Terms Used In Alabama Code 26-8-45

  • 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
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • 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.

The guardian may remove the person or the conservator may remove the estate of a minor or ward to another state by making a full settlement with the judge of the probate court where his or her letters were granted of his or her conservator accounts and by procuring a transcript of the record of a court of competent jurisdiction of such other state, certified according to the act of Congress, showing the appointment of such person as guardian or conservator of the minor or ward, the execution of bond by the conservator with surety for the performance of the trust. Thereupon, the judge of probate must make an order authorizing such removal.