6-7-101
Section 6-7-101 Substitution pending an action - Death of ward. If, pending an action, a ward
should die, his or her personal representative may be made the party plaintiff or,
if the nature of the case requires it, his or her heirs may be made parties plaintiff upon
a motion served, as provided in the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. (Code 1852, §2132;
Code 1867, §2526; Code 1876, §2893; Code 1886, §2582; Code 1896, §20; Code 1907, §2479;
Code 1923, §5689; Code 1940, T. 7, §105.)...
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30-2-6
Section 30-2-6 When husband or wife may sue or defend in own name. A husband or wife under
the age of 19 years may file a complaint for any purpose under this chapter in his or her
own name without the intervention of a next friend, guardian, or guardian ad litem, and if
over the age of 18 years, he or she may defend any action brought under this chapter in his
or her own name without the intervention of a next friend, guardian, or guardian ad litem.
(Code 1896, §1490; Code 1907, §3798; Acts 1911, No. 42, p. 24; Code 1923, §7412; Code 1940,
T. 34, §25; Acts 1953, No. 890, p. 1198.)...
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12-22-26
Section 12-22-26 Appeals by next friends or guardians of minors or persons of unsound mind.
The next friend or general guardian of a minor or of a person of unsound mind may, in the
name of such minor or person of unsound mind, take and prosecute an appeal from any final
decree of the probate court or from any judgment, order or decree of the probate judge, on
giving security for the costs of the appeal; but a guardian ad litem may take and prosecute
an appeal without giving any security for costs of the appeal and shall not be liable personally
for costs of the appeal. (Code 1867, §2258; Code 1876, §3968; Code 1886, §3651; Code 1896,
§468; Code 1907, §2866; Code 1923, §6125; Code 1940, T. 7, §786.)...
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12-22-27
Section 12-22-27 Reimbursement of costs from estate of testator, etc. The costs of an appeal,
when paid by an executor or administrator, guardian or guardian ad litem, or next friend or
an administrator ad litem, may, in the discretion of the probate judge, be reimbursed from
the estate of the testator, intestate, infant or person of unsound mind. (Code 1852, §1899;
Code 1867, §2259; Code 1876, §3969; Code 1886, §3652; Code 1896, §469; Code 1907, §2867;
Code 1923, §6126; Code 1940, T. 7, §787.)...
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26-8-22
Section 26-8-22 Hearing; entry of order authorizing removal or dismissal of application and
taxing of costs against applicant. If, on the hearing, the court is satisfied that the removal
will advance the interests of the minor or ward, an order authorizing it shall be made and
entered; otherwise, the application shall be dismissed and the guardian or conservator or
the next friend, as the application may be made by the one or the other, must be taxed with
the costs. (Code 1852, §2031; Code 1867, §2441; Code 1876, §2796; Code 1886, §2485; Code
1896, §2370; Code 1907, §4460; Code 1923, §8233; Code 1940, T. 21, §105; Acts 1987, No.
87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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26-9-4
Section 26-9-4 Limitations as to appointment of guardians. Except as provided in this chapter,
it shall be unlawful for any person to accept appointment as guardian of any ward if such
proposed guardian shall at that time be acting as guardian for five wards. In any case, upon
presentation of a petition by an attorney of the administration under this section alleging
that a guardian is acting in a fiduciary capacity for more than five wards and requesting
his or her discharge for that reason, the court, upon proof substantiating the petition, shall
require a final accounting forthwith from such guardian and shall discharge such guardian
in the case. The limitations of this section shall not apply where the guardian is a bank
or trust company acting for the wards' estates only. An individual may be guardian of more
than five wards if they are all members of the same family. (Acts 1931, No. 240, p. 280; Code
1940, T. 21, §162.)...
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26-8-45
Section 26-8-45 Removal of property or money when minor or ward and conservator nonresidents
- When removal of person and estate of minor or ward permitted. The guardian may remove the
person or the conservator may remove the estate of a minor or ward to another state by making
a full settlement with the judge of the probate court where his or her letters were granted
of his or her conservator accounts and by procuring a transcript of the record of a court
of competent jurisdiction of such other state, certified according to the act of Congress,
showing the appointment of such person as guardian or conservator of the minor or ward, the
execution of bond by the conservator with surety for the performance of the trust. Thereupon,
the judge of probate must make an order authorizing such removal. (Code 1852, §2031; Code
1867, §2441; Code 1876, §2796; Code 1886, §2493; Code 1896, §2379; Code 1907, §4469;
Code 1923, §8242; Code 1940, T. 21, §114; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975,...
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26-9-7
Section 26-9-7 Procedure for appointment of guardian - Certification as to incompetence, etc.,
of mentally incompetent ward. Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian
of a mentally incompetent ward, a certificate of the administrator or his or her representative
setting forth the fact that such person has been rated incompetent by the administration on
examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such administration and
that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due
such persons by the administration shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such
appointment. (Acts 1931, No. 240, p. 280; Code 1940, T. 21, §165.)...
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26-2-54
Section 26-2-54 Revocation of guardianship or conservatorship - Upon application by person
ascertained to be incapacitated - Entry of decree or judgment as to contested application
upon rendition of verdict of jury. If, on the trial of the contest, the jury finds the facts
stated in the application to be true, the court must enter a decree revoking the proceedings
on the inquisition and the guardianship or conservatorship, and declaring that the ward must
be restored to the custody and management of his or her estate and must adjudge the costs
as is just and equitable, but if the verdict of the jury negatives the facts stated in the
application, a judgment of dismissal at the cost of the applicant or of the next friend must
be entered. (Code 1852, §2761; Code 1867, §3200; Code 1876, §2807; Code 1886, §2400; Code
1896, §2265; Code 1907, §4355; Code 1923, §8113; Code 1940, T. 21, §19; Acts 1987, No.
87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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26-2A-159
Section 26-2A-159 Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local
proceedings. (a) Any person indebted to a protected person or having possession of property
or of an instrument evidencing a debt, stock, or chose in action belonging to a protected
person may pay or deliver it to a conservator, guardian of the estate, or other like fiduciary
appointed by a court of the state of residence of the protected person upon being presented
with proof of appointment and an affidavit made by or on behalf of the fiduciary stating:
(1) That no protective proceeding relating to the protected person is pending in this state;
and (2) That the foreign fiduciary is entitled to payment or to receive delivery. (b) If the
person to whom the affidavit is presented is not aware of any protective proceeding pending
in this state, payment or delivery in response to the demand and affidavit discharges the
debtor or possessor. (Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-330.)...
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