Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-18-2 (2026)
Administration of Fund; Disbursement of Funds; Appeals from Decisions of Board of Control.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) The Judicial Retirement Fund shall be administered by the Secretary-Treasurer of the State Employees’ Retirement System under the supervision of the Board of Control of the said State Employees’ Retirement System, and said board of control shall be the trustee of such fund and shall handle such fund in the same manner and pursuant to the same rules and regulations that it handles funds in the State Employees’ Retirement System.
(b) The state Comptroller shall issue warrants for the disbursement of such fund in the same manner that he issues warrants for the disbursement of funds of the State Employees’ Retirement System.
(c) Any justice or judge or spouse and/or child of a justice or a judge who is aggrieved by any decision of the Board of Control shall have the right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Alabama, where the Supreme Court shall hear said appeal de novo.
(Acts 1973, No. 1163, p. 1948, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1980–2017 · leading case: Hogan v. Bronner, 491 So. 2d 226 (Ala. 1986).
Hogan v. Bronner, 491 So. 2d 226 (Ala. 1986). “Code 1975, § 12-18-2(a), provides: "The judicial retirement fund shall be administered by the secretary-treasurer of the state employees' retirement system under the supervision of the board of control.”
Johnson v. Bd. of Control of Emp. Ret. Sys., 740 So. 2d 999 (Ala. 1999). “§ 12-18-2. The Constitution does not limit the authority of the legislature to provide retirement benefits for state employees, as it does with regard to state officials.”
Ex Parte State Dept. of Human Resources, 890 So. 2d 114 (Ala. 2004). “deserve the opportunity to have stability and continuity in their lives, see § 12-18-2, Ala.Code 1975. Competent evidence clearly and convincingly supported the trial court's order that it was in their best interest to terminate Y.”
Borom v. Employees' Ret. Sys. Bd. of Control, 427 So. 2d 142 (Ala. 1983). “The cause is before this Court for a hearing de novo pursuant to the provisions of the Judicial Retirement Fund Law, Code of Ala. 1975, § 12-18-2(c). Appellants, T.”
Wood v. State, 261 So. 3d 322 (Ala. 2017). “See § 12-18-2(a), Ala. Code 1975. Section 12-18-5 provides that membership in the Fund is mandatory for judges and justices elected or appointed to office after September 18, 1973.”
Wood v. State, 261 So. 3d 322 (Ala. 2017). “See § 12-18-2(a), Ala. Code 1975. Section 12-18-5 provides that membership in the Fund is mandatory for judges and justices elected or appointed to office after September 18, 1973.”
Tucker v. Employees' Ret. Sys. Bd. of Control, 657 So. 2d 866 (Ala. 1995). “The cause is before this Court for a hearing de novo pursuant to the provisions of the Judicial Retirement Fund Law, Ala.Code 1975, § 12-18-2(e). Judge James Winfred Tucker served as a solicitor of Cullman County from 1963 to 1971.”
Jasper v. Employees' Ret. Sys. Bd. of Control, 390 So. 2d 292 (Ala. 1980). “This appeal, authorized by § 12-18-2(c), Code 1975, and submitted on stipulation of facts and briefs of the parties, challenges the decision of the Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System, denying Appellate Judge Joseph J: Jasper credit toward retirement for the…”
— Ala. Code § 12-18-2(a) — 4 cases
Johnson v. Bd. of Control of Emp. Ret. Sys., 740 So. 2d 999 (Ala. 1999). “§ 12-18-2. The Constitution does not limit the authority of the legislature to provide retirement benefits for state employees, as it does with regard to state officials.”
Hogan v. Bronner, 491 So. 2d 226 (Ala. 1986). “Code 1975, § 12-18-2(a), provides: "The judicial retirement fund shall be administered by the secretary-treasurer of the state employees' retirement system under the supervision of the board of control.”
Wood v. State, 261 So. 3d 322 (Ala. 2017). “See § 12-18-2(a), Ala. Code 1975. Section 12-18-5 provides that membership in the Fund is mandatory for judges and justices elected or appointed to office after September 18, 1973.”
Wood v. State, 261 So. 3d 322 (Ala. 2017). “See § 12-18-2(a), Ala. Code 1975. Section 12-18-5 provides that membership in the Fund is mandatory for judges and justices elected or appointed to office after September 18, 1973.”
— Ala. Code § 12-18-2(c) — 3 cases
Hogan v. Bronner, 491 So. 2d 226 (Ala. 1986). “Code 1975, § 12-18-2(a), provides: "The judicial retirement fund shall be administered by the secretary-treasurer of the state employees' retirement system under the supervision of the board of control.”
Borom v. Employees' Ret. Sys. Bd. of Control, 427 So. 2d 142 (Ala. 1983). “The cause is before this Court for a hearing de novo pursuant to the provisions of the Judicial Retirement Fund Law, Code of Ala. 1975, § 12-18-2(c). Appellants, T.”
Jasper v. Employees' Ret. Sys. Bd. of Control, 390 So. 2d 292 (Ala. 1980). “This appeal, authorized by § 12-18-2(c), Code 1975, and submitted on stipulation of facts and briefs of the parties, challenges the decision of the Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System, denying Appellate Judge Joseph J: Jasper credit toward retirement for the…”
— Ala. Code § 12-18-2(e) — 1 case
Tucker v. Employees' Ret. Sys. Bd. of Control, 657 So. 2d 866 (Ala. 1995). “The cause is before this Court for a hearing de novo pursuant to the provisions of the Judicial Retirement Fund Law, Ala.Code 1975, § 12-18-2(e). Judge James Winfred Tucker served as a solicitor of Cullman County from 1963 to 1971.”
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