26-10A-24
Section 26-10A-24 Contested hearing. (a) Whenever a motion contesting the adoption is filed,
the court shall set the matter for a contested hearing to determine: (1) Whether the best
interests of the adoptee will be served by the adoption. (2) Whether the adoptee is a person
capable of being adopted by the petitioner in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
(3) Whether an actual or implied consent or relinquishment to the adoption is valid. (4) Whether
a consent or relinquishment may be withdrawn. (b) The court shall give notice of the contested
hearing by certified mail to all parties who have appeared before the court. The moving party
and each petitioner shall be present at the contested hearing. The guardian ad litem shall
appear and represent the interests of the adoptee. (c) The court may continue the hearing
from time to time to permit notice to all parties, or to permit further discovery, observation,
investigation, or consideration of any fact or circumstances...
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26-8-23
Section 26-8-23 Preparation, certification, and filing of record of proceedings; grant of guardianship
or conservatorship and filing of transcript thereof; removal; powers of guardian or conservator
as to recovery, receipt, etc., of property of minor or ward. If the removal authorized is
of the person and property of the minor or ward, a transcript of the record of the proceedings
must be made and certified and filed in the court of probate of the county to which the removal
is to be made. Upon the filing of such transcript, such court has jurisdiction to grant guardianship
or conservatorship of the person or conservatorship of property of the minor or ward, and
on such grant being made and a transcript thereof, duly certified, being filed in the court
of probate authorizing the removal, such removal may be made. The conservator so appointed
has full authority to demand, recover, and receive the property of the minor or ward from
and after the making of the removal. (Code 1886, §2486;...
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30-3-61
Section 30-3-61 Withholding order required in child support orders; employer to withhold support
from income due and pay to designee; income withholding order issued by another state; when
order served on employer; delinquency of support payments. (a) Any provision of Section 8-5-21,
to the contrary notwithstanding, any original decree, judgment, or order issued by a court
of this state for the payment of support, any decree or judgment entered pursuant to a petition
to modify an original decree or award of support, any decree or judgment of contempt of court
for failure to pay support as previously ordered by a court of this state, or any decree or
judgment for criminal or civil nonsupport shall include as a separate section a withholding
order subject to subsection (c) of this section directing any employer of the obligor to withhold
and pay over to the clerk of the court or the Department of Human Resources, or its designee,
whichever is appropriate, out of income due or to become...
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43-2-452
Section 43-2-452 When depositions required. No order for the sale of land belonging to any
estate, whether for the payment of debts, or for division, must be made when there are minors
or persons of unsound mind or unknown parties interested in such estate, unless the probate
court has taken evidence by deposition, showing the necessity of such sale; and such evidence
must be taken, whether the allegations in the petition are denied or not by the guardian appointed
by the court to represent the minors or persons of unsound mind or unknown parties; and any
order of sale and sale, made without a compliance with the requisitions of this section, shall
be wholly void. (Code 1867, §2225; Code 1876, §2458; Code 1886, §2114; Code 1896, §167;
Code 1907, §2631; Code 1923, §5861; Code 1940, T. 61, §255.)...
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6-5-641
Section 6-5-641 Certification of classes. (a) No class of civil litigants shall be certified
or recognized by any court of the State of Alabama unless there shall have been compliance
with the procedures for certification of the class set forth in this article. (b) As soon
as practicable after the commencement of an action in which claims or defenses are purported
to be asserted on behalf of or against a class, or as soon as practicable after such assertions
in an amended pleading, but in no event prior to the time allowed by law for each party (including,
but not limited to, counterclaim, cross-claim, and third-party defendants) to file an answer
or other pleading responsive to the complaint, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim,
the court shall hold a conference among all named parties to the action for the purpose of
establishing a schedule, in the same manner and to the same extent contemplated by Ala.R.Civ.P.
16, for any discovery in which the parties may wish to engage...
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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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30-5-8
Section 30-5-8 Notice of hearing or other order to be sent to parties; registration of information;
automated process; additional fines. (a)(1) A copy of any notice of hearing or any protection
order under this chapter shall be sent to the plaintiff within 24 hours of issuance, provided
the plaintiff provides the court with current and accurate contact information, and to the
law enforcement officials with jurisdiction over the residence of the plaintiff. The clerk
of the court may furnish a certified copy of the notice of final hearing or protection order,
if any, electronically. (2) A copy of the petition and ex parte protection order, if issued,
under this chapter shall be served upon the defendant as soon as possible pursuant to Rule
4 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. A copy of the notice of final hearing and any other
order under this chapter shall be issued to the defendant as soon as possible. (3) Certain
information in these cases shall be entered in the Protection...
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34-27-68
Section 34-27-68 Commission may seek injunctive relief, etc., for violation of article; investigation;
revocation of registration. (a) If it appears that a person, firm, corporation, or any business
entity has engaged, or is about to engage, in an act or practice constituting a violation
of a provision of this article or rule or order of the commission, the commission, through
the Attorney General, may institute legal actions to enjoin the act or practice and to enforce
compliance with this article or any rule or order of the commission or to have a receiver
or conservator appointed. To prevail in such action, it shall not be necessary to allege or
prove either that an adequate remedy at law does not exist or that substantial or irreparable
damage would result from the continued violation thereof. (b) The commission may: (1) Make
any public or private investigation which it deems necessary, either within or outside of
this state, to determine whether any person has violated or is about...
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12-21-3.1
Section 12-21-3.1 Subpoena of law enforcement officers and investigative reports; disposition
of criminal matters. (a) Neither law enforcement investigative reports nor the testimony of
a law enforcement officer may be subject to a civil or administrative subpoena except as provided
in subsection (c). (b) Law enforcement investigative reports and related investigative material
are not public records. Law enforcement investigative reports, records, field notes, witness
statements, and other investigative writings or recordings are privileged communications protected
from disclosure. (c) Under no circumstance may a party to a civil or administrative proceeding
discover material which is not authorized discoverable by a defendant in a criminal matter.
Noncriminal parties may upon proper motion and order from a court of record: Secure photographs,
documents and tangible evidence for examination and copying only by order of a court imposing
such conditions and qualifications as may be...
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26-11-3
Section 26-11-3 Procedure for change of name of child upon petition by father generally; notification
of mother and child; filing of response; appointment of guardian ad litem; hearing; issuance
of order by court; certification of minutes of court to Center for Health Statistics, etc.
(a) The father may petition at the time of filing the declaration of legitimation or at any
time subsequent to the determination of legitimation to change the name of such child, stating
in his declaration the name it is then known by and the name he wishes it afterwards to have.
Such petition shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the father's residence
or the child's residence. (b) Upon the filing of the petition for name change, notice shall
be given to the child's mother and to the child as provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil
Procedure. Notice may be waived as provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. The child's
mother shall, within 30 days after receiving notice, file her...
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