Code of Alabama - Title 26: Infants and Incompetents - Chapter 3 - Bonds of Guardians

• Section 26-3-1 Generally
  Before the issue of letters of conservatorship, other than letters to the general conservator or to the sheriff, the judge of probate must require the...
• Section 26-3-3 Relief of testamentary conservator of minor from requirement of giving bond and effect thereof
  A testator may by his or her last will relieve the conservator of his or her appointment for a minor child or children from giving...
• Section 26-3-4 Requirement by probate court of bond from testamentary conservator of minor; effect of failure to give bond
  Before the issue of letters of conservatorship to a testamentary conservator relieved from giving bond and sureties or at any time thereafter, if the judge...
• Section 26-3-5 General conservator for county
  The general conservator of the county must give bond, with at least two good and sufficient sureties, in a penalty to be prescribed by the...
• Section 26-3-7 Requirement of new or additional bond from conservator; effect of failure to give same
  The judge of probate shall have authority and it shall be his or her duty, whenever he or she deems it necessary for the safety...
• Section 26-3-8 Giving of new bond by conservator upon application for discharge from liability of surety - Required; effect of failure to give bond
  Upon the application in writing of any surety or sureties upon the bond of a conservator requesting to be discharged from future liability as such...
• Section 26-3-9 Giving of new bond by conservator upon application for discharge from liability of surety - Effect of giving of new bond upon liability of surety
  When a new bond is given under Section 26-3-8, the surety on whose application or the estate of the deceased surety on whose behalf the...
• Section 26-3-10 Bonds of certain conservators to have force and effect of statutory bonds
  The bond of the general conservator of the county or of the conservator of a minor or of an incapacitated person is valid and operative...
• Section 26-3-11 Liability of sureties upon certain conditionally executed bonds
  A surety on the bond of the general conservator of the county or on the bond of the conservator of a minor or an incapacitated...
• Section 26-3-12 Approval, filing, and recordation of bonds
  All bonds given by conservators must be approved by the judge of probate issuing the letters of conservatorship and must be filed and recorded in...
• Section 26-3-13 Liability of probate judge, etc., for neglect or omission in taking bond
  The judge of probate and the sureties on his or her official bond are liable to any person injured for any wanton, fraudulent, or intentional...
• Section 26-3-14 Reduction of conservator's bond upon partial settlement of estate
  Upon the filing of any partial settlement by the conservator of a minor or an incapacitated person in the court in which such estate is...

Last modified: May 3, 2021