Alabama § 26-3-13 Liability of Probate Judge, Etc., for Neglect or Omission in Taking Bond

Alabama Statutes

§ 26-3-13 — Liability of Probate Judge, Etc., for Neglect or Omission in Taking Bond

Alabama § 26-3-13

Title 26Infants and Incompetents

Ch. 3Bonds of Guardians

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 26-3-13 (2026).

Text

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 misconduct of the judge in not taking from a conservator a good and sufficient bond or for taking thereon insufficient surety or for wanton, fraudulent, or intentional misconduct in not requiring the execution of a new or additional bond in the cases in which such bond is required by law, if he or she knows or has good cause to believe that the case exists in which such new or additional bond should be required.

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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 misconduct of the judge in not taking from a conservator a good and sufficient bond or for taking thereon insufficient surety or for wanton, fraudulent, or intentional misconduct in not requiring the execution of a new or additional bond in the cases in which such bond is required by law, if he or she knows or has good cause to believe that the case exists in which such new or additional bond should be required.

Legislative History

(Code 1886, §2389; Code 1896, §2283; Code 1907, §4373; Code 1923, §8146; Code 1940, T. 21, §38; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b); Act 2017-174, §1.)