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§ 12-18-31 — Contribution for Payment of Benefits to Spouse of Supernumerary Justice of Supreme Court Upon Death Thereof

Alabama § 12-18-31
JurisdictionAlabama
Title 12Courts
Ch. 18Judicial Retirement
Art. 2Supernumerary Justices of Supreme Court and Circuit Court Judges

This text of Alabama § 12-18-31 (Contribution for Payment of Benefits to Spouse of Supernumerary Justice of Supreme Court Upon Death Thereof) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Alabama primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Ala. Code § 12-18-31 (2026).

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A supernumerary justice of the Supreme Court who desires that his spouse receive after his death the benefits provided in subsection (c) of Section 12-18-10 must, at the time of the filing of the instrument showing his election to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, pay into the judicial retirement fund an amount of money equal to the largest sum heretofore paid into that fund by a now retired justice of the Supreme Court between September 18, 1973, and the date of his retirement.

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Legislative History

(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-112.)

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