26-2A-133
Section 26-2A-133 Original petition for appointment or protective order. (a) The person to
be protected or any person who is interested in the estate, affairs, or welfare of the person,
including a parent, child, guardian, custodian, or any person who would be adversely affected
by lack of effective management of the person's property and business affairs may petition
for the appointment of a conservator or for other appropriate protective order. (b) The petition
must set forth to the extent known the interest of the petitioner; the name, age, residence,
and address of the person to be protected; the names and addresses of all persons, known to
the petitioner, who must be given notice, a general statement of the person's property with
an estimate of the value thereof, including any compensation, insurance, pension, or allowance
to which the person is entitled; the reason why appointment of a conservator or other protective
order is necessary, and whether bond has been relieved. If the...
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35-9A-123
Section 35-9A-123 Jurisdiction and service of process. (a) The district and circuit courts
of this state, according to their respective established jurisdictions, may exercise jurisdiction
over any landlord with respect to any conduct in this state governed by this chapter or with
respect to any claim arising from a transaction subject to this chapter. In addition to any
other method provided by rule or by statute, personal jurisdiction over a landlord may be
acquired in a civil action or proceeding instituted in the court by the service of process
in the manner provided by this section. (b) If a landlord is not a resident of this state
or is a business entity not authorized to do business in this state and engages in any conduct
in this state governed by this chapter, or engages in a transaction subject to this chapter,
the entity may be served as provided by Rule 4 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. (Act
2006-316, p. 668, §1.)...
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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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12-15-113
Section 12-15-113 Jurisdiction to make a parent or parents, legal guardians, or legal custodians
parties to juvenile court proceedings. A juvenile court shall have the authority to make a
parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian a party to a juvenile court proceeding pursuant
to procedures established by the Alabama Rules of Juvenile Procedure. (Act 2008-277, p. 441,
§2.)...
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12-15-210
Section 12-15-210 Notification to children of right to counsel; appointment of counsel by juvenile
court. (a) In delinquency and child in need of supervision cases, a child and his or her parent,
legal guardian, or legal custodian shall be advised by the juvenile court or its representative
at intake that the child has the right to be represented at all stages of the proceedings
by a child's attorney retained by them or, if they are unable to afford a child's attorney,
by a child's attorney appointed by the juvenile court. (b) If a child's attorney is not retained
by the child or a party in a juvenile court proceeding in which there is a reasonable likelihood
such may result in a placement in an institution in which the freedom of the child is curtailed,
a child's attorney shall be appointed to defend the child. (c) In delinquency and child in
need of supervision proceedings, a juvenile court may appoint a guardian ad litem in addition
to the child's attorney described in this section....
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12-15-314
Section 12-15-314 Dispositions for dependent children. (a) If a child is found to be dependent,
the juvenile court may make any of the following orders of disposition to protect the welfare
of the child: (1) Permit the child to remain with the parent, legal guardian, or other legal
custodian of the child, subject to conditions and limitations as the juvenile court may prescribe.
(2) Place the child under protective supervision under the Department of Human Resources.
(3) Transfer legal custody to any of the following: a. The Department of Human Resources.
b. A local public or private agency, organization, or facility willing and able to assume
the education, care, and maintenance of the child and which is licensed by the Department
of Human Resources or otherwise authorized by law to receive and provide care for the child.
c. A relative or other individual who, after study by the Department of Human Resources, is
found by the juvenile court to be qualified to receive and care for the...
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26-10A-22
Section 26-10A-22 Attorney participation and appointment of attorney for the adoptee or other
party. (a) In making adoption arrangements, potential adopting parents and birth parents may
obtain counsel to provide legal advice and assistance. (b) Upon the motion of any party, or
upon the court's own motion, before or after the filing of petition for adoption the court
may appoint a guardian ad litem for the adoptee, or for any incompetent or minor who is a
party to the proceeding or who would be a party to the proceeding. In the event of a contested
adoption, a guardian ad litem shall be appointed. The fees of a guardian ad litem shall be
assessed as court costs. (Acts 1990, No. 90-554, p. 912, §22.)...
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26-2A-105
Section 26-2A-105 Findings; order of appointment. (a) The court shall exercise the authority
conferred in this division so as to encourage the development of maximum self-reliance and
independence of the incapacitated person and make appointive and other orders only to the
extent necessitated by the incapacitated person's mental and adaptive limitations or other
conditions warranting the procedure. (b) The court may appoint a guardian as requested if
it is satisfied that the person for whom a guardian is sought is incapacitated and that the
appointment is necessary or desirable as a means of providing continuing care and supervision
of the person of the incapacitated person. The court, on appropriate findings, may (i) treat
the petition as one for a protective order under Section 26-2A-130 and proceed accordingly,
(ii) enter any other appropriate order, or (iii) dismiss the proceedings. (c) The court, at
the time of appointment or later, on its own motion or on appropriate petition or...
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26-2A-138
Section 26-2A-138 Who may be appointed conservator; priorities. (a) The court may appoint an
individual or a corporation with general power to serve as trustee or conservator of the estate
of a protected person. The following are entitled to consideration for appointment in the
order listed: (1) A conservator, guardian of property, or other like fiduciary appointed or
recognized by an appropriate court of any other jurisdiction in which the protected person
resides; (2) An individual or corporation nominated by the protected person who is 14 or more
years of age and of sufficient mental capacity to make an intelligent choice; (3) An attorney-in-fact
under a valid durable power of attorney previously executed by the protected person and giving
the attorney-in-fact reasonably broad powers over the property of the protected person; (4)
The spouse of the protected person, or a person nominated by the will of a deceased spouse
to whom the protected person was married at the decedent's death...
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26-2A-20
Section 26-2A-20 General definitions. As used in this chapter the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
CLAIMS. In respect of a protected person, includes liabilities of the protected person, whether
arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, and liabilities of the estate which arise at or after
the appointment of a conservator, including expenses of administration. (2) CONSERVATOR. A
person who is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a protected person and includes
a limited conservator described in Section 26-2A-148(a). (3) COURT. A probate court of this
state. (4) COURT REPRESENTATIVE. A person appointed in a guardianship or protective proceeding
who is trained in law, nursing, or social work, is an officer, employee, or special appointee
of the court, and has no personal interest in the proceeding. (5) DISABILITY. Cause for a
protective order as described in Section 26-2A-130. (6) ESTATE. Includes...
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