26-2A-102
Section 26-2A-102 Court appointment of guardian for incapacitated person. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e), an incapacitated person or any person interested in the welfare of the incapacitated person may petition for appointment of a limited or general guardian. (b) After the filing of a petition, the court shall set a date for hearing on the issue of incapacity so that notices may be given as required by Section 26-2A-103, and, unless the allegedly incapacitated person is represented by counsel, appoint an attorney to represent the person in the proceeding. The person so appointed may be granted the powers and duties of a guardian ad litem. The person alleged to be incapacitated shall be examined by a physician or other qualified person appointed by the court who shall submit a report in writing to the court. The person alleged to be incapacitated also shall be interviewed by a court representative sent by the court. The court representative also shall interview the person who...
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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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35-2-50
Section 35-2-50 Survey required; what plat or map must show. Any person, or his administrator, executor or guardian, desiring to subdivide his lands into lots shall cause the same to be surveyed by a competent surveyor, if not already surveyed, and shall cause a plat or map thereof to be made, showing the subdivisions into which it is proposed to divide the same, giving the length and bearings of the boundaries of each lot and its number; and, if it is the purpose of the owner to divide the lands into town lots, such plat or map shall show the streets, alleys, and public grounds and give the bearings, length, width, and name of each street, as well as the number of each lot and block. Such plat or map must show the relation of the lands so platted or mapped to the government survey. (Code 1896, §3899; Code 1907, §6028; Code 1923, §10357; Code 1940, T. 56, §12.)...
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35-6-60
Section 35-6-60 Sale instead of partition - Notice of hearing; guardians ad litem; nonresidents as parties. All parties in interest must have at least 10 days' notice of the time and place set for the hearing of such application; and when infants or persons of unsound mind are parties, and have no general guardians, guardians ad litem must be appointed to represent them; and if any of the parties in interest are nonresidents, they may be made parties in the same manner, and to the same extent as is done when property in the hands of an executor or administrator is to be divided or distributed. (Code 1867, §3122; Code 1876, §3516; Code 1886, §3255; Code 1896, §3180; Code 1907, §5224; Code 1923, §9324; Code 1940, T. 47, §212.)...
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35-6-80
Section 35-6-80 When and by whom sale made. In all cases in which any person of unsound mind or any minor shall hold an interest as tenant in common with others in one or more parcels of land or realty in this state, and there shall be no valid authority to sell such interest vested in any person by the terms of any instrument under which such person of unsound mind or such minor holds such interest, and such sale shall not be prohibited or restricted by such instrument, it shall be lawful for the guardian of such minor or person of unsound mind to join the other tenants in common in selling any such parcel of land or realty for a division of proceeds thereof, such sale to be made either publicly or privately, and upon such terms as to payment and security for unpaid installments as such guardian may deem to the interest of his ward, subject, however, to such sale being set aside as provided in this article. (Code 1907, §5253; Code 1923, §9357; Code 1940, T. 47, §219.)...
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43-2-391
Section 43-2-391 Notice and hearing. Such application must not be heard until 10 days after the filing thereof, and notice thereof may be given to some person adversely interested whenever the court may deem just. When, or at such time as the court may continue the hearing, the court, satisfied that the claim is bad or doubtful, and that a sale or compromise thereof will promote the interests of the estate, must make and enter a decree directing the sale or compromise of the claim, as may be best for the interests of the estate. If a sale is decreed, it must be made by the executor or administrator at the courthouse of the county, or such other place as the court may direct, at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, after having first given notice of the time and place thereof by publication, once a week for three successive weeks, in some newspaper published in the county, or if none is published therein, by posting notices for three weeks at the courthouse door, and three...
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43-2-517
Section 43-2-517 Appointment and compensation of special guardian. The jurisdiction of the probate court to make partial or final settlements or distributions of the estates of decedents is not affected by the fact that the executor or administrator making the settlement is also guardian of any heir or distributee, devisee or legatee of the decedent; but in such case the court must appoint a special guardian, without bond, to represent such heir or distributee, devisee or legatee on the settlement and distribution; and, upon final settlement, any decree to which such ward may be entitled must be rendered against the executor or administrator in the name of the special guardian for the use of the ward; and thereafter the executor or administrator, in the capacity of guardian, shall be accountable for such decree. The special guardian shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for his services and for the services of counsel properly employed to be allowed by the court and to be paid...
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45-8A-22.119
Section 45-8A-22.119 Death benefits. (a) Participant Death in the Line of Duty. (1) Effective for Deaths Occurring Before October 1, 2012. a. Surviving Spouse. If a participant dies as a result of injuries received in the line of duty and leaves a surviving spouse, the retirement board shall direct the payment to the surviving spouse of a monthly pension equal to Option B-100 percent joint and survivor plan, described in Section 45-8A-22.120, based on a 30-year service retirement. b. No Surviving Spouse and Surviving Children. If a participant dies as a result of injuries received in the line of duty and leaves no surviving spouse or the surviving spouse should die, and if the participant leaves a surviving child or children under the age of 18 years, then a benefit of 50 percent of the amount the participant would have been paid under the 100 percent joint and survivor plan based on a 30-year service retirement shall be paid to the legal guardian of the child or children then under...
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6-10-2
Section 6-10-2 Homestead exemption - Amount; area. The homestead of every resident of this state, with the improvements and appurtenances, not exceeding in value fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) and in area 160 acres, shall be, to the extent of any interest he or she may have therein, whether a fee or less estate or whether held in common or in severalty, exempt from levy and sale under execution or other process for the collection of debts during his or her life and occupancy and, if he or she leaves surviving him or her a spouse and a minor child, or children, or either, during the life of the surviving spouse and minority of the child, or children, but the area of the homestead shall not be enlarged by reason of any encumbrance thereon or of the character of the estate or interest owned therein by him or her. When a husband and wife jointly own a homestead each is entitled to claim separately the exemption provided herein, to the same extent and value as an unmarried individual....
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19-3-33
Section 19-3-33 Objections to claims - Time for hearing; notice. Within 30 days after the expiration of the time allowed for filing objections to claims, the register or clerk must appoint a time, not less than 20 nor more than 60 days thereafter, for the hearing of such objections as have been filed; and of the nature of the objections and the time appointed for such hearing, he must give notice to each person whose claim is contested, by citation to be served upon him, his agent or attorney, or, if he be a nonresident and have no resident agent or attorney, such citation must be sent by mail, postage prepaid, to such claimant at his post office address. (Code 1896, §4165; Code 1907, §6067; Code 1923, §10404; Code 1940, T. 58, §21.)...
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