Ala. Code
Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 19-3B-201 (2026)

Role of Court in Administration of Trust.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section JustiaAla. Code CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

(a) The court may intervene in the administration of a trust to the extent its jurisdiction is invoked by an interested person or as provided by law.

(b) A trust is not subject to continuing judicial supervision unless ordered by the court.

(c) A judicial proceeding involving a trust may relate to any matter involving the trust’s administration, including a request for instructions and an action to declare rights.

(d) A judicial proceeding involving a trust may relate to any matter involving the trust’s administration, including, but not being limited to a proceeding to:

(1) request instructions;

(2) determine the existence or nonexistence of any immunity, power, privilege, duty or right;

(3) approve a nonjudicial settlement;

(4) interpret or construe the terms of the trust;

(5) determine the validity of a trust or of any of its terms;

(6) approve a trustee’s report or accounting or compel a trustee to report or account;

(7) direct a trustee to refrain from performing a particular act or grant to a trustee any necessary or desirable power;

(8) review the actions or approve the proposed actions of a trustee, including the exercise of a discretionary power;

(9) accept the resignation of a trustee;

(10) appoint or remove a trustee;

(11) determine a trustee’s compensation;

(12) transfer a trust’s principal place of administration or a trust’s property to another jurisdiction;

(13) determine the liability of a trustee for an action relating to the trust and compel redress of a breach of trust by any available remedy;

(14) modify or terminate a trust;

(15) combine trusts or divide a trust;

(16) determine liability of a trust for debts of a beneficiary and living settlor;

(17) determine liability of a trust for debts, expenses of administration, and statutory allowances chargeable against the estate of a deceased settlor;

(18) determine the liability of a trust for claims, expenses and taxes in connection with the settlement of a trust that was revocable at the settlor’s death; and

(19) ascertain beneficiaries and determine to whom property will pass upon final or partial termination of a trust.

(Act 2006-216, p. 314, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2010–2025 · leading case: Regions Bank v. Reed, 60 So. 3d 868 (Ala. 2010).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Regions Bank v. Reed, 60 So. 3d 868 (Ala. 2010). · cites it 2× “Code [1975,] § 19-3B-201(d)(13).” The probate court went on to state that “[i]t is the Circuit Court action — filed subsequently to this action — that should be dismissed or stayed pursuant to Ala.”
Perdue ex rel. Perdue v. Green, 127 So. 3d 343 (Ala. 2012). “” Section 19-3B-201(c), which was specifically referenced in the PACT board’s counterclaim, provides that a court may entertain a “judicial proceeding .”
Regions Bank v. Kramer, 98 So. 3d 510 (Ala. 2012). “Code [1975,] § 19-3B-201(d)(13).’ “The probate court went on to state that ‘[i]t is the Circuit Court action — filed subsequently to this action — that should be dismissed or stayed pursuant to Ala.”
Ex parte Steve Marshall, in his Off. capacity as Attorney Gen. of the State of Alabama PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (In re: Tyra Lindsey, a minor, by & through her mother & guardian, Denese Rankin & Steve Marshall, in his Off. capacity as the Attorney Gen. of the State of Alabama v. Regions Bank, in its fiduciary capacity as Tr. of the Mabel Amos Mem'l Fund) (Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-900219). (Ala. 2024). “Lindsey alleged that the circuit court had the power to 17 SC-2023-0894, SC-2023-0895 intervene in the administration of the trust under § 19-3B-201, Ala. Code 1975, and that she had the right to invoke the circuit court's power as an "interested person" under that same code…”
Ex parte Steve Marshall, in his Off. capacity as Attorney Gen. of the State of Alabama PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (In re: Megan Carmack & Leigh Gulley Manning, individually & on behalf of minor Child., Michaelyn Leigh Manning & Michael Sanders Manning v. Regions Bank, in its fiduciary capacity as Tr. of the Mabel Amos Mem'l Fund) (Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-22-900830). (Ala. 2024). “Lindsey alleged that the circuit court had the power to 17 SC-2023-0894, SC-2023-0895 intervene in the administration of the trust under § 19-3B-201, Ala. Code 1975, and that she had the right to invoke the circuit court's power as an "interested person" under that same code…”
Ex parte Steve Marshall, in his Off. capacity as Attorney Gen. of the State of Alabama (In re: Megan Carmack & Leigh Gully Manning, individually & on behalf of minor Child., Michaelyn Leigh Manning & Michael Sanders Manning v. Regions Bank, in its fiduciary capacity as Tr. of the Mabel Amos Mem'l Fund) (Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-22-900830) & (In re: Tyra Lindsey, a minor, by & through her mother & guardian, Denese Rankin; & Steve Marshall, in his Off. capacity as Attorney Gen. of the State of Alabama v. Regions Bank, in its fiduciary capacity as Tr. of the Mabel Amos Mem'l Fund) (Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-900219). (Ala. 2025). “3 3We note that we stated the following in Ex parte Marshall: "In their respective answers filed with this Court, Carmack and Leigh and Lindsey argue that, even if it exceeded its discretion by referring all the matters in these cases to a special master under Rule 53, the…”
Ala. Code § 19-3B-201(c): 1 case
Perdue ex rel. Perdue v. Green, 127 So. 3d 343 (Ala. 2012). “” Section 19-3B-201(c), which was specifically referenced in the PACT board’s counterclaim, provides that a court may entertain a “judicial proceeding .”
Ala. Code § 19-3B-201(d)(13): 2 cases
Regions Bank v. Reed, 60 So. 3d 868 (Ala. 2010). “Code [1975,] § 19-3B-201(d)(13).” The probate court went on to state that “[i]t is the Circuit Court action — filed subsequently to this action — that should be dismissed or stayed pursuant to Ala.”
Regions Bank v. Kramer, 98 So. 3d 510 (Ala. 2012). “Code [1975,] § 19-3B-201(d)(13).’ “The probate court went on to state that ‘[i]t is the Circuit Court action — filed subsequently to this action — that should be dismissed or stayed pursuant to Ala.”
Ala. Code § 19-3B-201(d)(18): 1 case
Regions Bank v. Reed, 60 So. 3d 868 (Ala. 2010). “Code [1975,] § 19-3B-201(d)(13).” The probate court went on to state that “[i]t is the Circuit Court action — filed subsequently to this action — that should be dismissed or stayed pursuant to Ala.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.