Courts of record, within their respective jurisdictions, shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment is requested. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect, and such declarations shall have the force and effect of a final judgment.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 5 - Declaratory Judgments.
Section 6-6-220 - "Person" Defined.
Section 6-6-221 - Purpose, Construction, and Administration of Article.
Section 6-6-222 - Power of Courts of Record; Form and Effect of Declarations.
Section 6-6-224 - Construction of Contracts Before or After Breach.
Section 6-6-225 - Questions on Administration of Trust or Estate of a Decedent, Etc.
Section 6-6-226 - Enumeration in Sections 6-6-223, 6-6-224, and 6-6-225 Not Exclusive.
Section 6-6-227 - Persons to Be Made Parties; Rights of Persons Not Parties.
Section 6-6-228 - Determination of Issue of Fact.
Section 6-6-229 - When Refusal Proper.
Section 6-6-230 - Granting of Further Relief; Application Therefor; Order to Show Cause.