26-2A-104
Section 26-2A-104 Who may be guardian; priorities. (a) Any qualified person may be appointed
guardian of an incapacitated person. (b) Unless lack of qualification or other good cause
dictates the contrary, the court shall appoint a guardian in accordance with the incapacitated
person's most recent nomination in a durable power of attorney. (c) Except as provided in
subsection (b), the following are entitled to consideration for appointment in the order listed:
(1) The spouse of the incapacitated person or a person nominated by will of a deceased spouse
or by other writing signed by the spouse and attested by at least two witnesses or acknowledged;
(2) An adult child of the incapacitated person; (3) A parent of the incapacitated person,
or a person nominated by will of a deceased parent or by other writing signed by a parent
and attested by at least two witnesses or acknowledged; (4) Any relative of the incapacitated
person with whom the person has resided for more than six months prior...
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22-11A-28
Section 22-11A-28 Commitment petition - Limitations placed upon liberty of person; probate
judge determination; standard for imposing limitations; probable cause hearing; temporary
treatment before final hearing. (a) When a petition has been filed, seeking to have limitations
placed upon the liberty of a person, pending the outcome of a final hearing on the merits,
the probate judge shall order the sheriff of the county in which such person is located, to
serve a copy of the petition upon such person and to bring such person before the probate
judge instanter. When any such person against whom a petition has been filed, seeking to have
limitations placed upon such person's liberty pending the outcome of a full and final hearing
on the merits, is initially brought before the probate judge, the probate judge shall determine
from an interview with the person sought to be committed and with other available persons,
what limitations, if any, shall be imposed upon such person's liberty and...
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30-3B-112
Section 30-3B-112 Cooperation between courts; preservation of records. (a) A court of this
state may request the appropriate court of another state to: (1) Hold an evidentiary hearing;
(2) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state; (3) Order
that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;
(4) Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript of the record of
the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with
the request; and (5) Order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having physical
custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child. (b) Upon request
of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described
in subsection (a). (c) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections
(a) and (b) may be assessed against the parties...
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30-5-5
Section 30-5-5 Standing to file sworn petition for protection order; disclosure of information;
costs and fees. (a) The following persons have standing to file a sworn petition for a protection
order under this chapter as a plaintiff: (1) A person who is at least 18 years old or is otherwise
emancipated and is the victim of abuse, as defined in Section 30-5-2, or has reasonable cause
to believe he or she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of any act of abuse. (2)
A parent, legal guardian, next friend, court-appointed guardian ad litem, or the State Department
of Human Resources may petition for relief on behalf of the following: a. A minor child. b.
Any person prevented by physical or mental incapacity from seeking a protection order. (b)
Standardized petitions for actions pursuant to this chapter shall be made available through
the circuit clerks' offices around the state. The circuit clerk shall not provide assistance
to persons in completing the forms or in presenting...
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9-9-14
Section 9-9-14 Board of water management commissioners - Composition; qualifications, appointment,
terms of office, oath and bond of commissioners; seal; officers and employees generally; meetings;
vacancies; quorum. Upon the organization of the district, the court of probate shall appoint
three water management commissioners to be designated "Board of Water Management Commissioners,"
who shall have control of the affairs of the district, and each commissioner shall be an owner
of real property within the district and shall be over 19 years of age, and at least one of
them shall be a resident of the county in which the proceedings are held. Whenever the owners
of a majority in acres of the land comprising a district petition the court for appointment
of a person qualified under this article to act as a water management commissioner, it shall
be the duty of the court to appoint such person or persons, but in the absence of such petition
it shall be the duty of the court to appoint such...
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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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26-13-5
Section 26-13-5 Entry of judgment relieving minor from disabilities of nonage and effect thereof
generally. If on the hearing of the evidence adduced and upon such other evidence as may be
required by the court, the court shall be satisfied that it will be to the interest of such
minor to be relieved from the disabilities of nonage, the court shall thereupon enter judgment
accordingly, and such judgment shall have the effect of investing such minor with the right
to sue and be sued, to contract, to buy, sell, and convey real estate, and generally to do
and perform all acts which such minor could lawfully do if 19 years of age, except as provided
in this chapter. (Code 1876, §2739; Code 1886, §2361; Code 1896, §833; Code 1907, §4509;
Code 1923, §8284; Code 1940, T. 27, §17.)...
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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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12-15-136
Section 12-15-136 Proceedings for sealing legal and social files and records of courts, pertaining
to certain persons and effect thereof. (a) On motion of a person who has been the subject
of a delinquency or child in need of supervision petition , the juvenile court may order the
sealing of the legal and social files and records of the juvenile court pertaining to the
person if it finds that: (1) Two years have elapsed since the final discharge of the person
from legal custody or supervision or two years after the entry of any other order of the juvenile
court not involving custody or supervision; and (2) The person has not been convicted or adjudicated
delinquent or a youthful offender of any felony or a misdemeanor involving sexual offenses,
drugs, weapons, or violence, or threats of violence, prior to the filing of the motion and
no proceeding is pending seeking the conviction or adjudication. (b) The motion and the order
may include the records, reports, or information specified...
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22-11A-31
Section 22-11A-31 Commitment petition - Rules to apply at hearings. At all hearings conducted
by the probate judge in relation to a petition to commit any person to the custody of the
Alabama Department of Public Health or such other facility as the court may order, the following
rules shall apply: (1) The person sought to be committed shall be present unless, prior to
the hearing, the attorney for such person has filed in writing a waiver of the presence of
such person on the ground that the presence of such person would be dangerous to such person's
health or that such person's conduct could reasonably be expected to prevent the hearing from
being held in an orderly manner, and the probate judge has judicially found and determined
from evidence presented in an adversary hearing that the person proposed to be committed is
so mentally or physically ill as to be incapable of attending such proceedings. Upon such
findings, an order shall be entered approving the waiver. (2) The person...
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