§ 43-2-601 — Consent by Guardian

Alabama § 43-2-601

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 43: Wills and Decedents’ Estates
• Ch. 2: Administration of Estates
• Art. 18: Settlements and Distributions
• Div. 5: Arbitration on Settlement of Estates

Text

If any person interested in such estate is an infant or of unsound mind, his or her guardian shall have authority to consent to the reference to arbitration, which consent must be in writing, and, when so given, shall be binding on such person as fully and effectually as if he or she were of full age or of sound mind.

Legislative History

(Code 1867, §2170; Code 1876, §2542; Code 1886, §2184; Code 1896, §252; Code 1907, §2703; Code 1923, §5941; Code 1940, T. 61, §343.)