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AL Code § 26-5-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-4 - Partial Settlement - Examination of Vouchers and Auditing and Stating of Account; Taxing of Costs for Contest or Examination Where Vouchers or Items Rejected.

Section 26-5-4Partial settlement - Examination of vouchers and auditing and stating of account; taxing of costs for contest or examination where vouchers or items rejected. On the day appointed or on any other day to which the settlement may be continued, the court must proceed to examine the vouchers and to audit and state the account, requiring evidence in support of all such vouchers or items of the account as may be contested or as may not on examination appear to the court to be just and proper, such evidence to be taken by affidavit or by any other legal mode. If any voucher or item be rejected, all costs accruing on the contest or examination thereof must be taxed against the conservator personally. (Code 1886, §2456; Code 1896, §2341; Code 1907, §4431; Code 1923, §8204; Code 1940, T. 21, §131; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-5 - Partial Settlement - Rendition and Recordation of Decree as to Vouchers and Account; Recordation of Account and Vouchers.

Section 26-5-5Partial settlement - Rendition and recordation of decree as to vouchers and account; recordation of account and vouchers. After the examination of the vouchers, and the audit and statement of the account, the court must render a decree passing the same and declaring the amount of the charge against the conservator and of the credits allowed, which must be entered of record. The account and vouchers must be recorded. (Code 1886, §2457; Code 1896, §2342; Code 1907, §4432; Code 1923, §8205; Code 1940, T. 21, §132; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-6 - Partial Settlement - Presumption as to Correctness Upon Final Settlement; Reexamination, etc., of Items of Account.

Section 26-5-6Partial settlement - Presumption as to correctness upon final settlement; reexamination, etc., of items of account. Upon the final settlement, a partial settlement must be taken and presumed as correct, but any item of the account may be reexamined and, if, on reexamination, it is found incorrect, the item must be disallowed or allowed only so far as its correctness may appear. (Code 1886, §2458; Code 1896, §2343; Code 1907, §4433; Code 1923, §8206; Code 1940, T. 21, §133.)
AL Code § 26-5-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-7 - Final Settlement Generally - When Required.

Section 26-5-7Final settlement generally - When required. On the death, resignation, or removal of the conservator or on the expiration of his or her authority otherwise or on the arrival of the ward at full age or on termination of the ward's incapacity or on his or her death or on the marriage of the ward, if 18 years of age or older or upon the ward becoming 18 years of age after marriage or after becoming a widow or widower, a final settlement of the conservatorship must be made, such settlement in the event of the death of the conservator to be made by his or her personal representative. (Code 1886, §2459; Code 1896, §2344; Code 1907, §4434; Code 1923, §8207; Code 1940, T. 21, §134; Acts 1951, No. 31, p. 241; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-8 - Final Settlement Generally - Filing of Account and Vouchers by Conservator; Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem for Ward.

Section 26-5-8Final settlement generally - Filing of account and vouchers by conservator; appointment of guardian ad litem for ward. The conservator, or his or her personal representative, must file in the court of probate a full account of the conservatorship, accompanied by the vouchers and verified by affidavit. Upon the filing of such account and vouchers, the court must appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the ward if he or she be a minor or otherwise incapacitated. (Code 1886, §2460; Code 1896, §2345; Code 1907, §4435; Code 1923, §8208; Code 1940, T. 21, §135; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-9 - Final Settlement Generally - Establishment of Day for Settlement; Notice Thereof.

Section 26-5-9Final settlement generally - Establishment of day for settlement; notice thereof. The court must appoint a day for the settlement, of which 10 days' notice must be given to the succeeding conservator, if there is such conservator, or to the personal representative of the ward, if the ward is dead, or to the ward, if he or she is a resident of the state and has arrived at full age or has been relieved of the disability of nonage or incapacity has terminated, and to all sureties on the bond of such conservator, by the service of process, and notice must also be given, as the court may direct, either by advertisement for three successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county or for the same length of time by posting notice at the courthouse door and at three other public places in the county. (Code 1886, §2461; Code 1896, §2346; Code 1907, §4436; Code 1923, §8209; Acts 1931, No. 704, p. 829; Code 1940, T. 21, §136; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-10 - Final Settlement Generally - Examination of Vouchers and Auditing and Stating of Account; Taxing of Costs for Contest or Examination Where Voucher or Items Rejected.

