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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28-3A-23
Section 28-3A-23 Regulation of grant of licenses. (a) No license prescribed in this code shall be issued or renewed until the provisions of this code have been complied with and the filing and license fees other than those levied by a municipality are paid to the board. (b) Licenses shall be granted and issued by the board only to reputable individuals, to associations whose members are reputable individuals, or to reputable corporations organized under the laws of the State of Alabama or duly qualified thereunder to do business in Alabama, or, in the case of manufacturers, duly registered under the laws of Alabama, and then only when it appears that all officers and directors of the corporation are reputable individuals. (c) Every license issued under this code shall be constantly and conspicuously displayed on the licensed premises. (d) Each retail liquor license application must be approved by the governing authority of the municipality if the retailer is located in a municipality,...
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43-2-42
Section 43-2-42 Order of grant of administration. (a) Administration of an intestate's estate must be granted to one of the persons herein named if the person is willing to accept and satisfactory to serve in the following order: (1) The husband or widow. (2) The next of kin entitled to share in the distribution of the estate. (3) The largest creditor of the estate residing in this state. (4) Any other person as the judge of probate may appoint. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, in all counties having a population of 400,000 or more, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, or in any county having an elected general or county administrator, administration of an intestate's estate must be granted to some one of the persons hereinafter named, if willing to accept and satisfactory to serve, in the following order: (1) The husband or widow. (2) The next of kin entitled to share in the distribution of the estate. (3) The largest creditor of...
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43-2-455
Section 43-2-455 Advertisement of sale. When the application for the sale of land for the payment of debts or division is granted and the land directed to be sold, the executor or administrator must give notice of the day, place and terms of sale, and a description of the property to be sold, by advertisement for three successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county where the sale is to take place; and in case of a sale of lands lying in one body, but in more than one county, such notice must be given in each of the counties. If there is no such paper published in the county or in any county in which notice is required to be given, then, as to the county having no such paper, the notice must be given by posting at the courthouse door, and at three other public places in the county. In addition to the notice prescribed in this section, the court may direct the giving of notice by printed handbills or posters, to be distributed and posted in the manner best calculated to give...
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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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6-6-683
Section 6-6-683 Judgment against officer accepting substitute for juror or serving person other than one to be drawn. Any officer who accepts or receives a substitute for any person drawn as a juror or whom he is directed to summon as a juror or who intentionally serves any other person than the one drawn as a juror or whom he is directed to summon as a juror must be fined $50, to be recovered on motion by the district attorney, in the name of the state, in the circuit court of the county in which the offense is committed, on five days' notice, one half of which shall be for the use of the county and the other half for the use of the district attorney. (Code 1876, §3371; Code 1886, §3113; Code 1896, §3781; Code 1907, §5917; Code 1923, §10244; Code 1940, T. 7, §599.)...
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15-16-20
Section 15-16-20 Duty of judge to institute investigation on sanity of certain confined persons; proceedings where person found insane. If any person other than a minor in confinement, under indictment, for want of bail for good behavior, for keeping the peace or appearing as a witness, in consequence of any summary conviction appears to be insane, the judge of the circuit court of the county where he is confined must institute a careful investigation, call a respectable physician and call other credible witnesses; and, if he deems it necessary, he may call a jury, for which purpose he is empowered to compel attendance of witnesses and jurors. If it is satisfactorily proved that the person is insane, the judge may discharge him from imprisonment and order his safe custody and removal to the Alabama state hospitals, where he must remain until restored to his right mind, and then, if the judge shall have so directed, the superintendent must inform the judge and sheriff, whereupon the...
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16-28-13
Section 16-28-13 Burden of proof on person in loco parentis. No parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of any child shall be convicted for failure to have said child enrolled in school or for failure to send a child to school or for failure to require such child to regularly attend such school or tutor, or for failure to compel such child to properly conduct himself as a pupil, if such parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of such child can establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the court the following: (1) That the principal teacher in charge of said school which he attends or should attend or the tutor who instructs or should instruct said child gave permission for the child to be absent; or (2) That such parent, guardian or other person is unable to provide necessary books and clothes in order that the child may attend school in compliance with law, and that such parent, guardian or other person had prior to the opening of the school, or...
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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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35-4-322
Section 35-4-322 Application to compel conveyance - Contents; notice generally; decree; appeals. Such application must be by petition, setting out the contract or agreement, the lands to be conveyed and stating the names of the heirs and personal representatives of the contracting party, which of them are of full age and which are minors; and the judge of probate must give notice of such petition by 20 days' written notice to the personal representative and resident heirs of the contracting party, to be served by any sheriff and, if any one or more are nonresidents, by publication in some newspaper published in his county and in the county in which the lands lie; or, if none is published therein, the paper published in the place nearest to the county site of such county, once a week for three successive weeks; and if, on the hearing of such application, it appears that such agreement or contract was fairly made and the consideration or conditions of the same paid or performed, such...
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