Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 19-3B-203 (2026)
Subject Matter Jurisdiction.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the circuit court has exclusive jurisdiction of proceedings in this state brought by a trustee or beneficiary concerning the administration of a trust.
(b) A probate court granted statutory equitable jurisdiction has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in any proceeding involving a testamentary or inter vivos trust.
(Act 2006-216, p. 314, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 2010–2019 · leading case: Regions Bank v. Reed, 60 So. 3d 868 (Ala. 2010).
Regions Bank v. Reed, 60 So. 3d 868 (Ala. 2010). “On October 14, 2009, this Court ordered the sisters and Judge Graffeo to provide briefs in answer to Regions' mandamus petition in this Court, specifically stating that said briefs "shall address the issues of interpreting Ala.Code 1975, § 19-3B-203, and applying that statute to…”
Bessie Kirksey v. Iris Johnson, 166 So. 3d 633 (Ala. 2014). “Code 1975, § 19-3B-203.' "However, the reference to Ala.”
Regions Bank v. Kramer, 98 So. 3d 510 (Ala. 2012). “Instead, the issue in Reed was a jurisdictional one involving the concurrent jurisdiction of the Jefferson Circuit Court and the Jefferson Probate Court, the determination of which hinged on this Court’s interpretation of § 19-3B-203, Ala. Code 1975. 4 The language in Reed…”
Bates v. Stewart, 99 So. 3d 837 (Ala. 2012). “Code 1975, “upon petition of an interested party, a court may order a trustee to render an accounting of the trustee’s administration of a trust.”
Hoff v. Goyer, 160 So. 3d 768 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014). “3d at 880 , § 19-3B-203(b) provides that “the probate courts of Jefferson, Mobile, and Shelby Counties have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts of those counties to hear any proceeding brought by a trustee or beneficiary concerning the *772 administration of a…”
Council v. Est. of Skelton (Ex Parte Skelton), 275 So. 3d 144 (Ala. 2018). “2010) (discussing the jurisdiction of the Jefferson Probate Court as to testamentary trusts); see also Ala. Code 1975, § 19-3B-203 ("A probate court granted statutory equitable jurisdiction has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in any proceeding involving a…”
Council v. Est. of Skelton (Ex Parte Skelton), 275 So. 3d 144 (Ala. 2018). “2010) (discussing the jurisdiction of the Jefferson Probate Court as to testamentary trusts); see also Ala. Code 1975, § 19-3B-203 ("A probate court granted statutory equitable jurisdiction has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in any proceeding involving a…”
Physiotherapy Assocs. Inc v. ATI Holdings LLC (N.D. Ala. 2019). “is whether § 19-3B-203(b), Ala. Code 1975, grants the probate court jurisdiction to hear the claims brought by the sisters in the circuit court actions.”
— Ala. Code § 19-3B-203(a) — 2 cases
Regions Bank v. Reed, 60 So. 3d 868 (Ala. 2010). “On October 14, 2009, this Court ordered the sisters and Judge Graffeo to provide briefs in answer to Regions' mandamus petition in this Court, specifically stating that said briefs "shall address the issues of interpreting Ala.Code 1975, § 19-3B-203, and applying that statute to…”
Hoff v. Goyer, 160 So. 3d 768 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014). “3d at 880 , § 19-3B-203(b) provides that “the probate courts of Jefferson, Mobile, and Shelby Counties have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts of those counties to hear any proceeding brought by a trustee or beneficiary concerning the *772 administration of a…”
— Ala. Code § 19-3B-203(b) — 4 cases
Regions Bank v. Reed, 60 So. 3d 868 (Ala. 2010). “On October 14, 2009, this Court ordered the sisters and Judge Graffeo to provide briefs in answer to Regions' mandamus petition in this Court, specifically stating that said briefs "shall address the issues of interpreting Ala.Code 1975, § 19-3B-203, and applying that statute to…”
Regions Bank v. Kramer, 98 So. 3d 510 (Ala. 2012). “Instead, the issue in Reed was a jurisdictional one involving the concurrent jurisdiction of the Jefferson Circuit Court and the Jefferson Probate Court, the determination of which hinged on this Court’s interpretation of § 19-3B-203, Ala. Code 1975. 4 The language in Reed…”
Hoff v. Goyer, 160 So. 3d 768 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014). “3d at 880 , § 19-3B-203(b) provides that “the probate courts of Jefferson, Mobile, and Shelby Counties have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts of those counties to hear any proceeding brought by a trustee or beneficiary concerning the *772 administration of a…”
Physiotherapy Assocs. Inc v. ATI Holdings LLC (N.D. Ala. 2019). “is whether § 19-3B-203(b), Ala. Code 1975, grants the probate court jurisdiction to hear the claims brought by the sisters in the circuit court actions.”
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