2014 Code of Alabama
Title 26 - INFANTS AND INCOMPETENTS.
Chapter 5 - SETTLEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS OF CONSERVATORS.
Section 26-5-18 - Enforcement of orders or decrees of probate court against conservator, etc.
The court of probate may, by attachment, compel a conservator to obey its orders or decrees, and all final decrees rendered against a conservator or against the personal representative of the conservator on a final settlement have the force and effect of a judgement at law, on which execution may issue against the conservator or his or her personal representative and against the sureties of the conservator, whether the principal has signed the bond or not, whether such settlement is voluntary or involuntary and whether such settlement is made by the conservator while living or by his or her personal representative after his or her death. Process of garnishment may issue from the court of probate upon such decrees in like cases and manner as it may issue on judgments in courts of record and may, in like manner, be prosecuted to judgment against the garnishee.
(Code 1886, §2464; Code 1896, §2349; Code 1907, §4439; Code 1923, §8212; Code 1940, T. 21, §142; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Alabama may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
