Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 26-5-52 (2026)
Succeeding Conservator, Etc., May Secure Order Requiring Sureties to Make Settlement in Probate Court.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
In any case where a conservator shall die without having made a final settlement of his or her conservatorship and a successor is appointed, such succeeding conservator or ward or the cestui que trust may by petition to the court in which such estate is pending have an order requiring the sureties on such bond to make settlement of such estate in the court after 10 days’ notice of the day fixed by the judge thereof.
(Code 1923, §5937; Code 1940, T. 21, §157; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2013–2013 · leading case: Cool Temp, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Nat'l Mut. Cas. Ins. Co., 148 So. 3d 448 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013).
Cool Temp, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Nat'l Mut. Cas. Ins. Co., 148 So. 3d 448 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “On December 17, 2009, Cool Temp filed a motion to dismiss the underlying suit, arguing that the exclusivity provisions of § 26-5-52, Ala.Code 1975, precluded Cool Temp from being held liable to Pilkerton for tort and contract claims because Pilkerton’s remedies were solely…”
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