18-1A-275
Section 18-1A-275 Guardian ad litem for infants or incompetents. If the owner of the lands
or other party interested therein is an infant or is of unsound mind, the probate court, on
the day appointed for the hearing, must appoint a guardian ad litem to represent him, and
the guardian so appointed must file a written acceptance of the appointment, must appear and
protect the rights and interests of such infant or person of unsound mind, and, if he deems
it necessary, may employ counsel to assist him. The compensation of such guardian and of his
counsel must be ascertained by the probate court and taxed as costs of the proceedings. (Acts
1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1606.)...
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26-2-53
Section 26-2-53 Revocation of guardianship or conservatorship - Upon application by person
ascertained to be incapacitated - Conduct of hearing or trial upon contested application;
entry of decree revoking guardianship or conservatorship, etc., where application not contested.
If the guardian or conservator or the person at whose instance the inquisition was had and
taken appears and, in writing, denies the allegations of the application, the court must appoint
a day for the trial of such contest, not more than 10 days thereafter, and must cause a jury
to be summoned in the manner provided by Section 12-16-78 for the trial thereof, and proceedings
must be had as upon the original inquisition. If there be no contest of the allegations of
the application and the court is satisfied of the truth thereof, a decree must be entered
revoking the proceedings on the inquisition and the guardianship or conservatorship and declaring
that the ward must be restored to the custody and management of...
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42-2-4
Section 42-2-4 Appointment of guardian ad litem and counsel for infants and persons of unsound
mind. If the owner of the lands is an infant or is of unsound mind, the court, on the day
appointed for the hearing, must appoint a guardian ad litem to represent him, and the guardian
so appointed must file a written acceptance of the appointment, must appear and protect the
rights and interests of such infant or person of unsound mind and, if he deems it necessary,
may employ counsel to assist him. The compensation of such guardian and of his counsel must
be ascertained by the court and taxed as costs of the proceedings. (Code 1907, §2417; Code
1923, §3151; Code 1940, T. 59, §7.)...
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26-2B-402
Section 26-2B-402 Recording of protective orders. If a conservator has been appointed in another
state and a petition for a protective order is not pending in this state, the conservator
appointed in the other state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to
record, may record the protective order in this state by recording as a foreign judgment in
a court of this state, in any county in which property belonging to the protected person is
located, certified copies of the order and letters of office and of any bond. (Act 2010-500,
p. 782, §1.)...
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12-15-127
Section 12-15-127 Release, delivery to detention or shelter care facility, medical facility
of children taken into custody generally. (a) A person taking a child into custody without
an order of the juvenile court shall, with all possible speed, and in accordance with this
chapter and the rules of court pursuant thereto: (1) Release the child to the parents, legal
guardian, or legal custodian of the child or other suitable person able to provide supervision
and care for the child and issue verbal counsel and warning as may be appropriate. (2) Release
the child to the parents, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the child upon his or her
promise to bring the child before the juvenile court when requested, unless the placement
of the child in detention or shelter care appears required. If a parent, legal guardian, or
other legal custodian fails, when requested, to bring the child before the juvenile court
as provided in this section, the juvenile court may issue an order directing that...
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12-15-406
Section 12-15-406 Determination of placement of the minor or child. (a) At the time that a
minor or child sought to be committed is first brought before the juvenile court, the juvenile
court shall determine the placement of the minor or child pending further hearings. No limitations
shall be placed upon the minor or child unless limitations shall be necessary to prevent the
minor or child from doing substantial harm to self or to others or to prevent the minor or
child from leaving the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. (b) No child shall be placed in
a juvenile detention facility unless the child is charged with a delinquent act. (c) The juvenile
court may order the minor or child to be held in a public or private facility pending receipt
by the department. (d) The juvenile court shall order the minor or child to appear at the
times and places set for hearing the petition and may order and require the minor or child
to appear at designated times and places to be examined by medical...
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22-11A-36
Section 22-11A-36 Appeal of commitment order; notice of appeal; limitations to be placed upon
liberty of person pending appeal. An appeal from an order of the probate court granting a
petition seeking to commit a person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health
or such other facility as the court may order lies to the circuit court for trial de novo
unless the probate judge who granted the petition was learned in the law, in which case the
appeal lies to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals on the record. Notice of appeal shall be
given in writing to the probate judge within five days after the respondent has received actual
notice of the granting of the petition and shall be accompanied by security for costs, to
be approved by the probate judge, unless the probate judge finds that the person sought to
be committed is indigent, in which case no security shall be required. Upon the filing of
a notice of appeal, the probate judge shall determine and enter an order setting...
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26-2-3
Section 26-2-3 Transfer to circuit court; remand to probate court. (a) In any county where
the judge of probate is required to be learned in the law, 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 pursuant to Section 26-2-2 at any time before a proceeding
for final settlement thereof is commenced in probate court by the guardian or conservator
of the guardianship or conservatorship or guardian ad litem or next friend of a ward or anyone
entitled to support out of the estate of the ward without assigning any special equity. The
circuit court shall remand the administration of a guardianship or conservatorship transferred
pursuant to this section to the probate court if the circuit court finds that the removal
was sought for the purpose of improper delay or did not comply with applicable law. The circuit
court may remand the administration of a guardianship or...
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26-2A-110
Section 26-2A-110 Removal or resignation of guardian; termination of incapacity. (a) On petition
of the ward or any person interested in the ward's welfare, or on its own motion, the court,
after hearing, may remove a guardian if to do so is in the best interest of the ward. On petition
of the guardian, the court, after hearing, may accept a resignation. (b) An order adjudicating
incapacity may specify a minimum period, not exceeding one year, during which a petition for
an adjudication that the ward is no longer incapacitated may not be filed without special
leave. Subject to that restriction, the ward or any person interested in the welfare of the
ward may petition for an order that the ward is no longer incapacitated and for termination
of the guardianship. A request for an order may also be made informally to the court and any
person who knowingly interferes with transmission of the request may be adjudged guilty of
contempt of court. (c) Upon removal, resignation, or death of the...
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26-2A-139
Section 26-2A-139 Bond. (a) The court must require a conservator to furnish a bond payable
to the judge of probate conditioned upon faithful discharge of all duties of the trust according
to law, with sureties as it shall specify. Unless otherwise directed, the bond must be in
the amount of the aggregate capital value of the property of the estate in the conservator's
control, plus one year's estimated income, and minus the value of securities deposited under
arrangements requiring an order of the court for their removal and the value of any land which
the fiduciary, pursuant to Section 26-2A-152(d), lacks power to sell or convey without court
authorization. The court, in lieu of sureties on a bond, may accept other collateral for the
performance of the bond, including a pledge of securities or any other assets or a mortgage
of land. (b) The court may at any time reduce the bond of the conservator or require the conservator
to provide additional or larger bond as may seem to be proper...
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