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45-45-81.70
Section 45-45-81.70 Establishment; administration; coordination. (a) The presiding circuit
judge of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit may establish, by means of a written order, a family
court division or divisions of the judicial circuit. The presiding circuit judge shall assign
one or more of the existing circuit or district judges to preside in the family court division.
The circuit or district court judges assigned to the family court division shall handle all
cases and proceedings involving domestic relations, divorces, annulments of marriage, legal
separations, custody and support of children, granting and enforcement of alimony, proceedings
under any uniform interstate support or custody act, and all other domestic and marital matters
over which the circuit courts have jurisdiction, including nonsupport cases arising in the
circuit court under Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, Title 30, as well as other matters within the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court. In the event a district judge...
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45-49-85.42
Section 45-49-85.42 Temporary judges of probate. (a)(1) If the regularly elected Judge of Probate
of Mobile County is incompetent from any legal cause, incapacitated, absent or will be absent
from sickness, or otherwise disqualified from acting as judge, the judge of probate or the
chief clerk shall certify the fact of incompetency, incapacity, absence, sickness, or disqualification
to the presiding judge of the circuit court of the county and the presiding judge of the circuit
court, upon that certificate, shall appoint a person learned in the law, practicing and residing
in the county, to act as temporary judge of probate. At any time when the regularly elected
judge of probate of the county files a certificate in the office of the circuit clerk of the
county that he or she is no longer incompetent, from any legal cause, incapacitated, absent,
absent from sickness, or otherwise disqualified from acting as judge, then the regularly elected
judge of probate of the county shall...
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22-52-35
Section 22-52-35 Appointment of special probate judges for consideration, hearing and entry
of orders pertaining to commitment or continued custody of certain persons committed or transferred
to facilities of Department of Mental Health; qualifications, powers, etc., of special probate
judges; conduct of hearings by special probate judges generally. (a) Upon application of the
commissioner or his designee, the Governor may appoint one or more special judges of probate
for the purpose of considering, hearing and entering appropriate orders with regard to the
commitment or continued custody of such persons who have been committed by any court of this
state to any facility pursuant to the provisions of Sections 15-16-24 and 15-16-40, accused
of a crime but not yet tried, or transferred to such facility on order of the Governor, pursuant
to the provisions of Article 4 of this chapter. (b) A special judge of probate appointed under
the provisions of this article shall be vested with all...
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43-2-354
Section 43-2-354 Notice and hearing; judgment; costs; appeals. The personal representative
of the estate of a decedent may give notice in writing to the claimant or anyone having a
beneficial interest in a claim against the estate that such claim is disputed in whole or
in part; if in part, specifying the part disputed. Thereupon the judge of the court having
jurisdiction of the administration of the estate shall, on written application of either the
personal representative or the claimant, hear and pass on the validity of such claim, or part
thereof, first giving 10 days' notice of such hearing to the interested parties. If the claimant
in such proceeding shall fail to recover upon the disputed part of such claim, he shall be
taxed with the costs thereof. This section shall not apply to claims against estates declared
insolvent. If the judgment on any such claim is rendered by a probate court, either party
may, within 30 days after the rendition of such judgment, appeal to the circuit...
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22-52-37
Section 22-52-37 Standards for conduct of civil commitment proceedings generally; minimum standards
for civil commitment; appeals from orders of probate courts as to commitment. (a) Any civil
commitment proceedings are to be conducted in accordance with the following constitutional
due process standards: (1) Adequate notice of the hearing and its purpose shall be given sufficiently
in advance of the scheduled proceedings to permit a reasonable opportunity to prepare therefor.
(2) The person to be committed shall have the right to attend the hearing unless the court,
after appropriate inquiry, determines that he or she is so mentally or physically ill as to
be incapable of attendance. (3) The subject of the hearing shall be informed of his right
to counsel and to the appointment of counsel if indigent. Where the commitment of a presently
confined patient is sought, a guardian ad litem who is an attorney shall be appointed. (4)
The guardian ad litem shall be entitled to a reasonable fee...