Section 26-5-10Final settlement generally - Examination of vouchers and auditing and stating of account; taxing of costs for contest or examination where voucher or items rejected. On the day appointed or on any other day to which the settlement may be continued, the court must proceed to examine the vouchers and to audit and state the account, requiring evidence in support of all such vouchers or items of the account as may be contested or as may not on examination appear to the court to be just and proper, such evidence to be taken by affidavit or in any other legal mode. If any voucher or item be rejected, all costs accruing on the contest or examination thereof must be taxed against the conservator or his or her personal representative and not against the ward or his or her estate. (Code 1886, §2462; Code 1896, §2347; Code 1907, §4437; Code 1923, §8210; Code 1940, T. 21, §137; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-11 - Final Settlement Generally - Rendition and Recordation of Decree as to Vouchers and Account; Recordation of Account and Vouchers.

Section 26-5-11Final settlement generally - Rendition and recordation of decree as to vouchers and account; recordation of account and vouchers. After the examination of the vouchers and the audit and statement of the account, the court must render a decree passing the same and declaring the amount due the ward, if there be any amount due him or her, which must be entered of record. The account and vouchers must be recorded. (Code 1886, §2463; Code 1896, §2348; Code 1907, §4438; Code 1923, §8211; Code 1940, T. 21, §138.)
AL Code § 26-5-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-12 - Final Consent Settlement Between Conservator and Ward.

Section 26-5-12Final consent settlement between conservator and ward. A conservator appointed by any court of this state for a minor or incapacitated person may, on the arrival of his or her ward at full age or on termination of the ward's incapacity or on removal of his or her ward's disabilities of nonage by a court of competent jurisdiction or, if the ward is married and has attained the age of 18 years, or if the ward has died, present a verified petition to the court in which the conservatorship is pending, praying for a final consent settlement by and between him or her and his or her ward, or the ward's personal representative, if the ward has died. If such consent settlement is agreed to by the ward, or the ward's personal representative, if the ward has died, by a written instrument, signed by him or her and acknowledged as conveyances of real estate are acknowledged, the court may approve such settlement without notice or publication or posting. The agreement of the ward, or the ward's personal representative, if the ward has died, may be expressed by joining in the petition with his or her conservator or by a separate written instrument. Any final settlement, so approved by the court shall have the same force and effect as other settlements made in compliance with the requirements of this article. (Acts 1951, No. 769, p. 1339; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-49, p. 72, Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-13 - Determination, Allowance, etc., of Conservator's and Attorney's Fees Generally - Annual, Partial, or Final Settlements Generally.

Section 26-5-13Determination, allowance, etc., of conservator's and attorney's fees generally - Annual, partial, or final settlements generally. Upon any annual, partial, or final settlement made by any conservator, the court having jurisdiction thereof may fix, determine, and allow the fees or other compensation to which such conservator is entitled from an estate up to the time of such settlement and may also fix, determine, and allow an attorney's fee or compensation to be paid from such estate to attorneys representing such conservator for services rendered to the time of such settlement. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 128, p. 90; Code 1940, T. 21, §139; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-14 - Determination, Allowance, etc., of Conservator's and Attorney's Fees Generally - Final Settlements.

Section 26-5-14Determination, allowance, etc., of conservator's and attorney's fees generally - Final settlements. In the allowance of fees to conservators and their attorneys on final settlement the court shall take into consideration such fees as may have been allowed and paid to them prior to such final settlement, but such conservators shall be entitled to full credit for any fees allowed and paid on any annual or partial settlement after notice given as provided for in case of final settlements. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 128, p. 90; Code 1940, T. 21, §141; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-15 - Notice of Filing of Annual, Partial, or Final Settlement; Finality of Orders or Decrees of Court as to Such Settlement, etc., Generally; Reopening of Accounts.

