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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26-2A-52
Section 26-2A-52 Guardian ad litem. At any point in a proceeding, a court may appoint a guardian
ad litem to represent the interest of a minor or other person if the court determines that
representation of the interest otherwise would be inadequate. If not precluded by conflict
of interests, a guardian ad litem may be appointed to represent several persons or interests.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §1-403.)...
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26-2B-204
Section 26-2B-204 Special jurisdiction. (a) A court of this state lacking jurisdiction under
Section 26-2B-203 has special jurisdiction to do any of the following: (1) appoint a guardian
in an emergency for a term not exceeding 90 days for a respondent who is physically present
in this state; (2) issue a protective order with respect to real or tangible personal
property located in this state; (3) appoint a guardian or conservator for an incapacitated
or protected person for whom a provisional order to transfer the proceeding from another state
has been issued under procedures similar to Section 26-2B-301. (b) If a petition for the appointment
of a guardian in an emergency is brought in this state and this state was not the respondent's
home state on the date the petition was filed, the court shall dismiss the proceeding at the
request of the court of the home state, if any, whether dismissal is requested before or after
the emergency appointment. (c) The court may entertain successive...
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26-9-9
Section 26-9-9 Procedure for appointment of guardian - Appointment of guardian; execution and
filing of bonds by guardian; filing of certificate by personal sureties. Before making
an appointment under the provisions of this chapter the court shall be satisfied that the
guardian whose appointment is sought is a fit and proper person to be appointed. Upon the
appointment being made, the guardian shall execute and file a bond to be approved by the court
in an amount not less than the sum then due and estimated to become payable during the ensuing
year. The bond shall be in the form and be conditioned as required of a guardian appointed
under the guardianship laws of this state and it shall be the duty of the court having jurisdiction
of the cause, upon the application by any party in interest, to require the filing of an individual
bond in accordance with the provisions of this section without regard to the provisions of
any preexisting general or local statute or charter provision of...
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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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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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6-10-96
Section 6-10-96 Reduced homestead incapable of allotment - Sale - Proof of facts; order and
notice; terms; application of proceeds. The facts stated in the application to sell the homestead
for setting apart of exemptions may be proved by the oral testimony of witnesses or by the
records of the probate court, and if the facts stated in such application are proven to the
satisfaction of the court by the evidence, the court may order the sale of said homestead,
and notice of said sale shall be given as directed by Section 43-2-455. Said homestead must
be sold on such terms as the court may direct, not exceeding a credit of three years, but
in no case shall the cash payment be less than $6,000, and said sum of $6,000 shall, in the
discretion of the court, be applied by the court to the purchase of a homestead for the benefit
of such surviving spouse and minor children, or either of them, or be paid by the court to
the surviving spouse for the use and support of said surviving spouse and...
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26-2A-136
over the estate and business affairs which the person could exercise if present and not under
disability, except the power to make a will. Subject to subsection (c), those powers include,
but are not limited to, power to make gifts; to convey or release contingent and expectant
interests in property, including marital property rights and any right of survivorship incident
to joint tenancy or tenancy by the entirety; to exercise or release powers held by the protected
person as trustee, personal representative, custodian for minors, conservator, or donee
of a power of appointment; to enter into contracts; to create revocable or irrevocable trusts
of property of the estate which may extend beyond the disability or life of the protected
person; to exercise options of the protected person to purchase securities or other property;
to exercise rights to elect options and change beneficiaries under insurance and annuity policies
and to surrender the policies for their cash value; to...
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26-2A-77
Section 26-2A-77 Consent to service by acceptance of appointment; notice. By accepting a parental
or court appointment as guardian, a guardian submits personally to the jurisdiction of the
court in any proceeding relating to the guardianship that may be instituted by any interested
person. The petitioner shall cause notice of any proceeding to be delivered or mailed to the
guardian at the guardian's address listed in the court records and to the address then known
to the petitioner. Letters of guardianship must indicate whether the guardian was appointed
by court order or parental appointment. (Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-108.)...
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35-6-61
Section 35-6-61 Sale instead of partition - Evidence. Evidence in support of such application
must be taken as in actions before the circuit court, and before granting the decree of sale
the probate court must be satisfied from the evidence that an equitable division or partition
cannot be made; and when the application is by the guardian of an infant or person of unsound
mind, the court must be satisfied from the evidence that it would be to the interest of such
infant, or person of unsound mind, to sell the property for the purpose of division or partition.
(Code 1867, §3123; Code 1876, §3517; Code 1886, §3256; Code 1896, §3181; Code 1907, §5225;
Code 1923, §9325; Code 1940, T. 47, §213.)...
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