committed; contents of notice. When any petition has been filed seeking the involuntary
commitment of a respondent and such petition has been reviewed by the probate judge, the probate
judge shall order the sheriff of the county in which the respondent is located to serve a
copy of the petition, together with a copy of the order setting the petition for a hearing,
upon the respondent. Said notice shall include the date, time and place of the hearing; a
clear statement of the purpose of the proceeding and the possible consequences to the subject
thereof; the alleged factual basis for the proposed commitment; a statement of the legal standards
upon which commitment is authorized; and a list of the names and addresses of the witnesses
who may be called to testify in support of the petition. The hearing shall be preceded by
adequate notice to the respondent. (Acts 1975, No. 1226, p. 2562,...
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22-52-9
Section 22-52-9 Conduct of hearings. At all hearings, including probable cause hearings, conducted
by the probate judge in relation to a petition to involuntarily commit a respondent, the following
rules shall apply: (1) The respondent shall be present unless, prior to the hearing, the attorney
for the respondent has filed in writing a waiver of the presence of the respondent on the
ground that the presence of the respondent would be dangerous to the respondent's physical
or mental health or that the respondent's conduct could reasonably be expected to prevent
the hearing from being held in an orderly manner, and the probate judge has judicially found
and determined from evidence presented in an adversary hearing that the respondent is so mentally
or physically ill as to be incapable of attending such proceedings. Upon such findings an
order shall be entered approving the waiver. (2) The respondent shall have the right to compel
the attendance of any witness who may be located anywhere...
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18-1A-275
Section 18-1A-275 Guardian ad litem for infants or incompetents. If the owner of the lands
or other party interested therein is an infant or is of unsound mind, the probate court, on
the day appointed for the hearing, must appoint a guardian ad litem to represent him, and
the guardian so appointed must file a written acceptance of the appointment, must appear and
protect the rights and interests of such infant or person of unsound mind, and, if he deems
it necessary, may employ counsel to assist him. The compensation of such guardian and of his
counsel must be ascertained by the probate court and taxed as costs of the proceedings. (Acts
1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1606.)...
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22-11A-36
Section 22-11A-36 Appeal of commitment order; notice of appeal; limitations to be placed upon
liberty of person pending appeal. An appeal from an order of the probate court granting a
petition seeking to commit a person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health
or such other facility as the court may order lies to the circuit court for trial de novo
unless the probate judge who granted the petition was learned in the law, in which case the
appeal lies to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals on the record. Notice of appeal shall be
given in writing to the probate judge within five days after the respondent has received actual
notice of the granting of the petition and shall be accompanied by security for costs, to
be approved by the probate judge, unless the probate judge finds that the person sought to
be committed is indigent, in which case no security shall be required. Upon the filing of
a notice of appeal, the probate judge shall determine and enter an order setting...
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43-8-165
Section 43-8-165 Notice to surviving spouse and next of kin - Minors. If any of the next of
kin are minors, such notice may be served as provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure;
and in addition to the service above provided for minors, the court must appoint a guardian
ad litem who is disinterested and who shall be an attorney-at-law and who does not represent
any party having an interest adverse to such minors; and notice shall issue to such guardian
ad litem. Such guardian shall accept service and agree to represent the minors in the proof
and probate of the will, and if he fail to accept service and agree to appear for the minors
within 10 days after service, the court appoint another guardian ad litem, upon whom notice
must be served, and he must agree to accept service and represent the minors as is provided
in the first instance, and the will must not be probated until a guardian ad litem has agreed
to accept the appointment and to represent the minors in the proof and...
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6-7-103
Section 6-7-103 Action for improper appointment of guardians ad litem; statute of limitations
thereon; liability for suggestion of appointment by plaintiff, etc. (a) Any judge, register,
clerk, or other officer who shall knowingly appoint any person as guardian ad litem for any
infant or non compos mentis in violation of the provisions of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure,
shall be liable to a penalty of $200, which may be recovered by such infant or non compos
mentis, or his next friend suing for him, in an action in any court having jurisdiction of
civil actions for such amount. Such a claim shall not be barred by the statute of limitations
until after two years after the arrival of the infant at the age of 19 years or the restoration
of the non compos mentis to sanity. (b) Any plaintiff or petitioner, his attorney, or counsel,
or any person for him who shall suggest or nominate a guardian ad litem in any action commenced
by such plaintiff or petitioner shall be liable to the same...
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43-8-200
Section 43-8-200 Contest in circuit court after admission to probate - Parties; conclusiveness
of judgment. In the event a contest of the probate of a will is instituted in the circuit
court, as is or may be authorized by law, all parties interested in the probate of the will,
as devisees, legatees or otherwise, as well as those interested in the testator if he had
died intestate, as heirs, distributees or next of kin, shall be made parties to the contest;
and if there be minors or persons of unsound mind interested in the estate or in the probate
of the will, they shall be represented by their legal guardian, if such they have; if they
have no such guardian, the court shall appoint an attorney-at-law as guardian ad litem to
represent their interest in the contest, and the final judgment in such contest proceedings
shall be conclusive as to all matters which were litigated or could have been litigated in
such contest; and no further proceedings shall ever be entertained in any courts...
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22-52-10.8
Section 22-52-10.8 Order for involuntary commitment for inpatient treatment to be entered into
Criminal Justice Information System and NICS; redaction of order upon removal of limitation
to purchase firearm. (a) When the judge of probate of a county enters an order for the involuntary
commitment of a person pursuant to Section 22-52-10.1, and the order is for a final commitment
for inpatient treatment to the Department of Mental Health or a Veterans' Administration hospital,
or as otherwise provided by law, the judge shall immediately forward the order to the Alabama
Law Enforcement Agency and the order shall be entered in its information systems. The order
shall be forwarded to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency in the manner as the Alabama Justice
Information Center Commission shall provide. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency shall as soon
as possible thereafter enter the order in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
(NICS) and the information shall be entered into...
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