Code of Alabama
Article 2 - Express Trusts for Payment or Security of Debts.
Section 19-3-26 - When Petition for Administration May Be Filed; Contents of Petition.

If the value of the trust estate, as appraised by the appraisers, exceeds $1,000.00, the trustee, or assignor, or any creditor, or any number of them, may file a petition in the circuit court of the county in which the inventory and appraisement are required to be filed, for the administration of the trust. Such petition must briefly allege the making of the assignment, the value of the trust estate, as shown by the appraisement, and the names and residences of all creditors, so far as known, and pray that the trust be administered by the circuit court.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 19 - Fiduciaries and Trusts.

Chapter 3 - Trusts.

Article 2 - Express Trusts for Payment or Security of Debts.

Section 19-3-20 - Right of Creditors to Apply for Order Requiring Trustee to Give Bond.

Section 19-3-21 - Contents of Application; Notice of Hearing.

Section 19-3-22 - Hearing; Order.

Section 19-3-23 - Failure of Trustee to Give Bond; Appointment of Successor.

Section 19-3-24 - Duty of Trustee to Make Inventory; Filing of Copies; Supplemental Inventories.

Section 19-3-25 - Appointment and Duties of Appraisers.

Section 19-3-26 - When Petition for Administration May Be Filed; Contents of Petition.

Section 19-3-27 - Submission of Petition to Circuit Judge; Order Designating Time for Presenting Claims.

Section 19-3-28 - Notice to Creditors.

Section 19-3-29 - Presentation of Claims; Verification; Receipt.

Section 19-3-30 - Claims Docket.

Section 19-3-31 - Claims Presented and Not Objected to Stand Allowed.

Section 19-3-32 - Objections to Claims - Filing of Objections.

Section 19-3-33 - Objections to Claims - Time for Hearing; Notice.

Section 19-3-34 - Objections to Claims - Conduct of Hearing; Order Allowing or Disallowing Claim.

Section 19-3-35 - Duty of Trustee to Render Account.

Section 19-3-36 - Time for Settlement; Notice to Creditors.

Section 19-3-37 - Examination and Auditing of Account; Judgment.

Section 19-3-38 - Admissibility of Evidence at Hearings; Exceptions; Appeals.

Section 19-3-39 - Compromise or Sale of Bad Debts.

Section 19-3-40 - Sale of Real Estate; Notice to Creditors.

Section 19-3-41 - When Settlements Compelled; Removal of Trustee and Appointment of Successor.