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12-12-36
Section 12-12-36 Venue generally; transfer of actions improperly located; designation of additional
locations for court sites. (a) Venue in the district court lies in the county where venue
would lie for civil or criminal actions brought in the circuit court, except that: (1) In
counties where venue has lain within an area of lesser geographic extent than the county for
any categories of cases which were on December 18, 1973, within the jurisdiction of a court
inferior to the circuit court, venue lies in such lesser geographic area; and (2) Venue of
prosecutions for violations of municipal ordinances shall be in the district court sitting
in the municipality or, if none, the district court within the county and nearest to the municipality;
(b) If any action is filed in a court located where venue does not lie, any party may move
to transfer the action to a location where venue may properly be laid. (c) Additional locations
for purposes of court sites may be designated by the...
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12-5-12
Section 12-5-12 Study of applications for funds, grants, etc., from federal governmental agencies
or entities, direction of disbursement of funds, grants, etc.; designation of moneys previously
appropriated to certain state agencies as matching funds; application for federal funds, grants,
etc., and use of certain moneys as matching funds in connection therewith by circuit courts,
district courts, etc. (a) In connection with any federal legislation hereafter passed or presently
in force and effect, designed, directly or indirectly, to assist or aid in the administration
of justice, criminal or otherwise, or the improvement of courts and the judicial system, the
Administrative Director of Courts is authorized and empowered to study any and all applications
for funds and grants directed to his office from any federal governmental agency or entity
and the disbursement of such aid, assistance, subgrants, funds or money to any office or agency
of the judicial branch of state government and...
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2-17-24
Section 2-17-24 Conduct of investigations and requirement of reports as to organization, business,
practices, etc., of persons, firms, etc., engaged in intrastate commerce by commissioner;
access to copying, etc., of documentary evidence; powers of commissioner as to witnesses generally;
issuance of subpoenas and orders for taking of depositions; enforcement of subpoenas and orders
of commissioner, etc., generally; fees of witnesses, etc.; witnesses not to be excused from
testifying on grounds of self-incrimination; immunity from prosecution of witnesses as to
matters, etc., upon which compelled to testify. (a) The commissioner shall also have power:
(1) To gather and compile information concerning and to investigate from time to time the
organization, business, conduct, practices and management of any person, firm or corporation
engaged in intrastate commerce and the relation thereof to other persons, firms and corporations;
(2) To require, by general or special order, persons, firms...
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26-2A-31
Section 26-2A-31 Subject matter jurisdiction. (a) To the full extent permitted by the constitution
and as permitted under Article 2 of Chapter 2B of this title, the court has jurisdiction over
all subject matter relating to estates of protected persons and protection of minors and incapacitated
persons. (b) The court has full power to make order, judgments, and decrees and take all other
action necessary and proper to administer justice in the matters that come before it. (c)
The court has jurisdiction over protective proceedings and guardianship proceedings. (d) If
both guardianship and protective proceedings as to the same person are commenced or pending
in the same court, the proceedings may be consolidated. (e) No provision of this chapter shall
be construed to void, abate, or diminish the powers or equity jurisdiction, when invoked,
heretofore or hereafter granted by statute to certain probate courts. (Acts 1987, No. 87-590,
p. 975, §1-302; Act 2010-500, p. 782, §2.)...
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45-2-80.83
Section 45-2-80.83 Baldwin County Law Library and Judicial Administration Fund; retirement
of part-time law librarians. (a) The sums to be paid to the Baldwin County Commission, as
herein provided, shall be kept in a special fund designated as the Baldwin County Law Library
and Judicial Administration Fund and shall be expended by the Presiding Circuit Judge of the
Circuit Court of Baldwin County, to create, establish, and maintain the law library and to
provide for the more effective administration of justice, including, but not limited to: Paying
the costs of securing the advice and attendance of witnesses; registration fees and other
actual expenses incurred in attending seminars, institutes, conferences, and other meetings
in connection with continuing legal and judicial education, membership fees, or dues in legal
and judicial organizations; paying the salaries of court employees when necessary for the
efficient operation of the courts; and any other actual and necessary expenses...
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