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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26-8-22
Section 26-8-22 Hearing; entry of order authorizing removal or dismissal of application and
taxing of costs against applicant. If, on the hearing, the court is satisfied that the removal
will advance the interests of the minor or ward, an order authorizing it shall be made and
entered; otherwise, the application shall be dismissed and the guardian or conservator or
the next friend, as the application may be made by the one or the other, must be taxed with
the costs. (Code 1852, §2031; Code 1867, §2441; Code 1876, §2796; Code 1886, §2485; Code
1896, §2370; Code 1907, §4460; Code 1923, §8233; Code 1940, T. 21, §105; Acts 1987, No.
87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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26-8-41
Section 26-8-41 Removal of property of minor or ward whose parent, etc., resides without state
or removes minor or ward from state - Application, etc., for order of removal. The application
for the order of removal must be made in writing, signed by the parent, guardian, or other
person having legal custody of the minor or ward, verified by affidavit and accompanied by
a transcript, duly certified, of the appointment of a conservator for such minor or ward by
a court of competent jurisdiction in the state of the residence of the parent, guardian, or
other person having legal custody of the minor and of the bond of such conservator with sureties
approved by such court; provided, that if the conservator so appointed is a corporate fiduciary
which, under the laws of the state wherein appointed, is not required to make bond, a certificate
from the appointing authority stating this may be filed in lieu of a copy of the conservator's
bond. (Code 1886, §2490; Code 1896, §2375; Code 1907,...
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26-2-45
Section 26-2-45 Procedure generally - Entry of decree, recordation of proceedings and appointment
of conservator by court upon rendition of verdict of jury. If the jury find by their verdict
that the facts alleged in the petition are true and that such person is incapacitated, the
court shall enter a decree accordingly, and must cause the petition and all the proceedings
thereon to be recorded and appoint a suitable conservator of such person. (Code 1852, §2753;
Code 1867, §3192; Code 1876, §2760; Code 1886, §2395; Code 1896, §2260; Code 1907, §4350;
Code 1923, §8108; Code 1940, T. 21, §14; Acts 1982, No. 82-384, p. 561, §2; Acts 1987,
No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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26-2-2
Section 26-2-2 Removal of guardianship or conservatorship from probate to circuit court. The
administration or conduct of any guardianship or conservatorship of a minor or incapacitated
person may be removed from the probate court to the circuit court, at any time before the
final settlement thereof by the guardian or conservator of any such guardianship or conservatorship
or guardian ad litem or next friend of such ward or anyone entitled to support out of the
estate of such ward without assigning any special equity, and an order of removal must be
made by the court or judge upon the filing of a sworn petition by any such guardian or conservator
or guardian ad litem or next friend for the ward or such person entitled to support out of
the estate of such ward, reciting in what capacity the petitioner acts and that in the opinion
of the petitioner such guardianship or conservatorship can be better administered in the circuit
court than in the probate court. (Code 1923, §8102; Acts...
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26-8-50
Section 26-8-50 Sale of property to effect removal thereof from state - Proceedings under application;
appointment, powers, etc., of commissioner for conduct of sale. The court, in the order of
sale, must appoint a suitable person commissioner to make the sale and, except as otherwise
provided in this article, the authority and duty of such commissioner is the same as that
of a conservator authorized to sell property of a minor or ward for reinvestment. If the commissioner
so appointed fails to act or to complete the sale, another may be appointed at any time by
an order of the court. (Code 1896, §2384; Code 1907, §4474; Code 1923, §8247; Code 1940,
T. 21, §119; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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26-3-14
Section 26-3-14 Reduction of conservator's bond upon partial settlement of estate. Upon the
filing of any partial settlement by the conservator of a minor or an incapacitated person
in the court in which such estate is pending, such conservator may pray for a reduction in
the amount of his or her bond as such conservator. Thereupon, the court must set a day for
the hearing of such partial settlement and must cause notices to be issued to all parties
in interest as is now provided by law for final settlements of such estates and, on the day
set for hearing, the court may fix the amount to which the bond shall be reduced, which shall
be determined as now provided by law for such bonds. (Acts 1939, No. 560, p. 883; Code 1940,
T. 21, §40; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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35-6-83
Section 35-6-83 Guardian ad litem. The court must appoint a guardian ad litem to represent
the interest of such ward upon such hearing, as provided by law for the appointment of guardians
ad litem in such court. The person so appointed such guardian ad litem must deny in writing
the allegations of such report and resist the confirmation of such sale, and, if necessary,
must, with the approval of the court, employ counsel to defend the interest of the person
he so represents. He is entitled to reasonable compensation, and an allowance for reasonable
fees of such counsel as he may so employ, to be fixed by the court and taxed and collected
as costs in the action. (Code 1907, §5256; Code 1923, §9360; Code 1940, T. 47, §222.)...

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26-2-46
Section 26-2-46 Procedure where person alleged to be of unsound mind confined in hospital or
asylum. If the person alleged to be of unsound mind is a resident of the county and is at
the time of the application confined in a hospital or asylum within or without the state,
inquisition may be had and taken without notice to him or her , but, on the filing of the
application, the court must appoint a guardian ad litem to represent and defend for him or
her. It shall be the duty of such guardian by answer to put in issue the facts stated in the
application and to employ counsel at the expense of such person of unsound mind to appear
and defend him or her. (Code 1876, §2761; Code 1886, §2396; Code 1896, §2261; Code 1907,
§4351; Code 1923, §8109; Code 1940, T. 21, §15.)...
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6-10-86
Section 6-10-86 Report of appraisers or commissioners - Exceptions; notice of time set for
hearing thereon. When any homestead or other exemption has been allotted or set apart by the
appraisers or by commissioners, the personal representative, surviving spouse, minor child
or children, or other person in interest feeling aggrieved may, within 30 days after the making
of the report, file written exceptions thereto, stating the grounds of such exceptions. Thereupon
the court must fix a day for the hearing of the exceptions, of which 10 days' notice must
be given by personal service, if the adverse parties reside in the state or, if they reside
out of the state, by publication in some newspaper published in the county. If the exceptions
are filed by the surviving spouse and minor child or children, or either, such notice must
be served on the personal representative, but if filed by the personal representative or other
person, the notice must be served on the surviving spouse, if there...
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