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Committee advances broad ALI guardianship reform to modernize guardianship and conservatorship procedures
Summary
The Judiciary Committee reported favorably on a comprehensive Alabama Law Institute (ALI) bill that would revise guardianship and conservatorship law—clarifying removal/remand procedures, notice requirements, guardian ad litem duties and training, emergency and temporary guardianship timelines, and bonding requirements.
Committee members reviewed a large ALI-sponsored package revising the state’s guardianship and conservatorship statutes—the most significant changes since the 1987 Uniform Guardianship and Conservatorship Act, sponsors said.
Representative Faulkner summarized the package, which clarifies when a probate matter may be removed to circuit court…
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