26-2A-31
Section 26-2A-31 Subject matter jurisdiction. (a) To the full extent permitted by the constitution and as permitted under Article 2 of Chapter 2B of this title, the court has jurisdiction over all subject matter relating to estates of protected persons and protection of minors and incapacitated persons. (b) The court has full power to make order, judgments, and decrees and take all other action necessary and proper to administer justice in the matters that come before it. (c) The court has jurisdiction over protective proceedings and guardianship proceedings. (d) If both guardianship and protective proceedings as to the same person are commenced or pending in the same court, the proceedings may be consolidated. (e) No provision of this chapter shall be construed to void, abate, or diminish the powers or equity jurisdiction, when invoked, heretofore or hereafter granted by statute to certain probate courts. (Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §1-302; Act 2010-500, p. 782, §2.)...
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26-2B-102
Section 26-2B-102 Definitions. In this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual who has attained 19 years of age or who by statute has otherwise been deemed to be an adult under the laws of the State of Alabama or the laws of another state. (2) CONSERVATOR. A person appointed by the court to administer the property of an adult, including a person appointed under Section 26-2A-20 of the Alabama Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act. (3) COURT. A probate court of this state and includes an appropriate court of another state. (4) GUARDIAN. A person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the person of an adult, including a person appointed under Section 26-2A-20 of the Alabama Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act. (5) GUARDIANSHIP. An order appointing a guardian. (6) GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDING. A judicial proceeding in which an order for the appointment of a guardian is sought or has been issued. (7)...
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12-15-102
Section 12-15-102 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age or older. (2) AFTERCARE. Conditions and supervision as the juvenile court orders after release from the Department of Youth Services. (3) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18 years, or under 21 years of age and before the juvenile court for a delinquency matter arising before that individual's 18th birthday, or under 19 years of age and before the juvenile court for a child in need of supervision matter or commitment to the State Department of Mental Health or under 19 years of age and before the juvenile court for a proceeding initiated under Section 12-15-115(b)(2). Where a delinquency petition alleges that an individual, prior to the individual's 18th birthday, has committed an offense for which there is no statute of limitation pursuant to Section 15-3-5, the term child also shall include the individual subject to the...
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24-8-13
Section 24-8-13 Recommendation for hearing by investigator; order for hearing; parties' right to take civil action; amendment of complaint; subpoenas; refusal to allow discovery; hearing; panel opinion and order; review. (a) If not sooner resolved, the investigator, upon completion of his investigation, shall submit to ADECA a statement of the facts disclosed by his investigation and recommend either that the complaint be dismissed or that a panel of office members be designated to hear the complaint. ADECA, after review of the case file and the statement and recommendation of the investigator, shall issue an order either of dismissal or for a hearing, which is not subject to judicial or other further review. (b) If the order is for dismissal, ADECA shall mail a copy of the order to the complainant and the respondent at their last known addresses. The complainant may bring an action against the respondent in circuit court within 90 days of the date of the dismissal or within one year...
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26-2B-302
Section 26-2B-302 Accepting guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another state. (a) To confirm transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship transferred to this state under provisions similar to Section 26-2B-301, the guardian or conservator must petition the court in this state to accept the guardianship or conservatorship. The petition must include the following: (1) a certified copy of the other state's provisional order of transfer; (2) an inventory of the protected person's estate as of the date of the petition including certified records of all bank accounts in the protected person's estate as of the date of the petition; (3) proof of the conservator's bond; and (4) any final accounting of the protected person's estate which has been submitted in the prior jurisdiction. If no such accounting was required by the transferring court, the petitioner must prepare and submit an accounting prior to acceptance. (b) Notice of a petition under subsection (a) must be given to...
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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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10A-1-1.03
Section 10A-1-1.03 Definitions. As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms mean: (1) AFFILIATE. A person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person. An affiliate of an individual includes the spouse, or a parent or sibling thereof, of the individual, or a child, grandchild, sibling, parent, or spouse of any thereof, of the individual, or an individual having the same home as the individual, or a trust or estate of which an individual specified in this sentence is a substantial beneficiary; a trust, estate, incompetent, conservatee, protected person, or minor of which the individual is a fiduciary; or an entity of which the individual is director, general partner, agent, employee or the governing authority or member of the governing authority. (2) ASSOCIATE. When used to indicate a relationship with: (A) a domestic or foreign entity for which the person is: (i) an officer or governing person; or (ii) a beneficial...
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26-2B-203
Section 26-2B-203 Jurisdiction. (a) A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if: (1) this state is the respondent's home state; (2) on the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state and: (A) the respondent does not have a home state or a court of the respondent's home state has declined to exercise jurisdiction because this state is a more appropriate forum; or (B) the respondent has a home state, a petition for an appointment or order is not pending in a court of that state or another significant-connection state and before the court makes the appointment or issues the order: (i) a petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent's home state; (ii) an objection to the court's jurisdiction is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and (iii) the court in this state concludes that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth in Section...
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36-25-4
Section 36-25-4 State Ethics Commission - Duties; complaint; investigation; hearings; fees; finding of violation. (a) The commission shall do all of the following: (1) Prescribe forms for statements required to be filed by this chapter and make the forms available to persons required to file such statements. (2) Prepare guidelines setting forth recommended uniform methods of reporting for use by persons required to file statements required by this chapter. (3) Accept and file any written information voluntarily supplied that exceeds the requirements of this chapter. (4) Develop, where practicable, a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system consistent with the purposes of this chapter. (5) Make reports and statements filed with the commission available during regular business hours and online via the Internet to public inquiry subject to such regulations as the commission may prescribe. (6) Preserve reports and statements for a period consistent with the statute of limitations as...
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30-5B-3
Section 30-5B-3 Judicial enforcement of order. (a) A person authorized by the law of this state to seek enforcement of a protection order may seek enforcement of a valid foreign protection order in a court of this state. The court shall enforce the terms of the order, including terms that provide relief that a court of this state would lack power to provide but for this section. The court shall enforce the order, whether the order was obtained by independent action or in another proceeding, if it is an order issued in response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of an individual seeking protection. In a proceeding to enforce a foreign protection order, the court shall follow the procedures of this state for the enforcement of protection orders. (b) A court of this state may not enforce a foreign protection order issued by a tribunal of a state that does not recognize the standing of a protected individual to seek enforcement of the order. (c) A court of this state...
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