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17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal
officers - Generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate
court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court,
or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any
office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting
must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election
was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as
provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest,
to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security,
the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court
for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a...
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26-2A-6
Section 26-2A-6 Facility of payment or delivery; notice of payment. (a) Any person under a
duty to pay or deliver money or personal property to a minor may perform the duty, in amounts
as provided in this subsection, by paying or delivering the money or personal property to:
(1) Any person having the care and custody of the minor and with whom the minor resides; (2)
A guardian of the minor; or (3) The judge of probate of the county in which the minor resides,
if a resident of this state, or, if a nonresident, to the judge of probate or like officer
of the county in which the debtor or creditor resides. Payments under this subsection must
not exceed $5,000 if paid in a single payment, or $3,000 a year if paid in a series of payments,
and payments, by any person other than a conservator or judge, must not exceed a maximum of
$25,000 during the minority of the minor ward. The person obligated to make payment is discharged
of that duty or obligation by making the payment or delivery and...
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43-2-467
Section 43-2-467 Correction of mistake in description of lands sold. (a) When a mistake has
been made in the description of lands of a decedent sold in good faith under an order of the
probate court, either in the petition, order or other proceedings, the court ordering the
sale has authority, on the written application of the purchaser, or his heirs or personal
representatives, or any person holding under him, verified by affidavit, to correct such mistake.
The application must contain a correct description of the lands sold, and must state the facts,
and the names, ages and places of residence of the personal representatives and heirs or devisees
of such decedent, if known, and if there be no personal representative, that fact must be
stated; and, upon the filing of such application, the court must appoint a day for the hearing,
of which, and of the nature of the application, notice must be given, by personal service,
to the personal representative of such decedent, and such of his...
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43-8-198
Section 43-8-198 Transfer of contest to circuit court; appeal from judgment of circuit court;
certification of judgment, etc., to probate court. Upon the demand of any party to the contest,
made in writing at the time of filing the initial pleading, the probate court, or the judge
thereof, must enter an order transferring the contest to the circuit court of the county in
which the contest is made, and must certify all papers and documents pertaining to the contest
to the clerk of the circuit court, and the case shall be docketed by the clerk of the circuit
court and a special session of said court may be called for the trial of said contest or,
said contest may be tried by said circuit court at any special or regular session of said
court. The issues must be made up in the circuit court as if the trial were to be had in the
probate court, and the trial had in all other respects as trials in other civil cases in the
circuit court. An appeal to the supreme court may be taken from the...
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12-13-40
Section 12-13-40 Powers of probate judges generally. The probate judge shall have authority:
(1) To administer oaths and take and certify the same in all cases in which administering
such oath and taking such affidavit is not confined expressly to some other officer; (2) To
cause jurors to be impaneled and sworn in any matter of fact pending before him in which the
right to a jury trial is given by law; (3) To appoint guardians ad litem for minors and persons
of unsound mind, when necessary, but he must not appoint as such guardian any clerk, employee
or other person connected with his office or related to him by consanguinity or affinity;
(4) To employ, at his own expense a chief clerk and such other clerks as he deems necessary,
for whose official acts he shall be responsible; (5) To complete the minute entries and decrees
of the court when the same are incomplete on account of the failure to make necessary entries
at the time when they should have been made, but the necessary...
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43-8-52
Section 43-8-52 Controversy as to advancements - Proceedings and answer upon death of distributee.
In case of the death of any distributee or heir alleged to have received advancements, his
legal representatives or heirs at law shall be required to report or answer in the same manner
as set forth in section 43-8-51; and if they are residents of this state, notice must be given
by citation, and if nonresidents, by publication, as provided for in cases embraced in section
43-8-51. If any of the heirs at law of such deceased distributee or heir are minors or persons
of unsound mind, the probate court must appoint a suitable guardian ad litem for them, who
shall deny the allegation contained in such application, and demand proof thereof. (Code 1867,
§1906; Code 1876, §2270; Code 1886, §1933; Code 1896, §1471; Code 1907, §3775; Code 1923,
§7386; Code 1940, T. 16, §22; Code 1975, §43-3-37.)...
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6-6-463
Section 6-6-463 Disposition of claims of other persons suggested by garnishee. (a) When the
garnishee, by his answer as originally filed or by any supplemental answer thereafter, alleges,
at any time before final judgment against him, that he has been notified that another person
claims title to, or an interest in, the debt, demand, money, or effects which, by his answer,
he has admitted to be due or owing or to be in his possession, the clerk must issue notice
to the suggested claimant to appear within 30 days after service of the notice and propound
his claim and contest with the plaintiff the right to such debt, demand, money or effects.
(b) If he appears, he must be required to propound his claim in writing and make oath thereto,
upon which the plaintiff must take issue in law or in fact, and the issue in fact must be
tried by a jury, if required by either party. If the issue is found for the plaintiff, judgment
must be entered against the garnishee on his answer or, if for the...
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18-2-19
Section 18-2-19 Appeal from assessment of damages to circuit court. From any assessment of
damages made or had under this chapter, the landowner, if dissatisfied, is entitled to an
appeal, as matter of right, to the circuit court of the county, and on such an appeal to a
trial de novo by jury, such appeal to be taken within 20 days after the application is granted,
on giving security for the costs of the appeal, to be approved by the judge of probate. Upon
the giving of such security, the judge of probate must file in the office of the clerk of
the circuit court a full and complete transcript of all the proceedings, including the inquest
of the jury, within 10 days after such appeal is taken. (Code 1886, §3206; Code 1896, §1748;
Code 1907, §3909; Code 1923, §7528; Code 1940, T. 19, §54.)...
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12-22-21
Section 12-22-21 Other orders, judgments, or decrees. Appeal from the order, judgment or decree
of the probate court may be taken by the party aggrieved to the circuit court or Supreme Court
in the cases hereinafter specified. Appeals to the Supreme Court shall be governed by the
Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure, including the time for taking an appeal. Appeal to the
circuit court in such cases shall be within the time hereinafter specified: (1) From the decree,
judgment or order on a contest as to the validity of a will, to be taken within 42 days after
the determination of the contest; (2) From the decree, judgment or order on an application
claiming the right to execute a will or administer an estate, to be taken within 42 days after
the hearing and decision of such application, unless the application was denied because the
applicant was deemed unfit to serve by reason of a conviction of an infamous crime or by reason
of improvidence, intemperance or want of understanding, in...
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6-10-106
Section 6-10-106 Proceedings to set aside exemptions when husband, wife, or parent absent seven
years and residence not ascertainable - Generally. (a) When the real and personal property
owned by an absent husband, wife, or parent who has not been heard from and whose residence
has been unknown for seven years and whose residence cannot be ascertained by diligent inquiry
does not exceed in amount and value the exemptions allowed in favor of his or her surviving
spouse and minor child or children, or either, the probate court of the county in which he
or she resided before leaving his or her spouse or children, upon the application of the deserted
spouse or, if there is no spouse or he or she does not act, upon the application of the guardian
or of a suitable person who shall be appointed by the judge of probate as next friend of such
minor children, verified by oath and setting forth such facts, must appoint two commissioners,
who shall make a full and complete inventory and...
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