Alabama § 26-5-4 Partial Settlement - Examination of Vouchers and Auditing and Stating of Account; Taxing of Costs for Contest or Examination Where Vouchers or Items Rejected

Alabama Statutes

§ 26-5-4 — Partial Settlement - Examination of Vouchers and Auditing and Stating of Account; Taxing of Costs for Contest or Examination Where Vouchers or Items Rejected

Alabama § 26-5-4

Title 26Infants and Incompetents

Ch. 5Settlements of Accounts of Conservators

Art. 1In General

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 26-5-4 (2026).

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On the day appointed or on any other day to which the settlement may be continued, the court must proceed to examine the vouchers and to audit and state the account, requiring evidence in support of all such vouchers or items of the account as may be contested or as may not on examination appear to the court to be just and proper, such evidence to be taken by affidavit or by any other legal mode. If any voucher or item be rejected, all costs accruing on the contest or examination thereof must be taxed against the conservator personally.

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On the day appointed or on any other day to which the settlement may be continued, the court must proceed to examine the vouchers and to audit and state the account, requiring evidence in support of all such vouchers or items of the account as may be contested or as may not on examination appear to the court to be just and proper, such evidence to be taken by affidavit or by any other legal mode. If any voucher or item be rejected, all costs accruing on the contest or examination thereof must be taxed against the conservator personally.