Terms Used In Alabama Code 26-8-40

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

When the parent, guardian, or other person having legal custody of a minor child or incapacitated person resides without the state or removed with such child from the state, becoming a resident of another state, the court of probate or the circuit court, having jurisdiction of the estate of the minor or ward has authority to order the removal of the property of the minor or ward to a conservator in the state of the residence of the parent, guardian, or other person having legal custody of the minor or ward.