Section 26-5-15Notice of filing of annual, partial, or final settlement; finality of orders or decrees of court as to such settlement, etc., generally; reopening of accounts. Whenever any conservator shall file any annual, partial, or final settlement in any court having jurisdiction thereof, the court shall, at the request of such conservator, require that notice thereof be given in the same manner as required by law in cases of final settlements. Any order or decree of the court on such settlement after such notice shall be final and conclusive as to all items of receipts and disbursements and other transactions and matters shown therein and as to all fees and compensation fixed or allowed to such conservator and attorney, and appeals therefrom shall and must be taken in the manner provided for from any other final decrees of such court. Thereafter, at any time prior to final settlement, the account may be reopened by the court on motion or petition of the conservator or ward or other party having an interest in the estate for amendment or revision if it later appears that the account is incorrect either because of fraud or mistake. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 128, p. 90; Code 1940, T. 21, §140; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-16 - Compensation of Conservator - Commissions Generally; Allowances for Actual Expenses and for Special or Extraordinary Services Rendered; Premiums on Bond.

Section 26-5-16Compensation of conservator - Commissions generally; allowances for actual expenses and for special or extraordinary services rendered; premiums on bond. A conservator is entitled for his or her services to reasonable compensation. On final settlement, an allowance must be made of actual expenses necessarily incurred by him or her and, for special or extraordinary services rendered, such compensation must be allowed the conservator as is just, but no allowance of actual expenses or for special or extraordinary services must be made except upon an itemized account, verified by affidavit, of such expenses or of such special or extraordinary services, and in its decree the court must state each item for such services for which compensation is allowed. The conservator shall be allowed all reasonable premiums paid on his or her bond as conservator. (Code 1886, §2465; Code 1896, §2350; Code 1907, §4440; Code 1923, §8213; Code 1940, T. 21, §143; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 26-5-18 - Enforcement of Orders or Decrees of Probate Court Against Conservator, Etc.

Section 26-5-18Enforcement of orders or decrees of probate court against conservator, etc. The court of probate may, by attachment, compel a conservator to obey its orders or decrees, and all final decrees rendered against a conservator or against the personal representative of the conservator on a final settlement have the force and effect of a judgement at law, on which execution may issue against the conservator or his or her personal representative and against the sureties of the conservator, whether the principal has signed the bond or not, whether such settlement is voluntary or involuntary and whether such settlement is made by the conservator while living or by his or her personal representative after his or her death. Process of garnishment may issue from the court of probate upon such decrees in like cases and manner as it may issue on judgments in courts of record and may, in like manner, be prosecuted to judgment against the garnishee. (Code 1886, §2464; Code 1896, §2349; Code 1907, §4439; Code 1923, §8212; Code 1940, T. 21, §142; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 2 - Compulsion of Settlement by Probate Court.|Section 26-5-30 - Partial Settlement Generally - Authorization and Procedure Generally.

Section 26-5-30Partial settlement generally - Authorization and procedure generally. The court of probate may, at any time it is deemed necessary for the safety of the ward, require a conservator to make partial settlement of his or her conservatorship. The conservator must have notice of such requirement 10 days before the day appointed for his or her appearance by service of process and may appear and show, if he or she can, that such settlement is not necessary. (Code 1886, §2467; Code 1896, §2352; Code 1907, §4442; Code 1923, §8215; Code 1940, T. 21, §145; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 2 - Compulsion of Settlement by Probate Court.|Section 26-5-31 - Partial Settlement Generally - Application of Ward, etc., for Partial Settlement; Issuance of Process to Conservator as to Hearing Thereupon; Dismissal of Application.

Section 26-5-31Partial settlement generally - Application of ward, etc., for partial settlement; issuance of process to conservator as to hearing thereupon; dismissal of application. On the application of the ward by next friend or the sureties on the conservator's bond, showing satisfactory cause, the court may issue process to the conservator, requiring him or her to appear and show cause why he or she should not make a partial settlement of his or her conservatorship, of which process there must be service 10 days before the day appointed for the appearance of the conservator. If, on the hearing, it should appear that there is no satisfactory cause for ordering such settlement, the application must be dismissed at the costs of the next friend or the sureties on the conservator's bond, as the case may be. (Code 1886, §2468; Code 1896, §2353; Code 1907, §4443; Code 1923, §8216; Code 1940, T. 21, §146; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 2 - Compulsion of Settlement by Probate Court.|Section 26-5-32 - Partial Settlement Generally - Issuance of Process Requiring Conservator to Make Partial Settlement; Taxing of Costs.

