Alabama Code 6-6-201. Statement of assets – Order to appear before court for oral examination; production of papers, etc
Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-6-201
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
After the filing in court of such statement and such judgment remaining unsatisfied, upon the filing in said court by the judgment creditor or the attorney of record for such judgment creditor of an affidavit stating that such statement to the best of affiant’s knowledge, information, and belief does not contain a full, true, and correct statement and description, of such assets as required in this division, the court shall make an order requiring such judgment debtor or debtors, when the judgment is against a person or firm, or the agent or agents of such debtor corporations to appear before such court on a day to be set by the court, not less than 10 days’ notice of which order shall be served upon such judgment debtor, to submit to an oral examination, under oath, touching the nature, location, description, and value of such assets and, to this end, may require the production by such judgment creditor of any and all papers, documents, or books which may contain material evidence of such assets.