HB228 Alabama 2021 Session

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that the Judge of Probate of Montgomery County would be required to be an attorney licensed in this state.

Also, under existing law, the circuit courts of the state have jurisdiction over equitable matter.

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, which would allow the Judge of Probate of Montgomery County to exercise equity jurisdiction concurrent with that of the circuit court in cases originally filed in the Probate Court of Montgomery County if the judge of probate is an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama.

To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that the Judge of Probate of Montgomery County would be required to be an attorney licensed in this state and to authorize the Judge of Probate of Montgomery County to exercise equity jurisdiction concurrent with that of the circuit court in cases originally filed in the Probate Court of Montgomery County if the judge of probate is an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama.