Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-52-11

  • 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.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • 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

The probate court involuntarily committing a respondent shall retain jurisdiction over the respondent concurrently with the probate court of the county in which the respondent is subsequently located for so long as the respondent is subject to the commitment order, and the probate court committing the respondent may hold any hearing regarding the respondent at any place within the State of Alabama where the respondent may be located.