Code of Alabama
Chapter 2A - Alabama Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act.
Article 2 - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property.

Section 26-2A-76 - Court Appointment of Guardian of Minor; Qualifications; Priority of Minor's Nominee. - The court may appoint as guardian any person whose appointment...

Section 26-2A-77 - Consent to Service by Acceptance of Appointment; Notice. - By accepting a parental or court appointment as guardian, a...

Section 26-2A-78 - Powers and Duties of Guardian of Minor. - (a) A guardian of a minor ward has the powers...

Section 26-2A-79 - Termination of Appointment of Guardian; General. - A guardian's authority and responsibility terminate upon the death, resignation,...

Section 26-2A-80 - Proceedings Subsequent to Appointment; Venue. - (a) The court at the place where the ward resides...

Section 26-2A-81 - Resignation, Removal, and Other Post-Appointment Proceedings. - (a) Any person interested in the welfare of a ward...

Division 2 - Guardians of Incapacitated Persons.

Section 26-2A-100 - Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person by Will or Other Writing. - (a) The parent of an unmarried incapacitated person may appoint...

Section 26-2A-101 - Venue. - The venue for guardianship proceedings for an incapacitated person is...

Section 26-2A-102 - Court Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person. - (a) Except as provided by subsection (e), an incapacitated person...

Section 26-2A-103 - Notice in Guardianship Proceeding. - (a) In a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian...

Section 26-2A-104 - Who May Be Guardian; Priorities. - (a) Any qualified person may be appointed guardian of an...

Section 26-2A-104.1 - Corporations as Guardians for Developmentally Disabled. - (a) The term "developmentally disabled" means a person whose impairment...

Section 26-2A-105 - Findings; Order of Appointment. - (a) The court shall exercise the authority conferred in this...

Section 26-2A-106 - Acceptance of Appointment; Consent to Jurisdiction. - By accepting appointment, a guardian submits personally to the jurisdiction...

Section 26-2A-107 - Emergency Orders; Temporary Guardians. - (a) If an incapacitated person has no guardian, an emergency...

Section 26-2A-108 - General Powers and Duties of Guardian. - (a) Except as limited pursuant to Section 26-2A-105(c), a guardian...

Section 26-2A-109 - Termination of Guardianship for Incapacitated Person. - The authority and responsibility of a guardian of an incapacitated...

Section 26-2A-110 - Removal or Resignation of Guardian; Termination of Incapacity. - (a) On petition of the ward or any person interested...

Section 26-2A-111 - Proceedings Subsequent to Appointment; Venue. - (a) The court at the place where the ward resides...

Division 2A - Guardians of Incapacitated Persons.

Section 26-2A-112 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this division, the following terms have...

Section 26-2A-113 - Petition to Compel Visitation. - (a) A relative may file a petition with the court...

Section 26-2A-114 - Investigation and Report. - Before ruling on the petition, the court may order the...

Section 26-2A-115 - Hearing; Orders. - (a) In ruling on the petition, the court shall conduct...

Section 26-2A-116 - Notice Requirements. - (a) Except as provided under subsection (b), provided the relative...

Section 26-2A-117 - Jurisdiction of Court. - The court has continuing jurisdiction to revoke or modify an...

Division 3 - Protection of Property of Persons Under Disability and Minors.

Section 26-2A-130 - Protective Proceedings. - (a) Upon petition and after notice and hearing in accordance...

Section 26-2A-131 - Protective Proceedings; Jurisdiction of Business Affairs of Protected Persons. - Subject to Section 26-2A-31, after the service of notice in...

Section 26-2A-132 - Venue. - Venue for proceedings under this division is: (1) In the...

Section 26-2A-133 - Original Petition for Appointment or Protective Order. - (a) The person to be protected or any person who...

Section 26-2A-134 - Notice. - (a) On a petition for appointment of a conservator or...

Section 26-2A-135 - Procedure Concerning Hearing and Order on Original Petition. - (a) Upon receipt of a petition for appointment of a...

Section 26-2A-136 - Permissible Court Orders. - (a) The court shall exercise the authority conferred in this...

Section 26-2A-137 - Protective Arrangements and Single Transactions Authorized. - (a) If it is established in a proper proceeding that...

Section 26-2A-138 - Who May Be Appointed Conservator; Priorities. - (a) The court may appoint an individual or a corporation...

Section 26-2A-139 - Bond. - (a) The court must require a conservator to furnish a...

Section 26-2A-140 - Terms and Requirements of Bonds. - (a) The following requirements and provisions apply to any bond...

Section 26-2A-141 - Effect of Acceptance of Appointment. - By accepting appointment, a conservator submits personally to the jurisdiction...

Section 26-2A-142 - Compensation; Reimbursement; Court Costs. - (a) If not otherwise reasonably compensated for services rendered, any...

Section 26-2A-143 - Death, Resignation, or Removal of Conservator. - The court, on petition or on its own motion, may...

Section 26-2A-144 - Petitions for Orders Subsequent to Appointment. - (a) Any person interested in the welfare of a person...

Section 26-2A-145 - Conservator's Standard of Care and Performance. - A conservator, in relation to powers conferred by this division,...

Section 26-2A-146 - Inventory and Records. - (a) Within 90 days after appointment, each conservator shall prepare...

Section 26-2A-147 - Accounts. - Each conservator shall account to the court for administration of...

Section 26-2A-148 - Conservators; Title by Appointment. - (a) The appointment of a conservator vests in the conservator...

Section 26-2A-149 - Recording of Conservator's Letters. - (a) Except for property unaffected by the appointment of a...

Section 26-2A-150 - Sale, Encumbrance, or Transaction Involving Conflict of Interest; Voidable; Exceptions. - Any sale or encumbrance to or purchase from a conservator,...

Section 26-2A-151 - Persons Dealing With Conservators; Protection. - (a) A person who in good faith either assists or...

Section 26-2A-152 - Powers of Conservator in Administration. - (a) Subject to limitation provided in Section 26-2A-154, a conservator...

Section 26-2A-153 - Distributive Duties and Powers of Conservator. - (a) A conservator may expend or distribute income or principal...

Section 26-2A-154 - Enlargement or Limitation of Powers of Conservator. - Subject to the restrictions in Section 26-2A-136(c), a court having...

Section 26-2A-155 - Preservation of Estate Plan; Right to Examine. - In (i) investing the estate, (ii) selecting assets of the...

Section 26-2A-156 - Claims Against Protected Person; Enforcement. - (a) A conservator may pay or secure from the estate...

Section 26-2A-157 - Personal Liability of Conservator. - (a) Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a conservator is...

Section 26-2A-158 - Termination of Proceedings. - (a) The protected person, conservator, or any other interested person...

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...

Section 26-2A-160 - Foreign Conservator; Proof of Authority; Bond; Powers. - If a conservator has not been appointed in this state...

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Code of Alabama Chapter 2A - Alabama Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act. Article 2 - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property.

Code of Alabama
Chapter 2A - Alabama Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act.
Article 2 - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property.