HB591 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Randy WoodRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Judge of probate, estates, bond of conservators, executors, administrators, liability limited unless grossly negligent, Secs. 26-3-13, 43-2-82 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the judge of probate is liable for any neglect or an omission in taking a bond or for taking an insufficient bond from a conservator or from the executor or administrator of an estate.
This bill would provide that the judge of probate would not be liable for actions related to taking a bond from a conservator or from an executor or administrator of an estate unless the action of the judge of probate was wanton, fraudulent, or intentional.
Subjects: Judge, Probate

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary