26-5-5
Section 26-5-5 Partial settlement - Rendition and recordation of decree as to vouchers and
account; recordation of account and vouchers. After the examination of the vouchers, and the
audit and statement of the account, the court must render a decree passing the same and declaring
the amount of the charge against the conservator and of the credits allowed, which must be
entered of record. The account and vouchers must be recorded. (Code 1886, §2457; Code 1896,
§2342; Code 1907, §4432; Code 1923, §8205; Code 1940, T. 21, §132; Acts 1987, No. 87-590,
p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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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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26-10A-31
Section 26-10A-31 Confidentiality of records, hearing; parties. (a) After the petition is filed
and prior to the entry of the final decree, the records in adoption proceedings shall be open
to inspection only by the petitioner or his or her attorney, the investigator appointed under
Section 26-10A-19, any attorney appointed for the adoptee under Section 26-10A-22, and any
attorney retained by or appointed to represent the adoptee. Such records shall be open to
other persons only upon order of court for good cause shown. (b) All hearings in adoption
proceedings shall be confidential and shall be held in closed court without admittance of
any person other than interested parties and their counsel, except with leave of court. (c)
After the final decree of adoption has been entered, all papers, pleadings, and other documents
pertaining to the adoption shall be sealed, kept as a permanent record of the court, and withheld
from inspection except as otherwise provided in this section and in...
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26-2-47
Section 26-2-47 Appointment of guardian for nonresident incapacitated person having property
within state - Authorization. The court of probate of a county in which an incapacitated person
residing without the state may have property, real or personal, requiring the care of a conservator,
may appoint a conservator for the property of such person which may be within this state if
such person has been declared an incapacitated person by a court having jurisdiction in the
state of his or her residence. (Code 1867, §2415; Code 1876, §2755; Code 1886, §2402; Code
1896, §2267; Code 1907, §4357; Code 1923, §8115; Code 1940, T. 21, §21; Acts 1987, No.
87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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26-2-52
Section 26-2-52 Revocation of guardianship or conservatorship - Upon application by person
ascertained to be incapacitated - Appointment of date for hearing on application; notice to
guardian or conservator, etc. On the filing of such application, the court must appoint a
day for the hearing thereof, not more than 10 days thereafter, and the guardian or conservator
and the person at whose instance the inquisition was had and taken must be cited to appear
and show cause against it. (Code 1852, §2758; Code 1867, §3197; Code 1876, §2804; Code
1886, §2398; Code 1896, §2263; Code 1907, §4353; Code 1923, §8111; Code 1940, T. 21, §17;
Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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26-2A-102
Section 26-2A-102 Court appointment of guardian for incapacitated person. (a) Except as provided
by subsection (e), an incapacitated person or any person interested in the welfare of the
incapacitated person may petition for appointment of a limited or general guardian. (b) After
the filing of a petition, the court shall set a date for hearing on the issue of incapacity
so that notices may be given as required by Section 26-2A-103, and, unless the allegedly incapacitated
person is represented by counsel, appoint an attorney to represent the person in the proceeding.
The person so appointed may be granted the powers and duties of a guardian ad litem. The person
alleged to be incapacitated shall be examined by a physician or other qualified person appointed
by the court who shall submit a report in writing to the court. The person alleged to be incapacitated
also shall be interviewed by a court representative sent by the court. The court representative
also shall interview the person who...
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26-2A-131
Section 26-2A-131 Protective proceedings; jurisdiction of business affairs of protected persons.
Subject to Section 26-2A-31, after the service of notice in a proceeding seeking the appointment
of a conservator or other protective order and until termination of the proceeding, the court
in which the petition is filed has: (1) Exclusive jurisdiction to determine the need for a
conservator or other protective order until the proceedings are terminated; and (2) Exclusive
jurisdiction to determine how the estate of the protected person which is subject to the laws
of this state must be managed, expended, or distributed to or for the use of the protected
person, the protected person's dependents, or other claimants. (Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p.
975, §2-302; Act 2010-500, p. 782, §2.)...
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26-2A-160
Section 26-2A-160 Foreign conservator; proof of authority; bond; powers. If a conservator has
not been appointed in this state and no petition in a protective proceeding is pending in
this state, a conservator appointed in the state in which the protected person resides may
file in a court of this state in a [county] in which property belonging to the protected person
is located, authenticated copies of letters of appointment and of any bond. Thereafter, the
domiciliary foreign conservator may exercise as to assets in this state all powers of a conservator
appointed in this state and may maintain actions and proceedings in this state subject to
any conditions imposed upon nonresident parties generally. (Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975,
§2-331.)...
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9-9-14
Section 9-9-14 Board of water management commissioners - Composition; qualifications, appointment,
terms of office, oath and bond of commissioners; seal; officers and employees generally; meetings;
vacancies; quorum. Upon the organization of the district, the court of probate shall appoint
three water management commissioners to be designated "Board of Water Management Commissioners,"
who shall have control of the affairs of the district, and each commissioner shall be an owner
of real property within the district and shall be over 19 years of age, and at least one of
them shall be a resident of the county in which the proceedings are held. Whenever the owners
of a majority in acres of the land comprising a district petition the court for appointment
of a person qualified under this article to act as a water management commissioner, it shall
be the duty of the court to appoint such person or persons, but in the absence of such petition
it shall be the duty of the court to appoint such...
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26-5-15
Section 26-5-15 Notice of filing of annual, partial, or final settlement; finality of orders
or decrees of court as to such settlement, etc., generally; reopening of accounts. Whenever
any conservator shall file any annual, partial, or final settlement in any court having jurisdiction
thereof, the court shall, at the request of such conservator, require that notice thereof
be given in the same manner as required by law in cases of final settlements. Any order or
decree of the court on such settlement after such notice shall be final and conclusive as
to all items of receipts and disbursements and other transactions and matters shown therein
and as to all fees and compensation fixed or allowed to such conservator and attorney, and
appeals therefrom shall and must be taken in the manner provided for from any other final
decrees of such court. Thereafter, at any time prior to final settlement, the account may
be reopened by the court on motion or petition of the conservator or ward or...
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