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Article 1 - General Provisions, Definitions and Jurisdiction of Court.
Division 1 - Short Title, Construction, General Provisions.
Section 26-2A-1 - Short Title. - This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Guardianship...
Section 26-2A-2 - Rule of Construction; Purposes. - (a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to...
Section 26-2A-3 - Supplementary General Principles of Law Applicable. - Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this chapter, the...
Section 26-2A-4 - Severability. - If any provision of this chapter or its application to...
Section 26-2A-5 - Construction Against Implied Repeal. - This chapter is a general act intended as a unified...
Section 26-2A-6 - Facility of Payment or Delivery; Notice of Payment. - (a) Any person under a duty to pay or deliver...
Section 26-2A-7 - Delegation of Powers by Parent or Guardian; Parental Authority. - (a) A parent who has custody, or a guardian, of...
Section 26-2A-8 - Application to Existing Relationships. - Guardianships created prior to January 1, 1988, and continuing in...
Section 26-2A-9 - Preservation of Powers and Duties of Existing Curators; Curators Become Conservators on January 1, 1997. - (a) A curator appointed pursuant to Chapter 7A of this...
Division 2 - Definitions.
Section 26-2A-20 - General Definitions. - As used in this chapter the following terms shall have...
Division 3 - Scope, Jurisdiction, and Courts.
Section 26-2A-30 - Territorial Application. - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it applies to:...
Section 26-2A-32 - Venue; Multiple Proceedings; Transfer. - (a) If a proceeding under this chapter could be maintained...
Section 26-2A-31 - Subject Matter Jurisdiction. - (a) To the full extent permitted by the constitution and...
Section 26-2A-33 - Practice in Court. - Unless specifically provided to the contrary in this chapter or...
Section 26-2A-34 - Records and Certified Copies. - The clerk of court shall keep a record for each...
Section 26-2A-35 - Jury Trial. - (a) Except for proceedings in a court having general equity...
Section 26-2A-36 - Appeals. - Appellate review, including the right to appellate review, interlocutory appeal,...
Division 4 - Notice, Parties, and Representation in Guardianship and Protective Proceedings.
Section 26-2A-50 - Notice; Method and Time of Giving. - (a) If notice of a hearing on any petition is...
Section 26-2A-51 - Notice; Waiver. - A person, including a guardian, guardian ad litem, conservator, or...
Section 26-2A-52 - Guardian Ad Litem. - At any point in a proceeding, a court may appoint...
Section 26-2A-53 - Request for Notice; Interested Person. - Upon payment of any required fee, an interested person who...
Article 2 - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property.
Division 1 - Guardians of Minors.
Section 26-2A-70 - Appointment and Status of Guardian of Minor. - A person may become a guardian of a minor by...
Section 26-2A-71 - Parental Appointment of Guardian for Minor. - (a) The parent of an unmarried minor may appoint a...
Section 26-2A-72 - Objection by Minor of 14 or Older to Parental Appointment. - A minor 14 or more years of age who is...
Section 26-2A-73 - Court Appointment of Guardian of Minor; Conditions for Appointment. - (a) The court may appoint a guardian for an unmarried...
Section 26-2A-74 - Venue. - The venue for guardianship proceedings for a minor pursuant to...
Section 26-2A-75 - Procedure for Court-Appointment of Guardian of Minor. - (a) A minor or any person interested in the welfare...
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...