Terms Used In Alabama Code 26-8-23

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.

If the removal authorized is of the person and property of the minor or ward, a transcript of the record of the proceedings must be made and certified and filed in the court of probate of the county to which the removal is to be made. Upon the filing of such transcript, such court has jurisdiction to grant guardianship or conservatorship of the person or conservatorship of property of the minor or ward, and on such grant being made and a transcript thereof, duly certified, being filed in the court of probate authorizing the removal, such removal may be made. The conservator so appointed has full authority to demand, recover, and receive the property of the minor or ward from and after the making of the removal.