Section 26-5-32Partial settlement generally - Issuance of process requiring conservator to make partial settlement; taxing of costs. If a conservator fails to make a partial settlement as often as such settlement is required of him or her, the court must issue process to him or her, requiring him or her to make such settlement, and all the costs thereof and of the process must be taxed against him or her personally and must not be charged against the ward or his or her estate, unless he or she appears in answer to the process and shows a satisfactory excuse for his or her failure and files his or her accounts and vouchers for such settlement. (Code 1886, §2469; Code 1896, §2354; Code 1907, §4444; Code 1923, §8217; Code 1940, T. 21, §147; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 2 - Compulsion of Settlement by Probate Court.|Section 26-5-33 - Final Settlement Generally - Authorization and Procedure Generally for Compulsion of Settlement by Conservator.

Section 26-5-33Final settlement generally - Authorization and procedure generally for compulsion of settlement by conservator. On the termination of a conservatorship by the arrival of the ward at full age by termination of the ward's incapacity or on the expiration of his or her authority otherwise, the court of probate may issue process requiring the conservator to appear at any time within 10 days after the service thereof, on a day named therein, and file his or her accounts and vouchers for a final settlement. If the conservator resides without the state, the court of probate may appoint a day for him or her to appear and file his or her accounts and vouchers for a final settlement. (Code 1886, §2470; Code 1896, §2355; Code 1907, §4445; Code 1923, §8218; Code 1940, T. 21, §148; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 2 - Compulsion of Settlement by Probate Court.|Section 26-5-34 - Final Settlement Generally - Authorization and Procedure Generally for Compulsion of Settlement by Personal Representative of Conservator.

Section 26-5-34Final settlement generally - Authorization and procedure generally for compulsion of settlement by personal representative of conservator. On the death of a conservator, at any time after the expiration of six months from the qualification of his or her personal representative, such representative may be required, on 10 days' notice, such notice to be given by the service of process, to appear and make settlement of the conservatorship of his or her testator or intestate. (Code 1886, §2471; Code 1896, §2356; Code 1907, §4446; Code 1923, §8219; Code 1940, T. 21, §149; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 2 - Compulsion of Settlement by Probate Court.|Section 26-5-35 - Proceedings Upon Failure of Conservator to Obey Process to Appear and File Accounts and Vouchers.

Section 26-5-35Proceedings upon failure of conservator to obey process to appear and file accounts and vouchers. If a conservator fails to obey any process requiring him or her to appear and file his or her accounts and vouchers for a final or partial settlement, the court of probate may, by attachment, compel his or her appearance and may, if on appearance he or she refuses to file such accounts and vouchers or to show good cause for his or her omission, imprison him or her for a period not exceeding six months. (Code 1886, §2472; Code 1896, §2357; Code 1907, §4447; Code 1923, §8220; Code 1940, T. 21, §150; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-5-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 5 - Settlements of Accounts of Conservators.|Article 2 - Compulsion of Settlement by Probate Court.|Section 26-5-36 - Statement of Account by Court Upon Failure of Conservator or Personal Representative to File Accounts and Vouchers After Notice.

Section 26-5-36Statement of account by court upon failure of conservator or personal representative to file accounts and vouchers after notice. If a conservator, after notice, fails to file his or her accounts and vouchers for a final or partial settlement or if the personal representative of a conservator, after notice, fails to file the accounts and vouchers of his or her testator or intestate for final settlement, the court of probate has authority to state an account against the conservator or against his or her personal representative from the materials on file or of record in the court and from such evidence as may be adduced, charging such conservator with all wherewith he or she is by law chargeable and crediting him or her with all wherewith by law he or she ought to be credited. (Code 1886, §2473; Code 1896, §2358; Code 1907, §4448; Code 1923, §8221; Code 1940, T. 21, §151; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)